Rudd's adviser grabbed the reins: ABC

Kevin Rudd reportedly asked his chief of staff to fill his spot as prime minister at
the head of the nation's most important security body on several occasions.
In its first major report, new digital TV channel ABC News 24 has said the former
prime minister showed a casual disregard for matters related to the National
Security Committee of Cabinet.
Mr Rudd's chief of staff, 31-year-old Alistair Jordan, often deputised when the
prime minister was running late for the meetings, it said.
The secretive body includes spy agencies and defence groups and is the supreme
decision making council of government when it comes to matters of war, border
security and terrorism.
Mr Rudd's office did not deny the report when contacted by the ABC while the office
of Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she did not comment on matters of national
security.
On Thursday Ms Gillard was maintaining her offer to Mr Rudd of a spot on the
frontbench of a re-elected Labor government.
Mr Rudd stood aside on June 24 to avoid humiliating defeat at the hands of Ms
Gillard, who had the backing of the party's right faction to take over the Labor
leadership.
The ABC said the revelations had left Ms Gillard with questions to answer about her
knowledge of Mr Rudd's reported actions in relation to the security committee.