Reports have surfaced that Kevin Rudd has underlined his conditions before he decides to bid for premiership. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that he privately warned colleagues that he won't assume position unless key government officials, Bill Shorten, specifically, publicly withdraw their loyalty from Julia Gillard. With no guarantee of support, Mr Rudd will refuse any calls for a comeback.

But it seems that even the Aussie government is currently under dire circumstance. Sources of The Daily Telegraph discovered that NSW Labor is having difficulty nominating the right candidate for the Central Coast seat of Dobell. This difficulty aroused even if Ms Gillard had promised to look for a top-class candidate who will fight former Labor MP Craig Thomson, who is now an independent candidate.

The nominations for the seat have ended this weekend but the party failed to find anyone who is suitable. The only available candidate was a Liberal councilor from Gosford. The central party office eventually decided a "ring-in" to get an outsider candidate to avoid embarrassment.

An intimate connection of Mr Rudd revealed that he would join a move to oust Ms Gillard, given that top government ministers, including Ms Gillard's staunchest allies, will withdraw their support. In fact, several members of Ms Gillard's cabinet have privately professed that they will throw their support to someone for a change, although, they are hesitant to publicly announce their intent.

One of Mr Rudd's closest allies said that if the ministers want change to happen, "then they have to have the guts to put their name to it." Anyway, "they can go and fall off the cliff" with her.

Penny Wong, Greg Combet and Jenny Macklin are among those ministers that Mr Rudd wanted to openly announce their support.

Several MPs raised questions with regards to the "mechanism" involved in changing government leadership, stating it was not relevant at all.

"Once the fundamentals are sorted out, that is a decision is made to changes, the mechanic of it will sort themselves out," they said.

Mr Shorten's ally revealed that he made no action to satisfy the mounting pressure upon him to support Mr Rudd and change the leadership. Nevertheless, Ms Gillard's supporters are already afraid that Mr Shorten might shift sides.

Meanwhile, Mr Swan, and Education Minister Peter Garrett, noted for their staunch support to Gillard, made it known that they'd rather lose their job that support Rudd.

It is expected that calls for Gillard's resignation will come before next week ends.