Did K Rudd 'offer' Beattie carrot to resign ...

Was it - mate, resign, take the heat of us in Qld and I'll make it worth your while?

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Peter Beattie for plum consular role if Rudd wins

20 October 2007

Should Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd win the upcoming election, former Queensland premier Peter Beattie looks set to take up a consular appointment overseas.

A number of Howard Government consular appointments are certain to be overturned in the wake of an ALP win in the federal election.

Peter Beattie and former Labor leader Kim Beazley will almost certainly be offered plum overseas posts as rewards for their service to the ALP, a former diplomat tells me.
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Beazley or Beattie may end up replacing Olsen as Consul-General in New York. Those with consular connections also speculate that Beattie or Harris may replace former defence minister chief-of-staff Innes Willox as Consul-General in Los Angeles.
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See - Carrot dangled for Beattie.


Remember - a vote for Rudd may be a vote for a cushy overseas posting for Beattie ...