Security Divides Leading Australian Parties Ahead of Election
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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.
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Australia is facing a federal election on October 9th with the two main parties having little to separate them in domestic and economic policy. Where the Liberal and Labor parties differ greatly is in foreign policy. The Liberal Party adheres to the "Great and Powerful Friends" doctrine while the Labor Party pursues the doctrine of "Asian Engagement".        Since the September 11th attacks on the United States, terrorism has been thrust to the fore as the dominant security issue facing western nations. Australia has not had a terrorist attack on its shores; but two attacks in Bali and Jakarta have occurred in Indonesia that can be construed as terrorist attacks against Australia. Consequently terrorism for Australia is a foreign policy issue. On this basis the competing foreign policies of the Liberal Party and Labor Party can be compared.
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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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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australians will vote on  Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative  government against center-left Labor, with national security  and the economy key issues, Prime Minister John Howard said on  Sunday.
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National security issues such as the war in Iraq and terrorism are dominating voters' attention in the final weeks before Election Day, Associated Press polling found.
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Australians are due to go to the polls on 9 October, to elect their new prime minister. According to opinion polls, current leader John Howard is neck and neck with opposition Labor leader Mark Latham.
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Australian markets are relaxed despite the bitter political campaign ahead of a general election. Duncan Hughes reports from Melbourne.
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s government has a narrow lead over the opposition Labor Party, according to two polls published Saturday, just three weeks ahead of Australia&#39;s federal election.
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The divisions rending Australia in the general election campaign hardened yesterday as Prime Minister John Howard slipped out through a rear entrance to avoid hundreds of chanting protesters picketing Brisbane&#39;s City Hall.
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Australians have gone to the polls in national elections that will decide if their country remains in Iraq as staunch allies of the United States or pulls out by Christmas to switch its international focus to engagement with Asia.
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Like Australia&#39;s recent election, the American election was a study in contrasting campaign styles and issues. In both elections a conservative incumbent, who was loathed by elites, triumphed on the day.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard is widely expected to announce an election date this weekend, setting off a tight race between his conservative coalition and a resurgent Labor Party.
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Australia&#39;s ruling coalition is ahead of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the last opinion pollbefore Saturday&#39;s federal election.
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The government of Prime Minister John Howard, a conservative and a supporter of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, appeared to hold a narrow lead in polls published less than a week before Australia's presidential election.
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Australians voted on 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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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party launches its election campaign this week facing a dilemma over whether to match free-spending government promises or to maintain its new-found commitment to fiscal restraint, analysts say.
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Australian politicians set off on a marathon campaign Monday for an election that will focus on the way forward for one of the world's strongest economies, the credibility of candidates and support for the Iraq war.