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...Julia Gillard "We are going to make sure people have a safety net." Experience: Deputy Labor leader and shadow Industrial Relations minister since Dec. '06 One of Labor's strongest performers, Gillard would be Australia's first female Deputy P.M. Attacked as too close to unions, she managed to occupy middle ground in the important industrial-relations debate. She's been unflappable in the face of personal attacks, including a Liberal M.P.'s outburst that she was "deliberately barren...
...Relations Minister since 2007 The son of an Armenian immigrant, Hockey has been salesman for the contentious Work Choices legislation since rising to the portfolio this year. The jolliest of Howard's ministers, who once parodied himself publicly as the cartoon ogre Shrek, Hockey has promised to resign if Labor predictions of further changes to industrial relations laws under a Howard government prove correct...
...After demoralizing defeats under Kim Beazley and Mark Latham, Labor is hoping Kevin Rudd, the former diplomat from Queensland, can end its 11-year power drought. If he does, these are the faces Australians will be seeing a lot more...
...There does need to be an urgency about dealing with inflationary pressures." Experience: Shadow Treasurer since 2004 Rudd confirmed the party's former numbers man as Treasury spokesman despite past tension between the two men. Like his leader, the former lecturer in public administration is from Queensland, a key Labor battleground. Swan plays tough and held his own against Peter Costello in their campaign debate. Rudd has confirmed Swan will be Treasurer if Labor wins...
...Greg Combet "We need as a nation to develop a new democratic consensus." Experience: Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary The modern face of Australian unionism has been an effective spearhead of the fight against the government's IR laws. Combet won the admiration of Labor's grassroots for his role in the 1998 docks dispute and in winning compensation for asbestosis sufferers from multinational James Hardie. He is making his political debut at this election, contesting a safe seat in New South Wales' Hunter Valley...