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Punter bets $10,000 on Labor win (News.com.au)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A PERTH punter has launched a $10,000 bet with leading election bookmaker Centrebet on the Labor Party to win the up-coming WA State Election.

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Neal's political career over (News.com.au)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:00 GMT

BELINDA Neal's political career is over, with the Labor Party refusing to preselect her for the 2010 federal election.

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EHUD BARAK'S ERROR LOSES ONE OF HIS ALLIES (THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

noreply@blogger.com (Avi Green) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:20:00 GMT

Danny Yatom of the Labor party has decided to call it quits . Here's why: Defense Minister Ehud Barak's Labor Party suffered a blow on Monday when MK Danny Yatom resigned from the Knesset due to Barak's decision last week not to quit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition . Yatom became the second security-minded Labor MK in five weeks to quit the Knesset, following...

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Rudd pulls out his whip for defiant Neal (News.com.au)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:15:00 GMT

BELINDA Neal will have to answer to the federal Labor party whip as to why she is defying Kevin Rudd.

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The ETU's self-destructive threat to leave the Labor Party (On Line Opinion - Latest Articles)

editor@onlineopinion.com.au (James Sinnamon) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:45:17 GMT

These include the corporatisation and privatisation of its power generation assets and the consequent neglect of vital infrastructure. The ETU has also conducted an industrial campaign for wage justice for its members and has been critical of the Rudd Labor Government's delays in the repeal of the Howard government's anti-worker “WorkChoices” legislation.

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Ehud Barak's error loses one of his allies (Tel-Chai Nation)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Danny Yatom of the Labor party has decided to call it quits. Here's why: Defense Minister Ehud Barak's Labor Party suffered a blow on Monday when MK Danny Yatom resigned from the Knesset due to Barak's decision last week not to quit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition. Yatom became the second security-minded Labor MK in five weeks to quit the Knesset, following...

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why you have to be dumb to be an idealist in the ALP (Barista)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:37:57 GMT

Stephen Newman is a wretched example of many things that are terrible about the Australian Labor Party. Cast Iron Balcony explains what he has been up to now.

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Litmus test a big rebuff for Brumby (The Age)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT

The Labor Party faces bitter internal recriminations after the Brumby Government suffered a swing of 16.5% in its heartland seat of Kororoit.

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Big rebuff for Brumby (The Age)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Labor Party faces bitter internal recriminations after swing of 16.5% in heartland seat of Kororoit.

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Carpenter uses gas to rally troops (The Australian )

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

WEST Australian Premier Alan Carpenter yesterday used the state's continuing gas shortages as a rallying call for delegates at the Labor Party conference.

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Alexander quits as head of Scottish Labor (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Wendy Alexander, leader of the Scottish Labor Party, resigned Saturday after an ethics committee found she had broken rules on political contributions.Alexander told reporters at a news conference in Glasgow she believes the finding by the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Committee was political, The Daily Telegraph reported. She said she made decisions on reporting contributions to her...

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Poll: Brown pulling Labor down (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:06:00 GMT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears to be a drag on the Labor Party, a poll released Saturday indicates.The survey by ComRes for The Independent found that 46 percent of eligible voters would pick the Conservative Party if a general election were held now, while 25 percent would vote for Labor and 18 percent for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives and Liberal...

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Britain's Labor Party, losing voter support, vows change (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

LONDON - Gordon Brown vowed to lift Britain's living standards after his Labor Party slumped to fifth place in a by-election exactly a year after he became prime minister.

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Cameron: By-election disastrous for Labor (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT

British Conservative Party leader David Cameron said the outcome of Thursday's Henley-on-Thames by-election was disastrous for the Labor Party.The Conservative Party took the majority of votes, while the Labor Party slumped back from third to fifth place -- as the Green Party and the British National Party moved ahead, the Telegraph reported...

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Millions made on ratepayers (Sydney Morning Herald )

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:22:31 GMT

A PROPERTY developer who is a big donor to the Labor Party ended up with a windfall of up to $7.6 million at the expense of Auburn Council ratepayers, according to a confidential draft government report.

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Gippsland a 'big ask' for Labor (The Age)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Labor Party goes to great lengths to hose down expectations about its performance in byelection.

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Australia again rejects nuclear power (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:30:00 GMT

Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reiterated his opposition to nuclear power after luminaries from within his own Labor Party described it as an essential bridge to a non-carbon future. On the question of nuclear, we believe that we ...

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Labor comes in 5th in by-election (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:06:00 GMT

The British Labor Party suffered a crushing defeat Thursday in a parliamentary by-election, running fifth behind the Greens and the British National Party.The election was held to fill the seat in the safely Conservative district of Henley, Oxfordshire, which was left vacant when Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London, The Times of London reported.Labor, which came in...

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A Lack of Ideology May Help British Conservatives? (PoliGazette)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:11:03 GMT

Sholto Byrnes writes for the Guardian that the British Labor Party of Prime Minister Gordon Brown is trying to depict the leader of the Tories, James Cameron, as a figure without an ideology. He doesn’t have a clear ideology, how can you vote that? the Laborites basically argue. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved..

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EHUD BARAK ZIGZAGS AGAIN (THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:48:00 GMT

Well now, maybe this isn't too surprising, or shouldn't be. Just a day after Ehud Barak and the Labor party say they'd support a bill for dispersing the Knesset, they backtrack over the ostensible assurance that there will be primaries for a new leader in Kadima in a few months, which does little more than to give Ehud Olmert some more borrowed time. It says here: The Labor-Kadima...

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