Julia Gillard: Giving Kevin Rudd hope on night of knifing was a mistake

By Judith Ireland
Updated September 21 2014 - 10:08am, first published 9:38am
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Regret: Julia Gillard says she should not have fed Kevin Rudd hope on the night she deposed him as prime minister. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Julia Gillard says she regrets giving Kevin Rudd "hope" that he had more time in the top job on the night that she deposed him as prime minister.

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