Australian Labor Loses Seventh Spokesman After Poll Drubbing
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Australia&#39;s main opposition Labor Party&#39;s Lindsay Tanner became the party&#39;s seventh shadow minister in a week to quit after the party suffered its fourth consecutive election defeat on Oct. 9.
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Humiliation for 'Australia's smallest loser' A Sydney candidate for the Family First Party was sacked at the weekend after an email addressed to a number of student organisations' mailing lists, with attachments showing him apparently flashing his penis, popped up on gay websites and subsequently escaped into the wild.â¦
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Prime Minister John Howard has kicked off his bid for a fourth term in office on shaky ground, forced to call elections sooner than he would have liked by a robust attack on his credibility from the opposition, editorialists said.
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Labor&#39;s health spokeswoman, Julia Gillard, says she will not be standing for the position of shadow treasurer. Ms Gillard says it&#39;s her own decision and not a response to weekend newspaper reports that Opposition
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's   pledge to quit within a year failed to heal rifts on Friday as   his likely successor came under fire from a respected Labor   Party heavyweight.
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Australia's ruling conservative  coalition is trailing the opposition Labor Party badly in the  "litmus test" seat of Eden-Monaro, according to an opinion poll  published on Saturday four weeks out from national elections.
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Australia's conservative government turned to wild pigs and pensions on Tuesday to woo support, as a poll showed it slipping further behind the Labor opposition ahead of a November election.
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JUST as polling booths closed in WA last night, senior Labor figures had conceded they would not win the election. Labor frontbencher Bob McMullan said Labor would lose the election if the voting trend continued.
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused more on the economy and social programs than on Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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Australia's opposition Labor Party matched government promises to cut income taxes on Friday, to stem a surge in voter support back to the government ahead of elections in November.
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Australia's opposition Labor party appears poised to dump its leader Mark Latham amid rising demands he be replaced for failing to answer questions about his political judgment and his health.
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THE Federal Government had not been honest with the Australian public and deserved to be voted out, Labor Leader Mark Latham said today.
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Attacks by Australia's conservative government against its resurgent opposition over links to a corrupt state leader were turned on their head on Saturday when a cabinet minister quit amid the growing scandal.
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Australia's ruling conservative coalition is trailing the opposition Labor Party badly in the "litmus test" seat of Eden-Monaro, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday four weeks out from national elections.
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Australia's conservative government has slipped further behind the Labor opposition ahead of a November parliamentary election after both sides unveiled multi-billion dollar tax pledges, a new poll showed on Tuesday.
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Opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham has conceded defeat in Australia&#39;s general elections and congratulated Prime Minister John Howard for winning a fourth consecutive term in office.
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Australian shareholders had two significant excuses for a protest vote as News Corporation sought to shift its domicile from Australia to Delaware.