CANBERRA, June 23 (Reuters) - Australia's deputy prime minister Julia Gillard could become the country's first woman leader on Thursday if she defeats Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot.

The Foreign Minister's comments signal that leadership tensions in the ALP have reached boiling point, with Mr Rudd suggesting a leaked video of him swearing in frustration while prime minister came ...

Welsh-born lawyer Julia Gillard became Australia's first woman prime minister Thursday after the once hugely popular Kevin Rudd fell to a party coup less than three years after taking office. The ...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership again hangs by a thread as Labor MPs in fear of their seats increasingly swing to ousted predecessor Kevin Rudd as a last-minute saviour for the ...