Australia sees red over Pink's sheep campaign
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Australia's government is seeing red over pop star Pink's graphic Christmas campaign against Australia's wool industry.
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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched.
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The campaign poster was blatant in its xenophobic symbolism: Three white sheep kicking out a black sheep over a caption that read "for more security." The message was not from a fringe force in Switzerland's political scene but from its largest party.
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The two main contenders in Australia's federal election make their final pitches before Saturday's poll.
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SYDNEY, Australia - A disgruntled voter hurled a bag of cheese at Australian Prime Minister John Howard during a campaign speech on Friday, telling him he would soon be out of a job.    At an election stop on the Tweed River, 500 kilometers (311 miles) north of Sydney, protester Paul Taylor worked his way to the front of a crowd of waiting media before letting rip with his bag of cheese...
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Australia's prime minister launched a  campaign on Sunday against homelessness, saying it was  unacceptable an estimated 100,000 Australians were homeless  each night in a country where the economy is booming.
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Australia&#39;s election campaign, which offers some parallels with the US presidential election, entered its final week Monday with Prime Minister John
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Thousands are expected to march in protest at the treatment of Australia's indigenous peoples.
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Australians have gone to the polls in national elections that will decide if their country remains in Iraq as staunch allies of the United States or pulls out by Christmas to switch its international focus to engagement with Asia.
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New concern by Australia's government about the fairness of the trial of so-called 'Aussie Taliban' David Hicks may be politically-motivated, his father said.
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Australia's government looked set for a  fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the  eve of Saturday's election, as rival leaders made last-minute  pitches over the economy and the U.S.-led Iraq war.
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THE fiercely-fought national election campaign in Australian has reached a turning point. This week the 13 million voters in the country are being presented with the final appeals by conservative
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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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The Australian election campaign enters its final week with neither side holding a decisive lead and both major parties hoping big-spending promises to swinging voters will get them over the line, according to analysts.
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Will the deadly bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta create a &quot;Madrid effect&quot; in elections Down Under? The Oct. 9 vote is being hotly contested.
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A popular Internet video accusing Australians of opposing Japanese whaling because of racism while brutally killing animals such as kangaroos and dingoes drew sharp government criticism Monday.
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SYDNEY - The Australian federal election on Oct 9 will be the first real test of public support for Canberra&#39;s decision to back the United States over Iraq.