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Article: Fed: Bartlett moves to assert leadership
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2002
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Fed: Bartlett moves to assert leadership
By Karen Polglaze and Nikki Todd
CANBERRA, Oct 7 AAP - New Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett
today moved to
assert his leadership after a challenge from the party's most outspoken
reform advocate.
Less than two days into the job, Senator Bartlett's leadership
was put on the line
over the troubling issue of internal party reform.
West Australian senator Andrew Murray's outspoken comments over
recent months have
provoked members to petition for a ballot under the party's constitution
to decide if
the comments were in the party's best interests.
Senator Murray called on Senator Bartlett to resolve this ...