No alternative to Gillard: Labor MPs Federal Labor backbencher Laurie Ferguson says a Kevin Rudd comeback as party leader would hurt the government in western Sydney seats. Labor MPs on Sunday denied Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership was under threat, after a Galaxy poll showed Mr Rudd's return would deliver a six-point lift in Labor's primary vote, saving 18 seats and putting it within striking distance of victory. Mr Ferguson was asked on Sunday night if Ms Gillard should quit for the good of her party. "Absolutely not," he told reporters in Canberra. I don't see any alternative to her. Mr Ferguson said Mr Rudd was not a viable alternative to the prime minister and might damage Labor's election hopes in western Sydney, where many voters are still unhappy with the government's asylum seeker policies. "Quite frankly, I think that five minutes after he's elected leader, the opposition will be stressing the immigration changes that he engineered," he said. Fellow Labor backbencher Dick Adams said there wasn't a case for a Rudd return. "I think the outcome will be what everyone expects, that the prime minister will be the prime minister at the end of the two weeks," he told AAP. We're getting on with life and getting on with two more weeks of parliament. Former government chief whip and Rudd supporter Joel Fitzgibbon was also asked if he thought Mr Rudd should make a comeback. "Not tonight, boys and girls," he told reporters. Ms Gillard, who was attending a local government awards ceremony in Parliament House on Sunday night, declined to speak to reporters.