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Dec 31: Prime Minister John Howard's New Year Message
Dec 29: Every Picture Tells A Story: Report Of Inquiry Into Child Custody Arrangements
Dec 25: Mark Latham's 2003 Christmas Message
Dec 24: John Howard's 2003 Christmas Message
Dec 10: SIEVX: News In Sweden, But Not Here
Dec 08: Latham Announces New Shadow Ministry
Dec 08: Costello Releases Updated Budget Outlook, Compares Bartlett With Latham
Dec 07: Latham Primes Labor Candidates For 2004 Poll
Dec 07: Bartlett Apologises To Ferris, Public And Democrats
Dec 06: Democrats Leader 'Stands Aside' Over Drunken Incident In Senate Chamber
Dec 06: My Vision For Australia: Mark Latham's Speech To The Victorian ALP Conference
Dec 04: Latham Not A Credible Alternative Prime Minister: Abbott
Dec 04: Government Living In The Past: Latham
Dec 02: Text And Audio Of Mark Latham's First Press Conference As Labor Leader
Dec 02: Rungs Of Opportunity: Latham Outlines His Labor Philosophy
Dec 02: Defeated Beazley Says He Will Stay In Parliament
Dec 02: Latham Wins ALP Leadership 47-45
Dec 01: It's Time: Why The ALP Caucus Should Elect Latham
Nov 28: Beazley Announces Candidacy For ALP Leadership
Nov 28: Howard: 'I Understand How Crean Feels'
Nov 28: Simon Crean's Resignation Statement
Nov 20: ALP Says Tourism Blueprint Falls Short After 'Seven Lost Years'
Nov 20: Howard Launches Tourism White Paper
Nov 20: Government Releases Tourism White Paper
Nov 19: Bob Brown Calls For End To Medicare Advertisements
Nov 19: Greens Call For Abolition Of Health Insurance Rebate
Nov 19: As Senate Support Grows, Howard Defends Medicare Changes
Nov 18: Greens Attacks Howard's 'Poor Prescription' For Medicare
Nov 18: Labor Brands Changes 'MedicareMinus'
Nov 18: Howard's Speech Announcing Medicare Changes
Nov 18: Howard Announces Changes To Medicare
Nov 13: Carmen Lawrence Elected ALP National President
Nov 13: Economic Opportunities & Risks Over The Coming Decades: Ian Macfarlane
Nov 07: Beattie Supports Court Decision On Hanson
Nov 07: Alan Jones On Hanson
Nov 06: Queensland Supreme Court Judgement Freeing Hanson and Ettridge
Oct 25: Greens Claim Parliament Kowtowed To Chinese President
Oct 22: Our One-Sided Commemorations: Communist Party
Oct 12: Jim Cairns, Conscience Of Labor, Dies, 89
Oct 04: Simon Crean's Speech To The NSW ALP State Conference
Oct 01: Abolish Private Health Insurance Rebate: Greens
Oct 01: 'Committed' To Medicare: More Howard Sophistry
Sep 30: Costello Announces $7.5 Billion Budget Surplus
Sep 29: Harsh And Heartless Rewarded In Reshuffle: Greens
Sep 29: Howard Reshuffles Ministry
Sep 25: Beazley Makes New Pitch For ALP Leadership
Sep 22: 30 Things Ruddock Could Do To Mark His 30 Years In Federal Parliament
Sep 21: ALP's Plan For Matched Savings Accounts
Sep 20: The Courage Of Our Convictions: Speech By Mark Latham
Sep 19: Labor's 2001 Capitulation Should Be Forgiven, But Not Forgotten: Tanner
Sep 19: Nominations For ALP Presidency Close
Sep 03: Paul Keating's Address At The Launch Of 'The History Wars'
Sep 02: Costello Jousts With Journalists Over National Accounts, Iraq, Tuckey, Ethanol And Hanson
