FEDERAL ELECTION 2: Howard’s opportunity, Labor’s challenge*

The Coalition’s election victory and the prospect of a majority in the Senate is a triumph for John Howard, and a disaster for Mark Latham whose political ambitions have been perhaps irreparably damaged.While Labor leaders, on election night, were unanimous in praise of Mr Latham, in the cold light of day, Michael Costello, the one-time chief-of-staff to former Labor leader Kim Beazley, conceded that Latham had failed.He told ABC’s Radio National, that Labor’s campaign was “a complete train wrec…

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