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3/21/13, "Gillard: 'Leadership settled' as Rudd shuns vote," BBC
"In the end there was a contest without a challenger, with Julia Gillard re-elected unopposed.
Her bitter rival, Kevin Rudd, whom she deposed as leader in
2010, simply did not have the support within the party to defeat her, as
was the case just over a year ago when he decided to mount a challenge.
Minutes before the party meeting came the announcement from
Mr Rudd that he was sticking to a pledge not to seek a return unless he
enjoyed the overwhelming backing of colleagues.
As today's chaotic and confusing events proved again, he does
not. A deeply polarising figure, many former cabinet colleagues despise
him.
Polls continually suggest that Ms Gillard's Labor party will
suffer a landslide defeat at the forthcoming election, and also that Mr
Rudd is more popular with the public.
But it does now look as if she will contest the election but
at the head of a party in complete disarray and riven with rivalries and
animosities. The big winner today, without any doubt, is the
conservative opposition, and its leader, Tony Abbott."
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