Sep 02: Crean's Grovelling Speech To The RSL
Sep 02: Howard Lauds "Rich Historical Relationship" With United States
Aug 31: List of Political Parties Registered for 2004 Elections
Aug 30: Satire: Fortress Australia, Howard's Australia
Aug 29: COAG Meeting Reaches Agreement On Water, But States Walk Out Over Health
Aug 29: Latham Calls On Abbott To Name Donors
Aug 28: State Premiers Call For Health To Be Listed On COAG Agenda
Aug 28: Extraordinary Interview: John Howard With Catherine McGrath On ABC Radio's 'AM'
Aug 27: Downer Attacks Churches For Hogging Political Limelight And Ignoring Pastoral Responsibilities
Aug 27: Extraordinary Interview: Tony Abbott With Kerry O'Brien On ABC-TV 7.30 Report
Aug 27: Howard Says Hanson-Abbott Furore Has 'Got Quite Out Of Proportion'
Aug 26: Abbott Denies Lying
Aug 26: Truth Overboard Again Says ALP
Aug 25: Mal Colston, Venal Politician, Labor Rat, Dead At 65
Aug 20: Andrew Bartlett: The Policy Agenda And Future Of The Australian Democrats
Aug 09: Howard Warns Liberals Over Election And Points To National Security Poll In 2004
Aug 08: Crean Declines To Oppose Death Penalty For Amrozi
Aug 07: Howard Gives Support To Indonesian Death Penalty For Amrozi
Aug 05: Greens Oppose Howard Stance On Gay Marriages
Aug 05: Howard Opposes Gay Marriages
Jul 24: Australia Benefits From Globalisation: Downer
Jul 16: Building Social Capital: Speech by Peter Costello
Jun 23: Telstra Sale: Audio of Richard Alston & John Anderson Press Conference
Jun 04: Costello Relationship Is Professional, Effective And Friendly: Howard
Jun 03: Howard Decision 'Not My Happiest Day' Says Costello
Jun 03: Howard Says He's Staying
May 23: Democrats Renew Call For Royal Commission On Child Abuse
May 23: Greens Condemn Howard Over Hollingworth
May 20: Security Fundamental To The Cause Of Labor: Latham
May 15: Full Text Of Simon Crean's Budget Reply
May 13: Budget Lacks Humanity And Robs Environment: Greens
May 13: Full Text Of Peter Costello's Budget Speech
May 05: Minor Parties Oppose Free Trade Agreement
May 02: Beattie Says States Must Fight 'Un-Australian' Changes To Health
May 02: Crean Accuses Howard Of Destroying Medicare
May 01: Democrats Call On Hollingworth To Step Down
Apr 29: Howard Hits Back At 'Labor's Distortions' On Medicare
Apr 28: Beattie Warns ALP Following Maryborough By-Election Defeat
Apr 28: Beattie Provides Support To Depleted Opposition
Apr 28: Official Statement Of Medicare Changes
Apr 28: Howard Announces Changes To Medicare
Apr 24: Writing The Story Of SIEVX: Tony Kevin
Apr 23: Crean Lashes Beazley Over Magazine Article
Apr 22: Howard Hints At Imminent Announcement On Leadership
Apr 03: Crean Condemns Bulk Billing Changes; Dodges Leadership Questions
Mar 29: John Howard's Address To The Victorian Liberal Party State Council
Mar 21: Text And Audio Of Simon Crean's Address To The Nation
Mar 13: Greens Say Speech Shows PM Is Out Of Touch
Mar 13: John Howard's Address On Iraq To The National Press Club
Mar 13: Prepared Text Of Howard's Address On Iraq
Mar 07: Government Proposals The Destruction Of Medicare: ALP

