Australian campaign gets underway
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Australia&#39;s political leaders have hit the hustings with a blitz of the airwaves to set the tone for the country&#39;s longest election campaign in 20 years -- who do voters trust?
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AUSTRALIA will kick off its 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup campaign against hosts Germany following today&#39;s draw in Frankfurt. Australia and Germany were drawn in Group A alongside Olympic champions Argentina and African Nations Cup holders Tunisia.
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Polls have opened in Australia&#39;s general election. The campaign between the ruling conservatives and the left-of center opposition has been fought largely on domestic issues, such as the economy, health care and public education.
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Under slate-grey skies and the first rain to fall for weeks on Canberra, and facing increasing attacks on his honesty and competence, Prime Minister John Howard yesterday declared a federal election for October 9.
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Australians try to tame the giant.
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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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Prime Minister John Howard launched a media blitz yesterday to persuade undecided voters to give him a fourth term in today&#39;s election, where he will be the first of the three leaders -- US, British and Australian -- who invaded Iraq last year to face a
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Australia's Labor opposition begins putting together a new team, after its damaging loss in this month's election.
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Like Australia&#39;s recent election, the American election was a study in contrasting campaign styles and issues. In both elections a conservative incumbent, who was loathed by elites, triumphed on the day.
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Prime Minister John Howard has kicked off his bid for a fourth term in office on shaky ground, forced to call elections sooner than he would have liked by a robust attack on his credibility from the opposition, editorialists said.
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CANBERRA, Australia Aug. 29, 2004 - Prime Minister John Howard will become the first of three allied leaders who launched the US-led invasion of Iraq to face voters, having announced Sunday that Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9.
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Prime Minister John Howard will become the first of three allied leaders who launched the US-led invasion of Iraq to face voters, having announced Sunday that Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9. The
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Prime Minister John Howard launched his re-election campaign today by saying he had shared the achievements and the tragedies of Australians.
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Australia&#39;s 13 million voters have begun choosing a new government with the opposition Labor Party pinning any hope of victory on a late surge of &quot;undecideds&quot; swinging their way.
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AUSTRALIA As the Oct. 9 election nears, polls show the rivals - the coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard, and Mark Latham&#39;s Labor party â-eck-and-neck.
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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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Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham will target key marginal seats around Sydney as the election campaign hits its second week.