Australia poll shows govt slipping further behind
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Australia's conservative government has slipped further behind the Labor opposition ahead of a November parliamentary election after both sides unveiled multi-billion dollar tax pledges, a new poll showed on Tuesday.
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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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A majority of Australians oppose the Iraq war, but they turned out to be more concerned about the economy.
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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 more on the economy and social programs than on Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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The British Labor Party is slipping in the polls as public support for the war in Iraq plummets, a Guardian/ICM poll indicates.
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Australia reports a slowdown in economic growth, as the country continues to struggle with a severe drought.
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Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard'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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SYDNEY  - Australians went to the polls in national elections tipped to see the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally in Iraq, beat off a strong challenge from the center-left Labor Party.
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INTEREST rates went up and down regardless of which party was in government, Labor said today. Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said he could guarantee interest rates would be lower under the Coalition
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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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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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SYDNEY, Australia Oct. 9, 2004 - Australians voted Saturday on whether to hold onto their three-term conservative government and keep their troops in Iraq, or choose the opposition Labor Party and endorse
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Australians voted 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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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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The latest opinion polls published in the newspapers today show the Coalition in front on the primary vote, but preferences are running in Labor&#39;s favour.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal Party took a substantial lead over the opposition in nationwide elections Saturday, and both sides said the government, a steadfast US ally in the Iraq war, was all but certain to retain power.
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Australia's opposition has clawed back a potentially election-winning lead, boosted by its insistence on extra protection for cheap prescription medicines, two new polls showed.