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The Age calls for Gillard's head
AAP Updated June 22, 2013, 8:41 am
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The Prime Minister has asked the Human Rights Commission to investigate how women are treated in the workplace.
The Age newspaper has called for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to resign before the federal election.
The Age newspaper in Melbourne has called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to resign before the September 14 election and accept she has failed as leader.
The editorial said she must step down now in the interests of her party, the nation and for democracy.
"The Age's overriding concern is that under Ms Gillard's leadership, the Labor Party's message about its future policies and vision for Australia is not getting through to the electorate," the newspaper says in its Saturday editorial.
"Our fear is that if there is no change in Labor leadership before the September 14 election, voters will be denied a proper contest of ideas and policies - and that would be a travesty for the democratic process."
The newspaper argues that the coalition has been allowed to run unchallenged on its platforms for too long and Ms Gillard has not been able to sell Labor's narrative of landmark reforms to voters, who have stopped listening to her.
"The government under Ms Gillard has lost its way," it said.
"The onus falls on Ms Gillard to break the impasse."
The paper said it is not entirely convinced that Kevin Rudd has changed since he was a "flawed leader," but he should still be given a chance to be prime minister once again.
"We cannot ignore the clear and consistent evidence of the opinion polls that his return to the leadership would lift Labor's stocks and enhance its prospects of making the election a genuine contest."
