Australian government lashes out after poor poll showing
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Australia&#39;s government launched a slew of attacks on opposition leader Kevin Rudd on Tuesday, after a poll gave him a massive lead with around two months to go to an election.
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A new poll showed Australia's government clawing back ground from the opposition as the race for the October 9 election heats up.
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A comparison of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's nationalism to that of Nazism prompted outrage on Thursday, with one top minister calling the former leader who said it an "unguided missile".
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The government of Prime Minister John Howard had a narrow lead in opinion polls heading into the final week of campaigning ahead of the Australian federal election, but the opposition Labor party was narrowing the gap, according
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Americans think Congress is doing a pretty lousy job, according to a poll released Friday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has fallen further behind his opponent ahead of elections on November 24 despite promising huge tax cuts, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
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A survey has shown that the public has low levels of trust and confidence in politicians and also wants MPs be more truthful.
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The Zimbabwean government lashed out Thursday at &quot;gratuitous&quot; criticism by a leading newspaper body which accused President Robert Mugabe&#39;s regime of being one of the worst violators of press freedom.
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Areas of the health service in Wales are performing worse since being run by the Welsh assembly, a report says.
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The Australian head of the new home of Welsh arts has expressed dismay at the depth of prejudice against Wales.
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PRIME Minister John Howard&#39;s &quot;poll teasing&quot; was distorting economic management issues, the Australian Democrats said today.
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A comparison of Australian Prime  Minister John Howard&#39;s nationalism to that of Nazism prompted  outrage on Thursday, with one top minister calling the former  leader who said it an &quot;unguided missile.&quot;
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On the eve of the federal election, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he was disappointed that the intelligence he used to justify Australia's participation in the U.S.-led war in Iraq was wrong, but would not alter course on Iraq if re-elected.
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The Australian government's plan to apologise to Aborigines for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move.
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The contenders in Australia&#39;s election are neck and neck three days before the ballot, with the latest opinion polls disagreeing on who will win.
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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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The government's bid to update the mental health laws are criticised as "rooted in stereotype" by peers.