Simon Crean
How TV networks could turn gaming ad ban from a loss to a win
In the case of Channel 7 and its wooing of Bruce Lehrmann in pursuit of an exclusive interview - they did admit to spending $100,000 on his accommodation. By abandoning such practices Channel 7 would be less reliant on gaming ads and in the process enhance their audience’s viewing pleasure
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Labor leaders top a shaved-down King’s Birthday Honours list
Contentious premiers Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan along with former Labor leader Simon Crean head a slimmed-down honours list.
- by Shane Wright
Daniel Andrews tops King’s Birthday Honours
The former premier’s public health role and Big Build legacy have helped put him in the company of next governor-general Sam Mostyn on this year’s honours list.
- by Kieran Rooney and Shane Wright
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Simon Crean, beloved son of Labor who loved the glory of a sunrise
Simon Crean was a union and political leader, but mourners at his state funeral learnt that, at heart, his family was the fulcrum of his life.
- by Tony Wright
Drivers think road rules are always about them
Readers respond to the push to reduce speed limits; how the Yes campaign may revive its fortunes; and Simon Crean’s legacy.
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Simon Crean’s leadership excursions were almost Shakespearean
Simon Crean needed all the resilience he could muster for the years of leadership strife in which he swirled.
- by Tony Wright
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Former federal Labor leader Simon Crean dies, aged 74
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed Crean will be given a state funeral, saying his passing was a “great loss for the labour movement, but a great loss for our nation as well”.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Political leadership
Simon Crean stuck to his guns on the Iraq War, and was proven right
During his brief time as opposition leader, Simon Crean put some steel back into the Labor Party’s spine.
- by Dennis Glover
Every word of Crean’s defining counter to John Howard on Iraq
Simon Crean excoriated John Howard’s decision to commit Australia troops to Iraq, in an address to parliament that helped shaped his legacy.
'Fair-weather friends': Simon Crean lashes US on Syria withdrawal
The former Labor leader has criticised the US decision to pull out of Syria, arguing it gives the green-light to an ISIS revival and sends a poor message to US allies.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Max Koslowski
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Export trade
Furious Simon Crean rounds on David Littleproud over live exports
"Since you were appointed Minister ... apart from one heated exchange, you have resisted my many attempts to engage with you," Crean wrote in a blistering letter.
- by Latika Bourke
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