SYDNEY: Australia refused Friday to back former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s bid to be the next secretary general of the United Nations, saying he was not suited to the job.

Rudd was spectacularly dumped as Prime Minister by his own Labor Party in 2010, with colleagues subsequently alleging that his office was chaotic and he was difficult to work with.

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