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Recent News Items

• Dec 12: Kevin Rudd's Address to the UN Bali Conference on Climate Change
• Dec 06: Rudd Government Strengthens Independence Of The Reserve Bank
• Dec 05: Reserve Bank Holds Interest Rates But Still Concerned About Inflation
• Dec 03: Rudd Government Ratifies Kyoto Protocol: First Official Decision

• Nov 07: Reserve Banks Lift Interest Rates By 0.25%

• Oct 15: Howard And Costello Offer Tax Cuts Package - Audio

• Sep 23: Government Announces 2020 Clean Energy Target
• Sep 05: APEC: John Howard and George Bush Joint Press Conference - Audio

• Jun 03: Howard Announces Carbon Trading Scheme By 2012 - Audio

• May 13: Australian Government Bans Zimbabwe Cricket Tour
• May 10: ALP Budget Reply Speech: Kevin Rudd (with audio)
• May 10: Australian Greens Budget Reply Speech: Senator Bob Brown
• May 08: Costello Budget Gives Tax Cuts; Targets Education, Childcare, Aged, Environment

• Apr 25: Lest We Forget: Defence Minister Nelson's Address At The Gallipoli Dawn Service - Audio
• Apr 25: Governor-General Michael Jeffery Delivers ANZAC Day Address (with audio)
• Apr 21: The Lancet Attacks Howard Government Over Health And Medical Science
• Apr 10: Howard Announces Additional Troops To Afghanistan

• Mar 31: Hicks To Serve 9 Months In Australian Jail; Will Be Released After Election; Gagged For 12 Months
• Mar 21: Howard Admits Mistakes But Defends Iraq Commitment - Audio
• Mar 21: Rudd Launches Broadband Policy; Abandons Opposition To Telstra Sale
• Mar 14: Petro Georgiou Attacks Government Over Citizenship Test

• Feb 23: War On Terror Is Battle Of Ideas: Cheney
• Feb 07: Education Minister Calls For Higher Standards In Schools

• Jan 23: Rudd Calls For "Education Revolution"

• May 09: Full Text of 2006 Federal Budget Speech - Peter Costello

• Feb 14: 40th Anniversary of Decimal Currency: The 14th of February 1966

• Jan 25: John Howard's Australia Day Address to the National Press Club

• Dec 27: Howard Pays Tribute To Packer
• Dec 26: Governor-General Visits Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan And Persian Gulf
• Dec 26: Howard Statement On Tsunami Anniversary
• Dec 24: Howard And Beazley Carefully Craft Their Christmas Messages
• Dec 20: Liberal Party Touts It Achievements In 2005
• Dec 19: Costello Denies Misleading Parliament; Treasury Releases Executive Minute On IR
• Dec 14: Beattie On Media Power Without Responsibility: Who Guards The Guardians?
• Dec 13: PM Fails Australia As Racist Division Continues: Brown
• Dec 12: Howard Claims No 'Underlying Racism' In Australia; Cautions Against 'Rush To Judgement'
• Dec 12: Iemma Announces Police Strike Force To Combat Race Violence
• Dec 08: Labor's Twelve Days Of Christmas
• Dec 07: Costello Says He Won't Challenge Howard

• Nov 30: Ferguson Attacks Greens Over Forests Policy
• Nov 19: Australia To Provide $100m For APEC Bird Flu Measures
• Nov 17: Iraq A Flawed Policy Wrapped In Illusion: John Murtha
• Nov 08: Howard Pays Tribute To ASIO And Police For Terror Arrests
• Nov 02: Greens Condemn Secrecy, Abuse Of Parliament
• Nov 02: Claiming 'Potential Terrorist Threat', Howard Rushes Amendment To Counter Terrorism Legislation
• Nov 02: Andrews Finally Presents Workplace Relations Bill To Parliament

• Oct 10: Workplace Changes Not Family Friendly: Beazley - Press Conference Audio (Windows Media)
• Oct 09: 'My Guarantee Is My Record': Howard On Industrial Relations Changes - Press Conference Audio (Windows Media)
• Oct 09: Details Of Industrial Relations Changes

• Aug 31: The New Multimedia World: Coonan Signals New Media Ownership Laws - Audio
• Aug 25: Download Malcolm Turnbull's Tax Reform Proposals (PDF)

• Mar 28: Business Council Lobbies On Infrastructure

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