Through most of 2003, consistently poor polling led to constant speculation of a leadership challenge by Beazley, though a reasonably successful Budget reply speech and the controversy over Peter Hollingworth gave Crean a small boost in popularity.
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Crean was educated at Middle Park Central School, Melbourne High School and Monash University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws.
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On 4 February 2003, Crean led the Labor Party in condemning Prime Minister John Howard's decision to commit Australian troops to the Iraq War.
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On 24 July, Crean co-chaired the 8th Joint Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee with the Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc in Hanoi.
Latham says that, under the leadership of both Kim Beazley and Simon Crean, the party has failed to develop new and innovative policies, and has either looked backwards and inwards for ideas, or has taken a purely negative position with government initiatives.
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After going to Canberra for their grade six camp, they included photos of the War Memorial and Parliament House and then included John Howard (Who had the letters "PM" on his head which, of course, stands for "Prime Minister"), Simon Crean and Ian Thorpe into the animation.