Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fed: Crean douses speculation as holiday comes to abrupt end

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Fed: Crean douses speculation as holiday comes to abrupt end

By Sharon Labi

CANBERRA, Jan 10 AAP - On his first day back on the job, Opposition Leader Simon Creanwas forced to douse speculation over a major frontbench reshuffle and defend his tacticson Iraq.

Labor refused to fuel a report that the party's bovver boy Mark Latham would be elevatedto treasury spokesman to go head-to-head against Peter Costello.

The treasurer gave his trademark smirk when asked his thoughts on facing Mr Lathamin parliament instead of the ALP's current treasury spokesman, the softly-spoken Bob McMullan.

Mr Latham was on leave and could not be reached …

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