In an essay published in '' The Monthly '' magazine in March 2012 , Swan criticised the rising influence of vested interests , in particular paying attention to mining entrepreneurs Clive Palmer , Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest , and how Swan believed they are threatening Australia 's egalitarian social contract . and a subsequent address to the National Press Club , In '' The Monthly '' essay he opined : The latest example of this is the foray by Australia ’s richest person , Gina Rinehart , into Fairfax Media , reportedly in an attempt to wield greater influence on public opinion and further her commercial interests at a time when the overwhelming economic consensus is that it 's critical to use the economic weight of the resources boom to strengthen the entire economy . Politicians have a choice : between exploiting divisions by promoting fear and appealing to the sense of fairness and decency that is the foundation of our middle-class society ; between standing up for workers and kneeling down at the feet of the Gina Rineharts and the Clive Palmers . For every Andrew Forrest who wails about high company taxes and then admits to not paying any , there are a hundred Australian businesspeople who held on to their employees and worked with government to keep the doors of Australian business open during the GFC . Despite the howling of a small minority , the vast bulk of the resources industry is in the cart for more efficient profits-based resource taxation which serves to strengthen our entire economy . The vast majority of our miners accept that they have a social obligation to pay their fair share of tax on the resources Australians own . On 23 June 2010 , Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard challenged Kevin Rudd for the leadership of the Labor Party . Realising that he no longer had enough support to retain his position , Rudd resigned the following day , allowing Gillard to be elected unopposed . Swan stood to fill the vacant position of Deputy Leader , and was also elected unopposed . He was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia later that day . Days later , Swan attended the G20 Toronto Summit in Gillard 's place . He would regularly stand in for Gillard as Acting Prime Minister for the next three years
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