New polls show Australian government neck and neck with opposition
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SYDNEY : Two new polls showed Australia&#39;s conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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Australians will vote on October 9 in an election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labor, with national security and the economy as major issues.
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused
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Federal Labor has re-established a significant pre-election lead over the Government, according to a combined analysis of major opinion polls.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party launches its election campaign this week facing a dilemma over whether to match free-spending government promises or to maintain its new-found commitment to fiscal restraint, analysts say.
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BOTH Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham today played down new poll results which showed the Government clawing back some of Labor&#39;s lead.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Prime Minister John Howard's governing Liberal Party took a slight lead in nationwide elections Saturday, according to initial results, an early sign that one of President Bush's most ardent allies in the Iraq war may retain power.    With just over 10.4 percent of the vote counted, the Liberal Party had 53.7 percent of the vote and the opposition Labor Party had 46.3 percent, according to the early results...
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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 yesterday called a general election for Oct. 9, with his conservative government trailing well behind the opposition Labor Party in opinion polls.
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SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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Australia's opposition Labor Party promises big tax breaks if it wins October's elections, as polls indicate a tight race.
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The latest opinion polls ahead of Australian elections next month sent contradictory messages with one survey giving the opposition Labor Party a big lead and a second tipping the conservative coalition of Prime Minister John Howard.
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DESPITE this week&#39;s Newspoll predicting an ALP win, Labor hardheads remain far from convinced October 9 will see a change of government.
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Australia's Labor opposition has edged back to an election-winning lead 11 days before the vote, according to a new poll just three days after a rival study gave the government a similar lead.
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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s conservative government leads the centre-left Labor party as the nation&#39;s six-week campaign enters the home stretch ahead of an October 9 election, showed an opinion poll released on Monday.
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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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Australian voters face a stark choice on Iraq when they choose a new prime minister &#151; to stay or to go.