Voters also rated Mr Rudd 16 points ahead of Mr Howard in their approval rating (compared with an 18-point deficit for Kim Beazley, Mr Rudd's predecessor).

在选民支持率上，陆克文也领先霍华德16个百分点(与之相比，陆克文的前任金·比兹利(Kim Beazley)则落后18个百分点)。

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Labor, now headed by Kim Beazley, is proposing to do the same this time.

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But neither the government nor the opposition Labor Party, led by Kim Beazley, a republican, supports direct election.

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Kim Beazley, in his second stint, was preparing to lead Labor into a general election due in late 2007.

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