Australian PM says he will not step down before election
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position in untenable.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard insisted Monday that he could win upcoming elections despite a new opinion poll showing him losing further support to his centre-left opponent.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister and the country&#39;s main opposition leader say &quot;trust&quot; will be a key issue when voters go to the polls on October the ninth.
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Tony Blair tells the BBC he will not give in to pressure to stand down over the cash-for-honours affair.
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VIENTIANE, LAOS - Prime Minister Helen Clark is keeping out of a diplomatic row between Australia and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) over Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday brushed off fresh speculation he would retire within days to save his party from electoral disaster, insisting he could still win re-election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied he had made a deal to hand over power to his ambitious Treasurer Peter Costello ahead of elections next year.
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday refused to bow out of this year&#39;s election despite discontent in his party caused by falling opinion poll ratings suggesting it will lose.
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The Australian government will not move to block a foreign takeover of  airline Qantas, the prime minister says.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard brushed aside fresh speculation over when he will resign as he turned 67, declaring he was still fit and active.
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Australia's PM says he will not negotiate with terrorists who claim to have taken two Australians hostage.
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Australia would not end its biggest single export, coal, as part of the government's strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.
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Just four days before a closely fought election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he faces a tough battle despite an opinion poll showing his conservative government ahead of opposition Labour.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended his government's decision to commit troops to the war in Iraq, saying given his time over again he would make the same decision.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard is seeking a fourth term in power at today&#39;s election, promising to extend 13 years of economic growth and keep mortgage rates low.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed Friday his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as needed, following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week.
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Michael Howard is set to tell his party conference that he will not break election promises.