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		The 11 frontbenchers signed the letter before Christmas and are sending it now as they try to stop Mr Kennedy standing in the forthcoming leadership election.
		Mr Cable said he was not threatening to resign but the position of a lot of frontbenchers "would have to be thought through...depending on what happens over the next few days".
		Frontbencher Sandra Gidley, who signed the letter, said: "Charles must think hard about whether he has the personal strength to fight the triple demons of the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the drink problem."
	www.brubiz.com /brubiz/final_content.asp?ID=8677 (588 words)

	Guardian \| Tory MPs fear Howard is starting to panic
		"Michael's position is incredi-bull," one frontbencher said as he laughed at Mr Howard's declaration over the weekend that he would not have voted in favour of the war in the Commons last year had he known there would be no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq.
		To the astonishment of MPs, who remember the arch-Atlanticist's strong support for George Bush in the run-up to the war, Mr Howard insisted that he still supported the war and was merely objecting to the government's Commons motion which mentioned WMD.
		Conservative MPs had braced themselves for a miserable return to Westminster after their poor performance in last week's byelections when the party slumped to third place in both contests.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4974358-103685,00.html (858 words)

	Frontbencher at AllExperts
		The spokespeople for each group will often sit at the front of their group, and are then known as being on the frontbench and are described as frontbenchers.
		In the United Kingdom parliament, the Government frontbench is traditionally on the right hand side as seen by the Chairman (typically the Speaker of the House of Commons or the Lord Speaker), and is occupied by Government ministers.
		The opposition frontbench is occupied by shadow ministers, of which the most senior form the Shadow Cabinet.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fr/frontbencher.htm (188 words)

	Sixth frontbencher abandons Latham - National - www.smh.com.au
		A sixth opposition MP has quit Labor's frontbench, with communications spokesman Lindsay Tanner saying he had serious reservations about how his party was dealing with its election loss.
		Under the Labor system, the factions decide who will be on the frontbench and the leader decides which portfolios they will hold.
		Mr Latham said he was confident Labor had enough talented MPs to form a strong and effective frontbench.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/19/1097951687392.html (365 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Tribute to a great poet and teacher
		NOTED Marathi poet Vinda Karandikar has been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for 2003, read the news item, nestling among other, worldly, weighty matters, and I was yanked back into my English Literature class in Mumbai, where I sat wide-eyed, soaking in all that the eminent Marathi poet had to impart.
		The frontbencher that I was, I basked in the aura the inspiring teacher exuded.
		He seemed so above and beyond the worldly that it was difficult for us to imagine that he had a home to go to, a wife and children and that he could be troubled by mundane concerns like hunger, thirst and the price of vegetables.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /displayArticle.asp?col=§ion=opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2006/January/opinion_January74.xml (809 words)

	NSW Libs have little chance: Ryan : thewest.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The party voted to oust Upper House MP and disability services and ageing spokesman John Ryan in favour of former Georges River MP Marie Ficcara.
		Mr Ryan is the latest moderate Liberal MP to lose preselection after serving many years in parliament.
		Ms Ficcara, a former frontbencher and environment spokeswoman from the NSW right, lost her Georges River seat at the 1999 election.
	www.thewest.com.au /aapstory.aspx?StoryName=334335 (440 words)

	Govt accused of 'grubby' double standard
		Parliamentary behaviour came under the spotlight after Labor frontbencher Julia Gillard was thrown out of the house for referring to Health Minister Tony Abbott as a snivelling grub.
		A week after Mr Abbott escaped penalty for saying the same thing about a Labor frontbencher, Ms Gillard was ejected from the House of Representatives for 24 hours for throwing the insult - then apologising to the grubs.
		Liberal parliamentary secretary Christopher Pyne and Labor backbencher Catherine King were also ejected for a hour in a day of insults traded across the chamber.
	news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=104258 (566 words)

	Journalists, artists battle Australian anti-terror laws
		During heated debate at an ALP caucus meeting today former opposition leader in the Senate John Faulkner also raised concerns about the Labor Party's handling of the issue urging MPs to speak out that our involvement in the Iraq war had increased the risk of terror attacks.
		Last night, senior frontbencher Julia Gillard raised concerns that the leadership group had failed to have a coherent strategy to respond to the Prime Minister's terror laws.
		Mr Howard needs majority support from the state leaders to finalise the laws, which are expected to go before Federal parliament this week.
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/uk_terror_laws_howards_says_must_pass.htm (384 words)

	Jetset MPs list official gifts \| \| The Australian
		North Queensland Labor MP Lindy Nelson-Carr was given a trip to Brisbane for a David Bowie concert and accommodation, while another Labor MP Gary Fenlon accepted a trip to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
		Former Nationals leader Lawrence Springborg and frontbencher Howard Hobbs visited Taiwan as a guest of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.
		Nationals frontbencher Stuart Copeland listed a trip to Tokyo for a political forum, while colleague Ray Hopper was sponsored by the Australian Wheat Board to attend its office opening in Melbourne and another frontbencher Ted Malone received a north Queensland Qantas flight.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20568857-1702,00.html (294 words)

