Caucus in crisis as Julia Gillard loses protection of the AWU by: SID MAHER, TROY BRAMSTON AND TOM DUSEVIC From: The Australian June 15, 2013 12:00AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print JULIA Gillard is facing a crisis of confidence in the Labor caucus and has lost the protection of the powerful Australian Workers Union, as she enters the "killing zone" of the final two sitting weeks of parliament. Labor sources believe the Prime Minister is in her most vulnerable position since she took the leadership from Kevin Rudd nearly three years ago, with her supporters having been rocked by the release of internal polling showing the government is on track for a wipeout on September 14. Senior ALP figures say that while a majority of caucus would "like something to happen", the mechanism for leadership change remains unclear and senior figures are not certain a majority of Labor MPs would vote for a change. Login to read the rest of this article
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:59:04 +0000
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