Trade Minister Craig Emerson described Ms Gillard as “a strong leader”, saying that was what Australians wanted.
“They expect leaders to make tough decisions even if those decisions aren’t always popular in the short term,” he told ABC Radio.
“If you just got up, rolled out of bed every morning, checked the latest opinion polls then that is itself a betrayal of the Australian people.”
I thought that was what they
had been doing.
Chief government whip Joel Fitzgibbon dismissed suggestions Ms Gillard lacked authority.
“Julia Gillard enjoys the support of caucus and will lead the party to the next election,” he said.
Ah well, that's official then. They're well into the process of selecting another leader.
