Bob Carr born again in PM's cabinet coup

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Julia Gillard started the week with her leadership threatened but has ended it reasserting her authority by appointing Bob Carr as Foreign Minister.

BOB CARR is headed to Canberra as the next minister for foreign affairs after Julia Gillard reasserted her leadership and overrode internal objections to recruiting the former NSW premier.

In a coup that shocked all but her closest colleagues, Ms Gillard salvaged the proposal for the Labor statesman to enter the Senate and cabinet when she rang him on Thursday with a formal offer. ''She asked me to serve my country and I would have been incapable of saying no to that,'' Mr Carr said.

The deal quelled internal disquiet about Ms Gillard's authority, which arose only days after the leadership ballot on Monday when the attempt to recruit Mr Carr foundered.

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Born again ... former NSW premier Bob Carr with Julia Gillard. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

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Bob Carr born again in PM's cabinet coup