	The Chaser - Howard tries to split atom, Labor
		Peter Garrett attacked the Government, saying that the debate was purely political window dressing, but that it was needed, and that while he was firm in his beliefs, he was considering changing his position to whatever Labor policy was going to be.
		While he has not spoken publicly on the issue, Wayne Swan has given careful private consideration to the matter, and after wrestling with his conscience, has come to the conclusion that that the numbers in caucus just aren't there.
		Popular frontbencher Julia Gillard's views are reportedly identical to those of Tony Abbott, but result in her being ejected from Parliament.
	www.chaser.com.au /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3169&Itemid=0 (409 words)

	NSW Libs have little chance: Ryan
		The party voted to oust Upper House MP and disability services and ageing spokesman John Ryan in favour of former Georges River MP Marie Ficcara.
		Earlier this month senior frontbencher Andrew Humpherson lost preselection for the Sydney North Shore seat of Davidson.
		Ms Ficcara, a former frontbencher and environment spokeswoman from the NSW right, lost her Georges River seat at the 1999 election.
	news.syd.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=163822 (611 words)

	Transexuals will be allowed to have two ID cards
		Voting in the Lords was 155 to 138, a majority of 17, to give nominal additional independence to the scheme's proposed watchdog.
		The amendment, put forward at the Identity Cards Bill's report stage by Liberal Democrat frontbencher Lord Phillips of Sudbury, would ensure the National Identity Scheme Commissioner was a Crown appointment.
		The Bill had proposed that the commissioner should be appointed by the Home Secretary but peers insisted that the appointment should be by "the Crown, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State".
	www.propagandamatrix.com /articles/january2006/310106transexuals.htm (512 words)

	Trust me, all other politicians are liars. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the aftermath of the Australian election, the success of negative advertising campaigns was regarded as a contributing factor to the outcome at the polls.
		Labor frontbencher Simon Crean, wrote in The Age that his party failed to counter the negative advertising campaign launched by the Coalition regarding interest rates.
		He says that while it was a dishonest scare campaign, it was a very effective.
	neovox.cortland.edu /oldsite/vox/vox_101/vox_101.html (912 words)

	P2PReactor.com => Australia => Reshuffle should not be a surprise - Smith
		NO one should be surprised Labor is reshuffling its frontbench less than a year after an election loss and a give-away budget, Labor frontbencher Stephen Smith said today...
		Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has expanded his shadow ministry by two, bringing in former frontbencher Lindsay Tanner and South Australian senator-elect Annette Hurley, who joins the Senate after the July 1 changeover.
		Mr Smith's broad responsibility for the workplace relations, infrastructure and industry portfolios is tipped as one of those to be split up when Mr Beazley announces the new line-up today.
	www.p2preactor.com /article13270.html (189 words)

	Northern Territory News: Few new faces in ALP reshuffle [ 05dec06 ]
		Mr McMullan, trade minister in the Keating Government and an opposition frontbencher until he was sidelined by Mr Beazley, should technically be entitled to the second Independent vacancy.
		Dr Emerson, an economist, was a frontbencher under Simon Crean and Mark Latham, but quit after the October 2004 election in frustration with Mr Latham.
		No one was prepared to speak publicly about potential portfolios today, although Simon Crean is rumoured to be a contender to replace Mr Rudd in the foreign affairs portfolio.
	www.sundayterritorian.com.au /common/story_page/0,7034,20874197^421,00.html (588 words)

	Seventh Labor frontbencher steps down - National - www.smh.com.au
		Labor housing spokesman Daryl Melham has become the seventh frontbencher to retreat to the backbench.
		His move is expected to pave the way for South Australian senator Penny Wong to take up a frontbench position.
		It's universally acknowledged Mr Darcy is to die for
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/20/1097951761921.html (205 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Howard Speaks to Abbott About Parliamentary Standards
		Mr Abbott last week called Labor frontbencher Kelvin Thomson a "snivelling grub" and Treasurer Peter Costello described opposition backbencher Duncan Kerr as a "dropkick".
		But Labor frontbencher Julia Gillard was expelled from parliament for 24 hours this week for throwing the "snivelling grub" term back at Mr Abbott and then refusing to withdraw it unconditionally.
		Mr Howard said he was not sure if he was being deliberately obscured, but he had noticed a number of Labor members standing in his line of vision.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/6-2-6/42269.html (413 words)

