“I thought that, that side of [Rudd's] character – the very anxious, 'I must be in the media, I must shine in Parliament today' – would fall away when he became Labor leader and there was no more fighting for the spotlight; the spotlight was well and truly on him.”

— Julia Gillard

The Killing Season, Episode one: The Prime Minister and his Loyal Deputy (2006–09)

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