"Pro-war, pro-Zionist, pro-Israel Julia Gillard's elevation was very warmly welcomed by major Zionist organizations (see: http://www.jwire.com.au/news/congratulations-to-julia-gillard-from-aijac/10039#more-10039 ).
Zionist displeasure at Rudd's feeble attempts to protest Israeli actions violating Australian sovereignty may have represented a relatively minor issue in comparison with Rudd's backflip on climate change action, his aggravation of the immensely powerful Mining Industry and his consequent slide in the polls. However history will show that the main anti-Rudd conspirators came from the powerful pro-Zionist faction of the Parliamentary Labor Party....
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Thus they had him removed.
"Australia gets first female prime minister" by Associated Press | June 24, 2010
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia got its first female prime minister today after the ruling party dumped Kevin Rudd and installed his deputy as leader.
Julia Gillard will lead the government to elections due within months.
She was unopposed in a vote of the Labor Party’s 112 lawmakers at a meeting today, hours after a revolt against Rudd....
Rudd did not even stand for reappointment in the vote — a signal that he knew his support had collapsed.
Rudd had been one of the most popular Australian prime ministers of modern times until he made major policy reversals, including a decision in April to shelve plans to make Australia’s worst polluters pay for their carbon gas emissions.
The leadership change is unlikely to alter Australia’s key policy positions, such as its troop commitment to Afghanistan.
Since Gillard is leader of the majority party in Parliament, her swearing in as prime minister is a formality.
Senator Kate Lundy said Gillard will turn around the government’s poor polling, which triggered the leadership challenge.
“I think she’ll inspire a new confidence in Labor,’’ Lundy told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
Rudd, who won a landslide election victory less than three years ago, appeared composed after the meeting but declined to speak to the media.
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That article really didn't tell you anything, did it?
Let's give 'em another try:
"Australia’s new leader meets with aides; Defends ouster of prime minister" by Meraiah Foley, International Herald Tribune | June 26, 2010
The New York Times' international wing.
SYDNEY — Prime Minister Julia Gillard met her senior ministers yesterday and fended off criticism that she acted ruthlessly by seizing the leadership in a party revolt that shocked Australia.
A day after succeeding her former boss, Kevin Rudd, Gillard said she had already begun reworking some of her predecessor’s unpopular policies and intended “to get the government back on track.’’
I think we all understand what that really means, right?
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Details of the revolt that ousted Rudd began to emerge in the hours after Gillard was sworn in. Frustrated at Rudd’s plunging approval ratings and his go-it-alone management style, a coalition of state and federal party leaders and union chiefs began discussing early Wednesday how to end his leadership. By Thursday — the last day of Parliament before an eight-week break — his fate was sealed.
By most accounts, Gillard remained loyal to the prime minister until just days before his ouster. Although she reportedly did not initiate Thursday’s action, she did not hesitate to accept the leadership when it became clear that Rudd no longer had the party’s confidence and risked losing Labor’s hold on power after just one three-year term.
The new prime minister, who lives in a modest suburban brick home and speaks with a heavy Australian drawl, is more popular than Rudd, who was often derided for his wooden demeanor. Many analysts believe that her more personable manner will help to improve Labor’s image, especially among the party’s working-class support base.
But Rudd’s humiliation on Thursday, combined with reports that his demise was orchestrated by a cabal of Labor power brokers, left a bad taste in many voters’ mouths. The negative sentiment has taken some of the shine off Gillard’s achievement in becoming the first woman to serve as Australia’s prime minister.
On radio talk shows, Internet chat rooms, and in newspaper editorials there was a sense of outrage at the Labor Party for its treatment of Rudd and for denying the public the right to vote on his record — albeit symbolically — at the next election....
Look at the MSM cover story collapsing in front of your eyes.
In Australia, prime ministers are appointed by the ruling party, not elected by the public. But leaders who carry the party to victory are rarely thrown from power so quickly....
Unless you piss off the wrong people.
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