AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Defiant Labor set to endorse Crean.
(From Canberra Times)
Byline: LINCOLN WRIGHT
The Labor Party will almost certainly defy public opinion today and endorse Simon Crean as its federal parliamentary leader.
In the face of a series of opinion polls which show strong community support for former leader Kim Beazley, the 92-member Labor Caucus is likely to back Mr Crean by a hefty margin. But Mr Crean ruled out yesterday a vendetta against the pro-Beazley front-bench plotters who targeted his leadership and brought on today's challenge.
Caucus will decide the leader of the party in a secret ballot at 10am. Estimates of the count put Mr Crean's support at 53 votes, Mr Beazley's at …
-
- Crean's out, Beazley's in: Canberrans.
-
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
June 5, 2003
700+ words
-
- Crean: I have numbers to beat Beazley.
-
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
April 29, 2003
700+ words
-
- No-one but Beazley believes he can beat Crean.
-
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
June 16, 2003
700+ words
-
- Lawrence bucks trend with vote for Beazley.
-
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
June 21, 2003
700+ words
-
- Crean takes big gamble to stay head of the pack.
-
News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
June 7, 2003
700+ words
