A balancing act: Australia&#39;s diplomatic relations
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, sparked quite an argument last week with his comments in Beijing about whether Australia would side with the United States in any war over Taiwan.
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The leading candidates in Australia&#39;s national elections have very different positions on the country&#39;s role in the war on terror.
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Australia&#39;s foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has wrapped up talks in North Korea on the stand-off over the country&#39;s efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
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John Howard has secured a place in Australian political history after an unexpectedly comfortable win in the general election. The veteran conservative is now on course to become the country&#39;s
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A US-Australia push for stronger nuclear safeguards is likely to dominate the security debate at this year&#39;s APEC leaders meeting in Santiago, Chile.
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SYDNEY - Voters face a stark foreign policy choice in tomorrow&#39;s polls - Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s unquestioning support for the United States alliance versus Labour opposition leader Mark Latham&#39;s emphasis on building ties with Asia.
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Australia&#39;s role in the US-led coalition in Iraq was cemented at the ballot box Saturday when Prime Minister John Howard swept to his fourth consecutive
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A political row has broken out in Australia over election campaign suggestions that Australia would consider a &quot;pre-emptive strike&quot; against terrorist operations in neighboring countries.
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The environment took centre stage in Australia&#39;s election campaign on Friday with the nation&#39;s leaders, neck-and-neck in opinion polls, at odds over whether Australia
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TONY EASTLEY: While our biggest neighbour, Indonesia, battles with corruption, take heart Australia, it seems we are amongst the least corrupt nations in the world.
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Australians voted on Saturday in an  election which offered the choice between a conservative  government that unreservedly backs the United States and its  Iraq war and a Labor opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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Australia is facing a federal election on October 9th with the two main parties having little to separate them in domestic and economic policy. Where the Liberal and Labor parties differ greatly is in foreign policy. The Liberal Party adheres to the "Great and Powerful Friends" doctrine while the Labor Party pursues the doctrine of "Asian Engagement".        Since the September 11th attacks on the United States, terrorism has been thrust to the fore as the dominant security issue facing western nations. Australia has not had a terrorist attack on its shores; but two attacks in Bali and Jakarta have occurred in Indonesia that can be construed as terrorist attacks against Australia. Consequently terrorism for Australia is a foreign policy issue. On this basis the competing foreign policies of the Liberal Party and Labor Party can be compared.
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Australia&#39;s election campaign is in its final stages, with the country&#39;s role in Iraq again a major talking point. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he does not need to apologize for joining last
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An election campaign parades the political divide in the community. Yesterday, amid the extraordinary uncertainty about whether Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq, we saw the glue that unites the two sides of politics.
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TONY EASTLEY: Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has begun a diplomatic mission to North Korea, aimed at helping to resolve the standoff over the regime&#39;s nuclear weapons program.
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MAXINE MCKEW: The Prime Minister has gently steered his Government back onto the official diplomatic line about Australia&#39;s military obligations to America.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday that Australia&#39;s policy is aimed at keeping good relations with both the United States and China.