The Federal Government has savaged Labor's announcement of a multi-billion dollar plan to improve broadband coverage throughout Australia if it is elected.
Prime Minister John Howard described Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd as "getting a bit full of himself" as the two traded insults over Iraq today.
Kevin Rudd has been elected the new leader of the Labor Party. Mr Rudd, who challenged Kim Beazley for the top Labor job, won the vote 49-39 in a Caucus room meeting this morning. Julia Gillard is the new deputy leader. No one else nominated for the position.
Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has called a leadership ballot for next week. Mr Beazley made the announcement after arriving at the party's national executive meeting in Canberra this morning.
Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley's supporters insist he remains the best person to lead the Labor Party despite the intensifying pressure.
A Federal Labor backbencher has compared Kim Beazley's leadership to a festering sore that must be dealt with at the next Caucus meeting. …He [Tasmanian MP, Harry Quick] has repeated a call for Kevin Rudd to take over as leader.