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MAVERICK federal MP Bob Katter has told an audience with former prime minister Kevin Rudd he will regret homophobic advertisements aired by his party "for the rest of my days''.

Australian police say they are investigating the leak of a video showing former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd swearing, local media report.

Chinese investors have a promising future in Australia, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd told China Daily on Wednesday.

SENIOR members of the NSW Labor Right are conceding that Kevin Rudd is the only plausible alternative to Julia Gillard.

FORMER prime minister John Howard predicts Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be rolled by her predecessor Kevin Rudd before the next election.

Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, has stunned colleagues by plucking a high-profile former state leader, Bob Carr, from retirement to replace Kevin Rudd as foreign minister.

Australian PM Julia Gillard names Bob Carr to replace Kevin Rudd as foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle following Monday's leadership vote.

Carve-up of portfolios in wake of Kevin Rudd challenge is marred by Labor infighting over new foreign ministerJulia Gillard, the Australian prime minister, has appointed a new cabinet after hanging on to power in a challenge from Kevin Rudd – and was plunged straight back into controversy by party infighting over the appointment of his replacement as foreign minister.Gillard drafted in Bob Carr...

Gillard stamped her authority over the government on Monday when she easily defeated former premier Kevin Rudd in a leadership vote.

Australian prime minister Julia Gillard convincingly won a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd today, just as opinion polls showed her unpopular minority government clawing back voter support despite the bitter fight to head the party.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard convincingly won a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd today, just as opinion polls showed her unpopular minority government clawing back voter support despite the bitter fight to head the party.

[[368642]] SYDNEY (AFP) : Les travaillistes australiens ont confirmé à son poste lundi la Première ministre Julia Gillard aux dépens de son chef de la diplomatie Kevin Rudd qu'elle avait évincé en 2010 et qui souhaitait reprendre ses fonctions pour mener la bataille des législatives l'an...

Die australische Laborpartei hat Premierministerin Julia Gillard im Amt bestätigt. Ihr Rivale Kevin Rudd hatte keine Chance. Nun lenkt der Außenminister ein - und will Gillard im Kampf um die Wiederwahl unterstützen.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard convincingly won a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd on Monday, just as opinion polls showed her unpopular minority government clawing back voter support despite the bitter fight to head the party.

Julia Gillard will remain Australia's prime minister after winning the resounding backing of her Labour party in a leadership challenge by Kevin Rudd.

The vote seemed assured even before Australian Labor Party members entered the room to decide whether to dump Julia Gillard as prime minister.

THE sharemarket fell nearly 1 per cent at the close after Julia Gillard trounced Kevin Rudd in the federal Labor leadership ballot.

A large majority of the 102 members of the Australian Labour Party - the Caucus - voted for the 50-year-old Prime Minister to gave her a stunning victory.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard easily won an internal party vote Monday against the colleague she deposed two years ago, Kevin Rudd, and declared that she had put down the internal strife that has undermined her unpopular government for months....

Julia Gillard has soundly beaten Kevin Rudd in a fight over who will lead Australia’s Labor party

Prime Minister Julia Gillard convincingly defeats Labor Party rival Kevin Rudd in a leadership challenge.

CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was poised to win a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd on Monday despite polls showing a government under her leadership would be decimated at the next elections due by late 2013. Gillard said she was confident she would win the prime ministerial showdown against Rudd and hoped the result would end months of bitter leadership infighting ...

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was “sick and tired” of being blamed for the failures of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government.

Kevin Rudd revealed he will take on PM Julia Gillard (pictured) today but she is convinced she has the support of the Labour Party to see off the challenge.

In Australien ist ein Machtkampf um die Führung der regierenden Labor-Partei entbrannt. Ex-Regierungschef Kevin Rudd tritt bei der Abstimmung über den Parteivorsitz gegen Premierministerin Julia Gillard an.

SYDNEY — Australia's former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced he will try to grab back leadership of the country in a ruling party ballot Monday, challenging the current prime minister in a bitter and long-brewing power struggle.Rudd's pronouncement Friday that he would go against Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the vote followed weeks of denials that he wanted to return to the top job. Gilla...

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd he will challenge his successor Julia Gillard to lead Australia's ruling party, saying she had lost voters' trust and would crash at the next election.

Erst trat Australiens Außenminister Kevin Rudd zurück - jetzt sucht er die Konfrontation. Er stellt sich Regierungschefin Julia Gillard in einer Kampfabstimmung. Rudd macht ihr die Führung der nationalen Labor-Partei streitig. Die Rivalen wollen "die Angelegenheit ein für alle Mal klären".

En Australie, Kevin Rudd voudrait bien redevenir chef du gouvernement. Après avoir démissionné du ministère des affaires étrangères ce mercredi, il a…

Sydney (dpa) - Der frühere australische Premierminister Kevin Rudd will versuchen, über eine Kampfabstimmung gegen die amtierende Regierungschefin Julia Gillard wieder ins Amt zu kommen. Er we...

KEVIN Rudd has elevated "touchstone issues" for the economy to the national agenda in his quest for leadership.

Gambles that victory for her would silence Kevin Rudd, the man she replaced as prime minister in late-night coup in 2010

AUSTRALIA’S FOREIGN minister, Kevin Rudd, dramatically resigned last night, following months of speculation that he was preparing to challenge prime minister Julia Gillard for leadership of the Labor party.

THE decision by Kevin Rudd to resign has sparked Ten into bringing forward the launch of its new Breakfast show.

[[366513]] SYDNEY (AFP) : Le chef de la diplomatie australienne Kevin Rudd a démissionné mercredi sur fond de rivalité avec le chef du gouvernement, Julia Gillard, qui le soupçonne de vouloir l'évincer à son profit de la direction du Parti travailliste, afin de retrouver son poste de Premier...

Australian federal politics has turned into a soap opera. This week's episode: Ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may oust the woman who deposed him at the head of the ruling Labor Party.

AUSTRALIA will follow the European Union and ban imports of oil from Iran, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced last night.

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says Canberra will "undertake precisely the same parallel actions" as EU on Iran sanctions; EU and US blacklist Iranian state-owned Bank Tejarat.

Bundestagspräsident Norbert Lammert empfängt den Minister für Auswärtige Beziehungen von Australien, The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP, zu einem Gespräch. ...