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CONROY’Ss reforms were rammed through cabinet without the normal scrutiny.
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Latham vision stresses balance, aspiration
FORMER Labor leader Mark Latham says Labor must counter the rise of the “authoritarian Right”.
I wasn’t ready to lead: Latham
FORMER Labor leader Mark Latham has made a rare admission of “personal failure”, conceding that he was not ready to lead the party in 2003.
Child pioneered a political age
WHEN Joan Child was elected as the Parliament’s first female Speaker in 1986, Bob Hawke said it was an honour “richly deserved”.
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Gillard speaking but few listening
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Iemma opts out of Barton race
FORMER NSW premier Morris Iemma has said he will not be nominating for preselection to contest the federal seat of Barton.
No clean hands in any Rudd Redux
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