Polls Show Tight Contest in Australia
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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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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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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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Australia&#39;s conservative government has edged ahead of the opposition Labour party, according to an opinion poll as the six-week campaign for an October 9 vote reaches the half-way point.
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The latest round of polls in the US election race shows the presidential candidates more or less tied, with Democratic hopeful John Kerry trailing Republican president George Bush by two or three percentage points, a gap still within a margin of error.
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SYDNEY: Australian voters will today decide between a conservative government that unreservedly backs the United States and its Iraq war and a Labour opposition seeking a more active role in Asia.
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Polls out today giving the coalition a lead over the Labor Party proved how close the contest would be, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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The Australians are currently weighing up their choice in the Federal election, and the country&#39;s top-order batsmen also looked confused as they decided between two party&#39;s policies.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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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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Two new polls showed Australia's conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9, with Prime Minister John Howard campaigning for a fourth term on his record of economic management, low interest rates and national security.
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The federal election race in Australia has been close during the first week of campaign, but polls indicated Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s ruling coalition has done slightly better.
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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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Australia will go to the polls on October 9, Prime Minister John Howard has announced. Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government, which was elected in 1996, is seeking a fourth
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard insisted Monday that he could win upcoming elections despite a new opinion poll showing him losing further support to his centre-left opponent.
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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.