Kevin Rudd
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - MAY 10: People watch on as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrives to view a rugby league coaching clinic on May 10, 2013 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The three-day visit is a chance for the two nations to strengthen economic ties, with talks being held on key issues including, trade, military defense, and the controversial Australian detention center on Manus Island. The trip is the first official visit for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to the Pacific Island Nation and the first visit since former prime minster Kevin Rudd visited in 2007.
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My opponents both within and beyond the Labor Party will read all sorts of political significance into this
I have long resisted going with the growing tide of public opinion just for the sake of it
For me to have said anything prior to the budget would have been wrong ... So I've waited frankly for a bit of a lull.More quotes »
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Abbott refuses to attack Rudd on gay marriage flip
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Gay marriage stance not politicking: Rudd
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