SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard insisted on Sunday she was the right person to lead the country, dismissing as “gossip” talk of a possible leadership challenge from within her party after months of poor polls. There have been repeated media reports Gillard may be challenged by the man she ousted as prime minister in an internal party coup in 2010, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. Rudd has denied such plans but Gillard backers this weekend closed ranks around the prime minister, publicly saying she was a better prime minister. …

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