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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard survived an attempted revolt Thursday after Regional Affairs Minister Simon Crean called for a caucus vote that never happened.

Crean nominated former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to go against her, a bid that Rudd promptly rejected.

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Gillard had challenged the former leader for his position in 2010 and was elected as the Prime Minister unopposed with the support of her colleagues, which included Crean at the time.

Rudd cited his previous vow not to reattempt obtaining leadership unless he had the support of “an overwhelming majority for the Parliamentary Party.”

According to him, “those circumstances do not exist.”

Crean completely disagreed.

“He should have run; there’s no question about that because I think that itself could have been an important cleansing for the party,” Crean told ABC TV.

The Prime Minister fired Crean ahead of the non-vote, adding to the drama.