Howard&#39;s power to deregulate
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Australia is bracing itself for a renewed round of conservative reform following Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s fourth election victory, handing him power not enjoyed by any Government for more than two decades.
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JOHN Howard has full control of the Senate within his grasp after an emphatic election victory that will allow the Coalition to embark on an ambitious reform agenda, including the $30 billion sale of Telstra and further industrial relations changes.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard, handed the most powerful mandate in a generation,  got down to work on Monday with reform of telecommunications,  labor and media laws high on his agenda.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday&#39;s invitation for proposals from investment banks on how to sell the government&#39;s A$32 billion ($24 billion) stake in Telstra Corp.
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Prime Minister John Howard has vowed to use his government's expanded control over parliament to push through legislation that reports say amount to the biggest crackdown on trade union power in Australian history.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has vowed to use his government's expanded control over parliament to push through industrial relations, laws which unions said would be the most restrictive in the western world.
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Australia&#39;s coalition government, led by Prime Minister John Howard has won control of both houses of parliament in the election held earlier this month.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S future has been put at risk by its political leaders in this grubby, greedy election campaign. John Howard has run on a platform of profligacy, renouncing his claims as an advocate of low-taxing small government.
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In the last six years, the White House has embarked on a bold strategy of deregulation, provoking fierce debate about its benefits and risks.
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ON the eve of possibly calling a federal election, Prime Minister John Howard chose his words carefully when delivering the key speech at the Tasmanian Liberal State Council yesterday.
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KERRY O&#39;BRIEN: Reading the electorate&#39;s mood has been no easy matter since the Latham ascendancy. And voters rarely seem to show their true intent these days until an election campaign is in full swing.
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Business & money: Tough new regulatory powers to make the Bank of England and the FSA more effective announced
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, won the strongest mandate of any leader in nearly 25 years yesterday when he took control of the upper house of parliament.
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MARK Latham&#39;s ability to hold a warring Labor Party together is being stretched to its limit after another frontbencher quit and foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd indicated he was considering his future as he pressed for a promotion.
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A NEW era of political dominance awaits John Howard when he gets back to business today. The Prime Minister will outline a fourth-term agenda knowing he is within striking distance of a majority in the Senate.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard looks set to become Australia&#39;s most powerful leader for a generation, with his easy election victory effectively giving him control of both Houses of Parliament and letting him pursue a stalled conservative agenda.
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JOHN Howard has seized on a plea by Iraq&#39;s interim Government for Australia to keep its troops in the country as an endorsement of Australia&#39;s continued involvement in post-conflict Iraq.