Julia Gillard
Gillard becomes Australia's first female Prime Minister after challenging Kevin Rudd. The incident becomes known as the 'knifing' of Rudd. At least 30 asylum seekers die when their ramshackle boat breaks up after being tossed against cliffs in rough seas ...

John Howard
Ms Gillard was commenting on claims the former prime minister had been gagged. She said no such agreement existed. "Kevin Rudd will make his own decisions about what media engagements he has," she told Brisbane ABC Radio on Monday. Pressed on claims Mr ...

Ms Gillard
A big chunk of the event became what one attendee called a festival of Kevin. Kevin Rudd that is, of course. What was designed as a rousing salute to the automotive industry had to share the focus with anti-Gillard comrades-in-arms uniting on a stage ...

Tony Abbott
Rudd was born in Nambour, Queensland to parents Albert Rudd and Margaret ne DeVere, and grew up on a dairy farm in nearby Eumundi. At an early age (57) he contracted rheumatic fever and spent a considerable time at home convalescing. It damaged his ...

Labor Party
Former prime minister John Howard predicts his nemesis Kevin Rudd will roll Julia Gillard to lead Labor to the next federal election. Replying to a question on Ms Gillard's tenuous hold on the top job during a business lunch in Perth on Tuesday ...

Kim IL Carr
Former prime minister John Howard predicts Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be rolled by her predecessor Kevin Rudd before the next election. Replying to a question on Ms Gillard's tenuous hold on the top job during a business lunch in Perth on Tuesday ...

Prime Minister
Comparing the receptions John Howard and Julia Gillard received in Perth in the past fortnight is like comparing titanium to talcum powder. Mr Howard, the former Liberal prime minister, showed his Labor successor how the west was won. Addressing a Western Australian Chamber of Minerals and Energy

Wayne Swan
The former PM gives his thoughts on the current state of play in Australian politics. FORMER prime minister John Howard believes Julia Gillard will be ousted by her predecessor Kevin Rudd within the next few months. In addressing about 500 delegates at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA business

Galaxy poll finds no Julia Gillard Government MP would survive election in Queensland, with 23% primary vote
"IT'S bizarre," Page MP Janelle Saffin muttered out the side of her mouth as a gaggle of teenage girls surrounded former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd outside Lismore's Red Dove Centre. "They all do this, but he looks so nerdy." Ms Saffin can say stuff like that.

No media gag on Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard says
Just days before Kevin Rudd had the Prime Ministership taken from him by Julia Gillard, he was in the process of making a deal with one of Australias richest people which wouldve seen the end of the mining tax. Speaking on the Neil Mitchell program, Andrew Forrest said he was working on a deal