FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard holds a press conference after winning a leadership challenge in Canberra, Australia. Speculation is intensifying that Gillard will soon face a leadership challenge in the face of opinion polls that suggest her government is headed for a crushing defeat at elections this year. Center-left Labor Party government lawmakers on Wednesday, March 29, 2013 publically stood by their beleaguered leader. But The Australian Financial Review newspaper reported three unnamed senior Gillard backers saying support among government ranks for her predecessor Kevin Rudd was growing. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor, File)
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard holds a press conference after winning a leadership challenge in Canberra, Australia. Speculation is intensifying that Gillard will soon face a leadership challenge in the face of opinion polls that suggest her government is headed for a crushing defeat at elections this year. Center-left Labor Party government lawmakers on Wednesday, March 29, 2013 publically stood by their beleaguered leader. But The Australian Financial Review newspaper reported three unnamed senior Gillard backers saying support among government ranks for her predecessor Kevin Rudd was growing. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor, File)
FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a press conference after his arrival at Brisbane airport, Australia. Speculation is intensifying that Prime Minister Julia Gillard will soon face a leadership challenge in the face of opinion polls that suggest her government is headed for a crushing defeat at elections this year. Center-left Labor Party government lawmakers on Wednesday, March 29, 2013 publically stood by their beleaguered leader. But The Australian Financial Review newspaper reported three unnamed senior Gillard backers saying support among government ranks for her predecessor Rudd was growing. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ? Julia Gillard remains Australia's prime minister after she threw her job open to a leadership ballot but no one from the government was willing to run against her.
Her predecessor Kevin Rudd, whom Gillard ousted in an internal party coup in 2010, had been expected to attempt to replace her. But at the last moment announced he would not contest the ballot on Thursday.
Senior minister Simon Crean brought leadership unrest to a head earlier Thursday by calling on his government colleagues to sign a petition to force a ballot if Gillard refused to call one.
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