A national union figure has confirmed that Julia Gillard's leadership was discussed during an election battle plan meeting attended by a number of Australia's most powerful union and factional heads.

Contrary to denials by ACTU chiefs, a powerbroker who attended the high-level talks in Melbourne on Tuesday told the National Times that there was discussion of Kevin Rudd resuming the prime ministership.

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Chief government whip Joel Fitzgibbon has reiterated his comments that political leaders who are unpopular are unlikely to survive.

Mr Fitzgibbon said this morning that he still believed Prime Minister Julia Gillard had time to turn her dire polling numbers around.

The ALP has been attacking the Greens and talking about Labor values.  Here’s how the Prime Minister described Labor values in a speech last year. She said:

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Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed near the armoured cars carrying Clinton's delegation in the port city of Alexandria.