Fed: Caucus members say Crean's leadership safe
Labor's federal MPs say SIMON CREAN's leadership is safe despite his failure to makeany headway in the latest opinion polls.
A Newspoll out today shows Labor's attack on Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD for allegedlymisleading parliament over his ethanol dealings has failed to dent his approval rating.
Mr CREAN continues to trail the prime minister in voters' perceptions of who wouldmake the better national leader by 62 per cent to 18.
And the government's polled 52 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.
Labor's family and community services spokesman WAYNE SWAN -- who openly declared hissupport for KIM BEAZLEY in a leadership challenge in June -- says Mr CREAN's positionis not at risk.
And loyal CREAN supporter and health spokeswoman JULIA GILLARD says caucus believesit's hard for Labor to get its policies through while security issues are so dominanton the agenda.
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KEYWORD: POLL CREAN (CANBERRA)
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