Australian government to use new mandate to increase state control
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Australia's newly re-elected conservative government says it will use its control of the upper house of parliament to renew its campaign to toughen counter-terrorism legislation.
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Australian PM John Howard says he will focus on national security and the economy during his fourth term.
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An overhaul of Australia's technical education system to head off a looming skills shortage was the centrepiece of the government's campaign to win the October 9 poll, launched by Prime Minister John Howard.
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Australia announced a A$10 billion  ($7.6 billion) plan to increase the size of its army on  Thursday so it could respond more quickly to emergencies caused  by growing instability in small Asia-Pacific nations.
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People who want to become Australians will have to commit to broad values of "mateship" and may need to brush up on horse racing and political history under new citizenship tests outlined by the government on Sunday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard is facing a backbench revolt as plans for a radical overhaul of media ownership laws were introduced in parliament.
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THE Coalition has promised to use its new Senate majority &quot;wisely and not provocatively&quot; after the Nationals&#39; Barnaby Joyce and Liberal Russell Trood secured the fifth and sixth positions on the Queensland ticket.
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If Australian opposition leader Mark Latham wins the October 9 election it will be a new-found ability to bite his tongue, as much as a bold strategy platform, that delivers him the keys to the prime minister's office.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard looked set Sunday to hold the most powerful mandate of any Australian leader in a generation after weekend elections handed him effective control of both houses of parliament and free rein to impose his conservative
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Plans by Australia to enforce an extensive new offshore security zone are causing concern among its neighbors. The Maritime Identification Zone announced by Prime Minister John Howard will extend 18-hundred
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Migrants who want to become Australian citizens will have to take English exams and prove their knowledge of local history and customs under new guidelines introduced Monday by Prime Minister John Howard.
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Australia&#39;s new ministry was sworn in by Governor-General Michael Jeffery at Government House here Tuesday. John Howard, who won his fourth term as prime minister in the federal election on Oct.
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Australia announced plans to toughen its citizenship policies but denied that new demands requiring immigrants to pledge allegiance to Australian values were aimed at Muslims.
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JOHN Howard plans to seize the policy initiative in the lead up to the October 9 election as he tries to win back voter trust and fend off a concerted Mark Latham attack on his credibility.
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Police in Australia's largest state said they were stepping up security ahead of the October 9 general election to prevent a Madrid-style terrorist attack.
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Australians may soon find some websites inaccessible thanks to a new piece of legislation making its way through the country's Parliament.
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Australia's government has admitted for the first time that its decision to participate in the Iraq conflict may have increased the terrorist threat to Australian interests.