Simon Crean's celebrated career as a union leader and key Labor figure saw him advance industrial relations, oppose the Iraq War and spark a leadership spill against Julia Gillard.

As Labor leader in 2003 Simon Crean called Australia's decision to send troops to Iraq wrong, reckless and unnecessary as he stood up to US president George W Bush.

Simon Crean's state funeral: Who's Who of Australian political elite gather including Anthony Albanese, Jodie Haydon and Daniel Andrews. Labor legend farewelled in state funeral ...

Simon Crean [Photo by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / CC BY 4.0]. The accolades are a measure of the critical services that Crean and his fellow Labor and union bureaucrats have ...

But Simon Crean pulled off one final victory on the supporters of Kim Beazley, who repeatedly undermined his leadership. Mark Latham was narrowly elected leader 47:45.

Simon Crean. On the C-SPAN Networks: Simon Crean is a Leader, House of Reps. for the Labor Party in Australia with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1992 Foreign ...

Simon Crean’s mother, Mary, was celebrating her 100th birthday when she gave a little speech that endured in the memory of Crean’s great friend, the compact giant of Australia’s labour ...

Simon Crean with then-prime minister John Howard in 2003. He become Labor leader at a dreadful time for the party. Credit: Fairfax Media Much was wrong with the ALP back then, but a sense of ...

Australia is without an arts minister less than two weeks after the incumbent Simon Crean presented the country’s first cultural policy in nearly 20 years.

Simon Crean, ‘Labor giant’, dies Emma Elsworthy Fewer than 20 years later, it’s easily forgotten how tumultuous the decision by Howard to join the illegal attack on Iraq was.

Simon Crean in Canberra in 2013. Credit: Andrew Meares If Australia’s Crean was related to the Crean of County Kerry – and it remains unclear – resilience runs in the family.