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February 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
If she cannot do so, she is likely to face another challenge from Mr Rudd or –
more likely now – a third contender.
The Opposition has been calling for a new election but the strong endorsement
of Ms Gillard is likely to ensure she retains the support of the independent
MPs who can decide the fate of her narrow coalition government.
Ms Gillard said the party was ready to unite but admitted the recent scenes of
bloodletting and open warfare had been “ugly”.
“Australians have had a gutful of seeing us focus on ourselves,” she
said.
“The last week has seen us, the women and men of the Labor Party, focused
inwards, focused on ourselves … I can assure you [the Australian people]
that this political drama is over.” Mr Rudd, who will now have to
consider his future from the backbench, ruled out a further challenge and
said he held no ill-will towards his colleagues who savaged his record last
week.
“I accept fully the verdict of the caucus,” he said.
“I bear no grudges, I bear no one any malice and if have done the wrong
thing, in what I have said or what I have done, then I apologise.”
Just hours after the vote, Mr Arbib, assistant treasurer and sports minister
and former senior Labor apparatchik, announced his resignation from
parliament. He was promoted by Ms Gillard to Assistant Treasurer late last
year in an apparent reward for his efforts to oversee the 2010 coup. He
insisted the coup had been “correct” but said he wanted “to
give the party a chance to heal”.
Ms Gillard now faces a wider cabinet reshuffle to replace Mr Arbib and Mr
Rudd, who quit as foreign minister before the leadership challenge. She will
have to decide whether to sack ministers who criticised her, including one,
Robert McClelland, who openly said she had no chance of winning the next
election.
After a week denouncing Mr Rudd and his record as prime minister, Ms Gillard
lavished high praise on the former leader and his legacy. She honoured his “many
achievements” including the apology to the Aboriginal stolen
generations and his successful managing of the Australian economy through
the global financial crisis.
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