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LABOR is now a rabble in a panic in what seems to be Julia Gillard’s last weeks - maybe even days - as Prime Minister. It has finally woken up to its deadly choice. It can either have a leader loathed by voters, or one loathed by its MPs. It can stick with the incompetent and scandal-ridden Gillard, and suffer humiliating defeat. Or it can surrender to the popular Kevin Rudd, and risk tearing itself apart again under a self-obsessed power freak. Labor can dream of other options - Regional Australia Minister Simon Crean, Workplace Minister Bill Shorten or Defence...

No war without UN, say voters By Tom Allard January 18 2003 Australians overwhelmingly oppose sending troops to join an invasion of Iraq without United Nations approval, with just 6 per cent supporting involvement in a unilateral United States strike, a new Herald poll has found.Sixty-two per cent believed Australia should be involved in an attack only if it were endorsed by the UN, the Herald-ACNielsen poll reveals. Thirty per cent won't support war on Iraq under any circumstances.The findings highlight the political minefield facing the Howard Government as it confronts the possibility of backing a US strike without UN approval....