In the wake of a special caucus vote that removed former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd and instated Julia Gillard as the new Prime Minister, claims have arisen regarding a deal made between the two in the Prime Minister's official residency, Kirribilli House , that allegedly occurred the night before the special caucus vote and Gillard's apparent breaking of the agreement. During the question portion of Gillard's recent address to The National Press Club, veteran journalist Laurie Oakes asked if a deal had been made between Rudd and Gillard during the negotiations in the PM suite prior to the announcement of the leadership spill. “ Can I ask you is it true that Mr Rudd told you that night that he was working towards an October election, ” asked Oakes. “ Is it true that Mr Rudd indicated to you that if closer to the election polling showed that he as an impediment to the reelection of the government and that if that leading Labor figures ... agreed he would voluntarily stand aside." If the claims were to be true, the only other notable time where an event such as this occurred was in 1989 where former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke , promised to stand down for former Prime Minister Paul Keating for the 1990 election . This never happened and a similar caucus vote took place.
In the wake of a special vote that removed former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd and instated Julia Gillard as the new Prime Minister, claims have arisen regarding a deal made between the two in the Prime Minister's official residency, , that allegedly occurred the night before the special caucus vote and Gillard's apparent breaking of the agreement. During the question portion of Gillard's recent address to The National Press Club, veteran journalist asked if a deal had been made between Rudd and Gillard during the negotiations in the PM suite prior to the announcement of the leadership spill. " Can I ask you is it true that Mr Rudd told you that night that he was working towards an October election, " asked Oakes. " Is it true that Mr Rudd indicated to you that if closer to the election polling showed that he as an impediment to the reelection of the government and that if that leading Labor figures ... agreed he would voluntarily stand aside." If the claims were to be true, the only other notable time where an event such as this occurred was in 1989 where former Prime Minister, , promised to stand down for former Prime Minister for the . This never happened and a similar caucus vote took place.
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