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Australia’s Labor roiled by resignations after failed leadership coup

CANBERRA, March 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister
Julia Gillard faced a string of ministerial resignations on
Friday in the wake of a botched leadership coup against her,
forcing a reshuffle of her Labor government just months from
potentially disastrous elections.

Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said he would step down,
joining departing Cabinet colleagues Simon Crean and Chris
Bowen, as well as junior minister Kim Carr. All had backed
Gillard’s chief rival Kevin Rudd as the party’s best hope to
reverse polls pointing to a thrashing by conservative opponents
at the Sept. 14 elections.
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      "Rob Taylor is Chief Correspondent, Afghanistan, based in Kabul. Rob joined Reuters in 2006, covering political and general news, as well as economics, in Australia and the Pacific. He has also worked in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Prior to Reuters, he was Asia correspondent for Australia's local agency AAP, based in Jakarta. Rob has covered conflict, elections, earthquakes and tsunamis on three continents. He began his career in Africa as a news photographer."
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