PRIME MINISTER Kevin Rudd has announced he will take a proposal to caucus which will allow all members of the Labor Party to have a say in who is selected as leader.

In a press conference held with Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister said the move was designed to give more power to the everyday members of the party and to ensure that power "never again rests in the hands of a factional few." The proposal will be taken to a special meeting of the caucus for Monday July 21 which will also discuss the election campaign. "Australians demand to know that the Prime Minister they elect is the Prime Minister they get," Mr Rudd told media this afternoon. The key rule change would be enabling the leader of the parliamentary party to be directly elected, with 50 per cent of the vote coming from grass-roots members and 50 per cent from the caucus. ``This is the most significant reform to the Australian Labor Party in recent history,'' Mr Rudd said. MORE TO COME