Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called for a leadership ballot on Thursday as her party faces the growing prospect of a sound election defeat later this year.
She said the ballot of a leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party would be held in the afternoon, hours after a senior minister called on her to hold a vote.
Minister Simon Crean said he would nominate as the deputy and wanted former prime minister Kevin Rudd to stand as the candidate for the top post.
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