Australia PM pledges climate plan
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces a new policy on climate change, pledging pollution limits.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard will begin work on implementing his fourth term agenda today, after winning an increased majority in the federal election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was staking his remaining months in office on reaching a new international agreement on climate change.
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Australia could expect more frequent droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and strong winds because of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, the country's main science research body warned on Monday.
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Kevin Rudd, the main rival to PM John Howard in Australia's polls, announces a huge plan to save the Great Barrier Reef.
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PRIME Minister John Howard has backed curfews and alcohol bans for Aboriginal communities where leaders want to put them in place.
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Australia's conservative government is preparing a major advertising campaign on climate change as it tries to win back voter support ahead of looming elections, Prime Minister John Howard confirmed on Tuesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday stared down reports his own environment minister had urged him to reverse government policy and sign the Kyoto Protocol ahead of next month's election.
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not hesitate to order pre-emptive strikes against terrorist bases overseas as he unveiled a plan for anti-terror police flying squads.
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Australia's prime minister calls for a new way forward on climate change as Apec talks begin in Sydney.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard outlined his vision for a fourth term as a new poll showed voters warming to the &quot;soft focus&quot; leadership of the opposition Labor Party's Mark Latham.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seeking a fourth term in an Oct. 9 election, promised to cut taxes on small businesses and to spend more on doctors, schools and care for children and the elderly.
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Australia's prime minister announced plans Thursday to ban pornography and alcohol for Aborigines in northern areas and tighten control over their welfare benefits to fight child sex abuse among them.
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Australia said on Sunday the coming Asia-Pacific leaders' summit in Sydney, which will focus on global warming, would set no binding targets for greenhouse gas reduction but might agree on a post-Kyoto consensus.
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Australian PM John Howard puts climate change top of the agenda at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
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The world&#39;s two biggest polluters, the US and China, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.
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A worldwide system to put a price on harmful gas emissions should be a key part of any plan to combat global warming, but should not come at Australia's expense, Prime Minister John Howard has said.