Australia Govt in Pole Position for Saturday Vote
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Australia&#39;s government looked set for a fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the eve of Saturday&#39;s election, as rival leaders made last-minute pitches over the economy and the US-led Iraq war.
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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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DESPITE this week&#39;s Newspoll predicting an ALP win, Labor hardheads remain far from convinced October 9 will see a change of government.
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Voting is underway in federal election booths across Australia, as 13 million Australians choose their next prime minister. The latest opinion polls published in the newspapers show the ruling coalition in
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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
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SYDNEY : Two new polls showed Australia&#39;s conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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Australia&#39;s Liberal-National government has drawn level with the opposition Labor Party ahead of an Oct. 9 election, a Newspoll found.
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Australia's opposition Labor Party  matched government promises to cut income taxes on Friday, to  stem a surge in voter support back to the government ahead of  elections in November.
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The Australian election campaign enters its final week with neither side holding a decisive lead and both major parties hoping big-spending promises to swinging voters will get them over the line, according to analysts.
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Australia&#39;s government launched a slew of attacks on opposition leader Kevin Rudd on Tuesday, after a poll gave him a massive lead with around two months to go to an election.
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A new poll showed Australia's government clawing back ground from the opposition as the race for the October 9 election heats up.
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CANBERRA: Australia&#39;s conservative government led opposition Labour on Monday ahead of a weekend election that one analyst said Prime Minister John Howard looked increasingly likely to win.
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CANBERRA -- Australia&#39;s main opposition Labor party&#39;s lead over the conservative government weakened in a poll trend released on Monday, as a heated battle over economic management dominates debate ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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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 as major issues, Prime Minister John Howard  said on Sunday.
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Australia's conservative government turned to wild pigs and pensions on Tuesday to woo support, as a poll showed it slipping further behind the Labor opposition ahead of a November election.
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Australians voted today in an election which offered the choice between a conservative government that unreservedly backs the United States and its Iraq war and a Labour opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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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.