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Voters cool on Latham and tax cuts, poll finds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Voter support for Opposition Leader Mark Latham and Labor has slipped, but Australians are also cool on large tax cuts tipped for next month's budget, a new poll shows. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the ACNielsen poll shows support for Labor has ...

Sherry will keep his job despite super blooper: Latham

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... retirement incomes and savings spokesman Nick Sherry would keep his job despite bungling a pension plan announcement, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today. Senator Sherry this week apologised for an $8 billion mistake in the opposition's pension ...

Labor says we were wrong on super blooper

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
... retirees an extra $25-a-week. The opposition owned up to the mistake after Treasurer Peter Costello seized on Opposition Leader Mark Latham's definition of the pension benchmark. Latham said this week a Labor government would not let the aged pension ...

Latham lashes super schemes for high-end pollies

... Superannuation schemes for federal MPs, judges and the Governor-General would be closed down under a Labor government, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today. The schemes were well outside the community standard and were out-of-date, Mr Latham said. ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

... which will wipe out tariffs on 97 per cent of manufactured goods coming into the country almost immediately. But Opposition Leader Mark Latham slammed the deal as bad for farmers and not in Australia's interests. And the ACTU said it was a one-sided ...

Labor to crack down on corporate crooks

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
... reforms endorsed by the ALP national conference today. Labor's economic platform will also clear the way for Opposition Leader Mark Latham to offer across the board tax cuts, including possible cuts to high income earners. Financial services spokesman ...

ALP deputy leader Senator Conroy criticises Costello's stance on HIH audit reforms

The Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Corporate Governance, Senator Stephen Conroy has fired a volley at the Treasurer saying that the latter had backed down on implementing key HIH recommendations ...

Coonan calls on Latham to back portability regulations

... Parliamentary sittings". Senator Coonan appealed to new Labor leader, Mark Latham, to support the regulations. "Opposition leader Mark Latham must abandon opposition for opposition's sake," Senator Coonan said. Labor has previously indicated it would ...

Labor undergone generational change: Latham

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... ballot 47 votes to 45 over former leader Kim Beazley. The 42-year-old MP from western Sydney now takes over as Opposition Leader from Simon Crean, who stood aside after losing the support of senior colleagues and faction leaders. Mr Latham said he had ...

Simon Crean steps down from Labor leadership

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
Opposition Leader Simon Crean today announced he would stand down as leader of the Labor Party. Mr Crean, in a brief statement, told reporters he would call a ballot for the leadership at next week\'s caucus meeting on Tuesday. He said he would not ...