Howard Says Full Sale of Telstra This Term Isn&#39;t Guaranteed
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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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Communications Minister Helen Coonan says the Government is taking nothing for granted over the sale of Telstra. Senator Coonan plans to speak with the Coalition&#39;s newest senator-elect, Barnaby Joyce, to discuss his concerns about services in the bush.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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Australian prime minister John Howard indicates he will retire within three years if he wins the elections this year.
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MARK COLVIN: To Telstra, and a question that may go even deeper than the long-running one about whether it should be privatised. Can the carrier remain as a single giant company, complete with a monopoly on
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Australia&#39;s Federal Opposition Labor party leader has seized on the question of whether the Prime Minister, John Howard, will serve a full three year term if the Coalition wins the October election.
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Australia&#39;s political leaders hunkered down on Thursday to selling their multi-billion dollar platforms for an October 9 election, pledges which have been described as a bidding war to buy votes.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday that Telstra Corp.&#39;s board would choose its next chief executive, not the federal government, which has a majority stake in the telecommunications giant.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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The Federal Opposition says a scoping study into the full sale of Telstra shows the Government is committed to the company&#39;s complete privatisation, no matter what the level of service to regional areas.
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Michael Howard is set to tell his party conference that he will not break election promises.
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Australia's re-elected Prime Minister John Howard has hinted he might step aside during his fourth term in office following his latest election win.
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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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Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.
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TODAY&#39;S Newspoll was no guarantee of victory for the Coalition and the election result would be close, Prime Minister John Howard said.
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TELSTRA could look overseas for a new chief executive to steer it to full privatisation. Investor reaction to Ziggy Switkowski&#39;s resignation was muted, with speculation having done the rounds for the past week that he was about to be shown the door.
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The chief executive officer of Telstra saw his tenure cut short this week amid preparations for the AU$30 billion sale of the remainder of the telecommunications heavyweight, likely in early 2006.