Howard seizes Australia's Senate
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Australia's John Howard captures control of his country's Senate, giving him extensive legislative power.
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Prime Minister John Howard has vowed to use his government's expanded control over parliament to push through legislation that reports say amount to the biggest crackdown on trade union power in Australian history.
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The junior partner in Australia&#39;s ruling coalition -- the National Party -- says it will have more influence now its delivered the Government a majority in the Senate for the first time in 24 years.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, won the strongest mandate of any leader in nearly 25 years yesterday when he took control of the upper house of parliament.
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A looming election has turned Australian Prime Minister John Howard's traditional morning stroll into a walk on the wild side.
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John Howard to hand over Australian prime ministership if he wins next election
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This morning, as Australians prepare to vote in their federal election, John Winston Howard looks increasingly likely to win a fourth term as Prime Minister, eclipsing Labor&#39;s Bob Hawke to become
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The Liberal-National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister John Howard, has been re-elected for an historic fourth term in the Australian general election held on October 9. The Coalition was returned with an increased majority in the House of
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Australian leader John Howard calls a general election for 9 October, seeking a fourth term.
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Australia&#39;s role in the US-led coalition in Iraq was cemented at the ballot box Saturday when Prime Minister John Howard swept to his fourth consecutive
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Conservative Australian Prime Minister  John Howard began the formal process for calling a cliff-hanger  election tipped for Oct. 9 when he arrived at Government House  on Sunday.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister John Howard, handed the most powerful mandate in a generation, got down to work on Monday with reform of telecommunications, labor and media laws high on his agenda.
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The final week of Australia's October 9 election began with conservative Prime Minister John Howard confident of winning a fourth term and opposition leader Mark Latham embracing the underdog tag.
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Conservative Australian Prime Minister  John Howard began the formal process for calling a cliff-hanger  election tipped for Oct. 9 when he arrived at Government House  Sunday.
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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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SYDNEY - One week away from a knife-edge election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday that he would be re-elected, but only just.
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IT was an act of alleged bastardry that evolved into a political masterstroke. It combined the guile - some might say rat cunning - of senator George Brandis and Prime Minister John Howard.