Emotional Rudd gives way as Gillard becomes Australia's first female Prime Minister

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-Emotional Rudd gives way as Gillard becomes Australia's first female Prime Minister- A sudden revolt within Australia's ruling party has given the country its first ever female prime minister. Julia Gillard had been deputy to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd since their Labor Party swept to power in a landslide election victory in 2007. In an unexpected move she challenged Rudd to hold a leadership ballot only months away from an expected election. "I asked my colleagues to make a leadership change, a change because I believed that a good government was losing its way. And because I believe fundamentally that the basic education and health services that Australians rely on, and their decent treatment at work, is at risk at the next election. I love this country and I was not going to sit idly by and watch an incoming opposition cut education, cut health and smash rights at work. My values and my beliefs have driven me to step forward to take this position as prime minister." Rudd acknowledged that the party's factional power brokers had lost faith in him and did not contest the leadership at a party meeting, leaving Gillard to be elected unopposed. An emotional Rudd gave his final speech in the prime minister's courtyard at Parliament House. "I was elected by the Australian people as prime minister of this country to bring back a fair go for all Australians, and I have given my absolute best to do that. I've given it my absolute all. In that spirit, I'm proud of the ...
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