Australian PM Gillard ousted by predecessor

After three years plotting his revenge, Kevin Rudd made a spectacular return to the labour leadership and could be named Australia’s prime minister today.

Prime minister Julia Gillard was spectacularly ousted as party leader by her predecessor, Rudd, in a vote members hope will spare them a massive defeat in upcoming elections.

The ballot took place three years and two days after Gillard ousted Rudd in a similar internal government showdown to become the country’s first female prime minister.