Tag: Kevin Rudd wins leadership

ELECTION13 | Recent polling suggests that former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be defeated in the electorate of Forde at the federal election on 7 September.

Australia's first Muslim frontbencher has been subjected to a tirade of abuse online after being sworn into his position on a Koran by the Governor-General at a ceremony on Monday.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promoted many of his key leadership backers with his new look frontbench.

Voters prefer Kevin Rudd as preferred prime minister over Tony Abbott, but the coalition would win an election comfortably, a new opinion poll shows.

OPINION | Julia Gillard might have known raising the gender card could be her downfall. And yet, the positive change this could effect may just be her enduring legacy.

The 14 September Australian federal election date is in doubt as Kevin Rudd puts together a new cabinet and reshapes Labor’s message. Mr Rudd was sworn in as prime minister by Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Canberra on Thursday morning.

New Labor leader Kevin Rudd says the negativity and destructive politics at the federal level must stop.

Ousted prime minister Julia Gillard won’t stand at the next election in the Victorian seat of Lalor.

A number of key Labor ministers have resigned following the defeat of Julia Gillard in a Labor Caucus vote, 57-45. Anthony Albanese has been elected deputy prime minister.

Kevin Rudd has been thrown a lifeline after independent MP Andrew Wilkie rejected supporting a potential no-confidence motion in the government.

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has been voted in as Labor leader by the Labor caucus in a secret ballot held tonight. Julia Gillard is likely to now leave politics following the decision.