Gillard’s leadership again under threat

Australia’s two major newspaper groups are reporting that Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s leadership position is again under threat.

Fairfax and News Limited say that government whip Joel Fitzgibbon is canvassing for votes to return Kevin Rudd to the leadership.

Fairfax says that “some who favour a switch do not want it to happen until the last day of parliamentary sittings in June, when a new leader would have the long winter break to reorganise government and tweak policies.”

News Limited says that Fitzgibbon’s move is extraordinary, as the whip traditionally guards against instability.

The latest reports of dissatisfaction with Gillard’s leadership come in the wake of a controversial decision to import 1700 foreign workers to Gina Rinehart’s Pilbara iron ore mine – a decision that has not exactly received unanimous support from within the party and the union movement.

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