	Seventh Labor frontbencher stands down - National - www.theage.com.au
		The 49-year-old barrister and MP for the NSW seat of Banks had been in the shadow ministry since 1996.
		His move is expected to pave the way for South Australian Senator Penny Wong, a member of Mr Melham's Left faction, to take up a frontbench position.
		Labor factions will select frontbench members at a caucus meeting in Canberra on Friday, with Mr Latham then allocating portfolios.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/20/1097951766433.html?from=storylhs (167 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK Politics \| Tory frontbencher steps down
		Conservative frontbencher Peter Ainsworth has stepped down as shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary because his wife has cancer.
		Father-of-three Mr Ainsworth insisted that he had to put his family first as his wife, Claire, begins a course of chemotherapy.
		The East Surrey MP said his decision had "not been easy", but stressed there were no political reasons for it.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2041584.stm (242 words)

	Australian politician questions Exclusive Brethren schools funding
		A Labor frontbencher has called for a review of federal funding to Exclusive Brethren schools, as another minister revealed he met members of the secretive sect.
		Prime Minister John Howard revealed on Tuesday he had met members of the sect, which was criticised in an ABC TV Four Corners program on Monday for allegedly taking large undeclared sums of cash across international borders and hushing up child abuse allegations.
		Opposition frontbencher Kevin Rudd said that although he had no problem with ministers meeting the group, there were questions over the sect’s political role and whether its schools should receive federal funding.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /16076/exclusive-brethren-9 (619 words)

	Frontbencher calls for NHS to be broken up - Independent Online Edition > UK Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Frontbencher calls for NHS to be broken up - Independent Online Edition > UK Politics
		Frontbencher calls for NHS to be broken up
		The National Health Service should be broken up because its "faults" are too serious to be ignored, a Liberal Democrat MP says.
	news.independent.co.uk /uk/politics/article313546.ece (614 words)

	Amazon.com: frontbencher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	Radio Australia - News - Australian government facing pressure over asylum seeker laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But it is not yet clear if the Government will have enough support within its own ranks to have it pass the Senate.
		Government Frontbencher, Joe Hockey, says if the liberal members do cross the floor it won't embarrass the Government.
		Under the proposed new laws, all asylum seekers who reach mainland Australia by boat will be sent offshore to places like Nauru and Manus Island for processing.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1710064.htm?Australia (523 words)

	HINCH.net - The Official Derryn Hinch Website
		The flag must be respected, just like the office of the Prime Minister must be respected even if you don’t like the current occupant.
		That is why I thought it so offensive for a Labor frontbencher, Mark Latham, to publicly call the Prime Minister of Australia an “ arselicker”.
		One of the men arrested for trying to burn the Australian flag in Perth was 19-year-old Ben Pearmain.
	www.hinch.net /says_archive/Mar03/6-3-03.htm (311 words)

	RTE News - Questions raised over Leinster nursing home
		The two patients were subsequently buried without death certificates being issued.
		The issue was raised in the Dáil this morning by Fine Gael frontbencher Fergus O'Dowd.
		Regulations state that the medical officer in an area must be notified of the death of a dependent person within 48 hours.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/1013/nursinghome.html (214 words)

	Howard Government Wins Historic Fourth Term - Worldpress.org
		The government also highlighted its national security credentials during the election campaign claiming its pro-U.S. stance and hawkish defense policy made it the preferred party on security issues.
		Chief Labor strategist and frontbencher Bob McMullan acknowledged that the government’s campaign to scare the public on interest rate hikes had hurt his party and was difficult to counter.
		It was clearly their big weakness - Mark Latham didn't talk about the economy until the election really started and even then not until the final week.”
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2072&dont=yes (959 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Top Tory says Wark should be sacked
		Scottish Conservative frontbencher Brian Monteith has described Kirsty Wark’s holiday with First Minister Jack McConnell as "a serious error of judgement" on both sides.
		Scottish Conservative frontbencher Brian Monteith said Ms Wark’s New Year holiday with First Minister Jack McConnell at her Spanish villa was "a serious error of judgement" on both sides.
		He claimed it left them both "open to speculation" and said if Ms Wark did not resign from Newsnight, the BBC should remove her.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=18982005 (566 words)

	I am not racist, says sacked Tory - NewsAlerts.com
		Tory MP Patrick Mercer - who was forced to quit his frontbench role over comments he made about fl soldiers - has said he is not a racist.
		It is not hard to imagine David Cameron's fury when he heard of the comments made about fl soldiers by his frontbencher Patrick Mercer.
		A Tory frontbencher has quit after saying he had met "a lot of ethnic minority soldiers who were idle and useless" and used racism as a "cover".
	www.newsalerts.com /full/b9c/i-am-not-racist-says-sacked-tory.html (201 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Crean Wins Pre-selection Battle
		Labor frontbencher and former leader, Simon Crean, trounced a challenge from the dominant Right faction of the ALP on Monday March 6.
		Mr Crean won close to 70 per cent of the pre-selection ballot in his electorate of Hotham.
		Mr Crean went onto say rank-and-file members are sick of the factional warlords and called upon frontbencher, Stephen Conroy, to resign as Leader in the Senate.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/6-3-7/39016.html (236 words)

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