But Kevin Rudd has also received the unlikely backing of fellow former prime minister Tony Abbott.
But Rudd has received the unlikely backing of fellow former prime minister Tony Abbott, who said the US administration shouldn't be prescribing who can or can't be an Australian ambassador.
Scavino has pinned the post, an apparent message to Rudd that his time is running out, to the top of his X profile. "If I was the foreign minister, I'd probably ask him to pack his bags... I just don't think he's up to the job anymore." He said last week that he was deleting those posts to "eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian government".Dean Smith has broken ranks with the rest of the Liberal Party, calling for Rudd to be recalled as ambassador.
"It would be unusual for our closest ally to start being prescriptive about who can and can't be our ambassador," Abbott said.
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