Julia Gillard has become Australia's
first woman prime minister after Kevin Rudd stood down from the position during
a Labor Party leadership spill.
Ms Gillard has been elected
unopposed to the position and Wayne Swan will become deputy prime minister.
The spill came after a newspaper
report claiming Mr Rudd had instructed his chief of staff Alister Jordan to
ring around the caucus to see whether MPs were still behind him.
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