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The Australian Labor Party has got its much needed shot in the arm with Mark Latham being chosen as the leader thanks in no small measure to his mentor as well as surrogate father, Gough Whitlam's behind the scenes maneuvers. The man on the street as well as Latham's detractors are equally enthusiastic about the charismatic leaders ability to swing public opinion in the party's favor and his presence has rattled the ruling coalition which has increasingly got down to communicating with people it had earlier shunned.
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Australian Democrat Natasha Stott Despoja is interviewed regarding her ambitions for leadership of her party. The youngest person to be elected to the senate at 26, Despoja remains an influential figure to the young. On election she would deploy Chipp's founding principles, including environmental sanity, democracy and social justice.
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The labor party is presenting lead rock singer Peter Garrett as their mascot. Many experts recognize the group around Latham and Garrett as the power elite of the labor party and it was with this groupEs blessings and knowledge that Peter Garrett was inducted as the mascot for the party.
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