Then prime minister Kevin Rudd and Maxine McKew in 2010. Source: The Courier-Mail
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd says it's important for Labor figures to be "honest" about the events of mid-2010.
The events leading up to Julia Gillard seizing the Labor leadership from Mr Rudd in June 2010 are analysed in a book published today by former MP, Maxine McKew, entitled Tales from the Political Trenches.
Ms McKew writes that Ms Gillard - who has insisted she only made up her mind to challenge on the day she walked into Mr Rudd's office - was "impatient for the prime ministership" and allowed other MPs to create a sense of crisis around the Rudd leadership.
Ms Gillard had "pretended" that it was in the national interest to take over.
The prime minister told ABC radio today that she had dealt with the issue before and would not make further comment.
"It's just simply not my focus. My focus is on this nation's future," she said.
"I'll leave the commentary about these things to others."
Mr Rudd told reporters in Canberra ahead of parliament sitting for the week that he had contributed to Ms McKew's book, but had not yet read it.
"Maxine posed questions to me as she posed to many, many people," he said, adding he provided a single statement about his experiences at the time which was there for all to see.
"I'd simply say this: it is important for all of us to be honest about what happened at the time and that is the best way for us all to move forward. That I believe is the right approach."
Mr Rudd said it had been a "traumatic period for the country, for the Labor Party and for a whole bunch of people who are deeply associated with those events".
But it was important for the party and government to "move on to the big policy challenges of the future".
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