Australian opposition sticking by Latham
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SYDNEY - He may have failed to unseat Prime Minister John Howard in Saturday&#39;s election, but opposition leader Mark Latham looks set to remain head of the Labour Party, his colleagues said Sunday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised yesterday not to let his Oct. 9 election triumph go to his head as he was formally reappointed leader of his Liberal Party.
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The main opposition party grabbed credit Thursday for forcing an amendment to the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement that it says will ensure that cheap generic drugs are not blocked from the Australian market.
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Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd is strengthening his lead over PM John Howard, a new poll suggests.
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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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The Australian government has defended its big-spending election promises as opponents and some economists claimed its new commitments would push up the very interest rates it is promising to hold back.
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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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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports that senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position is untenable.
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Australia&#39;s opposition Labor party has questioned the pre-emptive strike policy announced by the Prime Minister John Howard, and asked why he hasn&#39;t launched a military attack against terrorists in the region.
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Federal Labor leader Mark Latham has ruled out disendorsing Queensland Labor candidate Ivan Molloy, over comments about the Bali bombings.
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Australia's center-left Labor opposition  leader Mark Latham conceded defeat after Saturday's national  election, handing conservative Prime Minister John Howard a  fourth consecutive term.
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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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Opposition leader Mark Latham has declared his intention to recontest the leadership of the centre-left Labor Party even as he was being blamed for its devastating defeat in the weekend election.
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Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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Australia's Labor opposition has edged back to an election-winning lead 11 days before the vote, according to a new poll just three days after a rival study gave the government a similar lead.
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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham said today Labor would aim to keep the Budget surplus at its current level of about $2.5 billion. But Mr Latham said the situation would not be clear until the release of figures by the Government on Friday.
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PETER Costello would not be Treasurer after the election no matter what the result because he had been so wrong on Labor policy costings, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.