Feb 25: The Case Against War: Bartlett Puts Australian Democrats Position

Jan 26: Crean Says Howard Has 'Gate-Crashed' Iraq War And Ignored UN
Jan 24: Howard's Media Blitz To Justify Troop Deployment
Jan 23: You Should Not Be Going: Crean To Troops
Jan 23: Democrats Oppose Troops To Iraq, Demand Recall Of Parliament
Jan 22: Australia Day: Farley Says Nation Is "A Bit Lost"
Jan 22: Deployment An Insult To Australian People: Greens
Jan 22: Howard Government To Send Troops To Persian Gulf
Jan 16: Australia Should Not Be Preparing For War: Crean
Jan 16: Australian Democrats' Statements On Iraq
Jan 11: Reform With A Social Conscience: Abbott
Jan 07: Don't Let Iraq Become Australia's New Vietnam: Brereton
Jan 04: Howard's Guarded Defence Of Costello

2002

Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
Dec 25: Christmas Messages From Howard, Crean And Hollingworth
Dec 20: NSW Democrats Christmas Card
Dec 13: Crean Outlines ALP Perspective On ASIO Legislation
Dec 11: Liberal Senator Defends Multiculturalism, Calls For More Tolerance
Dec 10: ALP Proposes Office Of National Security
Dec 10: Simon Crean's Address To The National Press Club
Dec 05: Carmen Lawrence Quits ALP Shadow Ministry
Dec 05: Labor Releases Asylum-Seeker Policy
Nov 28: Parrot Mauls Rodent: Howard's Interview With Alan Jones
Nov 24: Howard Gets Out His Dog-Whistle Again
Nov 22: The Fabian Society And The Labor Tradition: Speech By Simon Crean
Nov 09: Howard Addresses Tasmanian Liberals
Oct 19: Greens Win Cunningham In Historic By-Election
Oct 16: Despite Bali, Stay Engaged With Asia: Costello
Oct 05: Andrew Bartlett Elected Leader Of Australian Democrats
Oct 05: Crean Pushes For ALP Reform In Opening Speech To Conference
Oct 02: Is Foreign Policy Bipartisanship Possible? - Speech by Kevin Rudd
Sep 29: Howard Plays Down War Rhetoric: Emphasises UN Resolution
Sep 28: Grand Final Breakfast: Howard Dull, Crean Embarrassing
Sep 13: Menzies Virtual Museum Launched
Aug 26: The New Political Correctness: Speech by Mark Latham
Aug 23: Senator Brian Grieg Appointed Interim Leader Of Australian Democrats
Aug 23: Crean Announces New ALP Shadow Ministry
Aug 21: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja's Resignation Speech
Aug 21: Strong Speech By New Greens Senator
Aug 21: The 10 Motions That Sank Stott Despoja
Aug 09: Hawke-Wran Review Of ALP Published
Aug 06: Howard's Warning To Business On Corporate Governance
Aug 05: Simon Crean Addresses Melbourne High School Political Interest Group
Jul 19: Howard Cautions Liberal Party Over Complacency
Jul 17: Howard Says Aston Was Seminal By-Election; Derides Crean's 50-50 Plan
Jul 16: ALP Modernisation: Crean Calls Early ALP National Conference
Jul 11: Whitlam Proposes Major ALP Reforms
Jul 08: A Loyal Ally, But Not Unquestioning - Crean On The American Alliance
Jul 04: Media Salivates Over Kernot
Jul 03: Crean Calls On Evans And Kernot To Provide "Full Explanation"
Jul 03: Cheryl Kernot, Laurie Oakes And The Unreported Story
Jun 29: The 'Death' Of David Feeney
Jun 25: Meg Lees Under Attack By Democrats; Senate Numbers At Stake
Jun 24: Meg Lees Reponse To Allegations Of Disloyalty
Jun 24: Letter To Meg Lees From Democrats' Acting President
Jun 24: Democrats' National Management Committee Minutes
Jun 15: Labor To Oppose Refugee Excision Plans
Jun 10: Howard Outlines His Formula For Winning Elections
Jun 01: Greens Reaffirm Opposition To Telstra Privatisation
May 31: Brown Gives Howard Hope Of Green Support For Telstra Privatisation
May 28: Pauline Hanson Committed For Trial
May 26: Queensland Government Introduces New Rules For Political Party Preselections
May 25: A Weird Couple Of Weeks, Crean Tells ALP Conference
May 23: ALP Releases Telstra Discussion Paper
May 22: Andrew Theophanous, Former MP, Convicted On Four Counts Of Fraud
May 22: A Pedestrian And Unimaginative Budget: McMullan
May 22: Biography And Comments On John Gorton
May 20: John Gorton, Former Liberal Prime Minister, Dies, 90
May 16: Simon Crean's Speech In Response To The Federal Budget
May 14: Deficit Budget Puts Pressure On Families: ALP
May 14: Treasurer Cuts Compassion To Fund Fear: Democrats
May 14: Text and Audio of the Treasurer's Budget Speech
May 11: ALP Must Modernise And Be More Inclusive: Crean
May 07: ALP Releases Discussion Paper On Economic Ownership
May 04: The Four Laws Of The Liberal Party: Speech by Mark Latham
Apr 29: Australian Democrats' Statement on Terrorism Legislation
Apr 29: Explanatory Memorandum On Terrorism Legislation
Apr 29: ALP Women Continue Fight For Equal Representation
Apr 27: Simon Crean's Speech to the ALP Women's Conference
Apr 27: Joke: Varieties Of Capitalism
Apr 26: Federal Government Props Up Mitsubishi Motors
Apr 26: Simon Crean: Junkyard Dog, New Teeth And Negotiation Joke
Apr 04: Crean Welcomes Howard's 'Overdue' Decision On Stem Cell Research
Apr 04: Howard Announces Support For Stem Cell Research
Apr 02: Howard Takes Issue With 4 Corners Over Drugs Strategy
Mar 28: Brogden Defeats Chikarovski To Become Youngest Liberal Leader
Mar 24: Howard's Defiant Speech To NSW Liberals
Mar 18: The Age: Six Weeks Behind With The News
Mar 06: Democrats Call For Paid Maternity Leave For All Women
Feb 25: Macklin Discusses ALP Review Process
Feb 11: Crean Announces ALP's New Position On Asylum Seekers
Feb 11: A Big Day In Australian Politics
Feb 10: New Parliament Meets This Week; Speaker To Be Chosen
Feb 05: "If Not Now, When?" - Lindsay Tanner's Proposals For Reforming The ALP
Feb 05: Lindsay Tanner Proposes Radical Reforms For ALP
Feb 01: Reforming The Parliament and the ALP: Wayne Swan's Proposals
Jan 31: Crean Offers ALP Support For Howard's Cash Payment Plan For Asylum Seekers
Jan 30: Connecting With The Missing Middle - Speech by Wayne Swan
Jan 26: Crean Calls For Release Of Women And Children From Detention Centres
Jan 14: Pauline Hanson Quits One Nation Presidency

2001

Dec 03: Labor's Challenge - ALP National Secretary, Geoff Walsh
Dec 03: Democrats Lose NSW Senate Seat To Greens
Nov 24: Prophetic Words From Fourteen Months Ago
Nov 18: Whitlam Analyses ALP Election Loss
Nov 16: Let The Caucus Have A Choice
Nov 12: Democrats Claim More Support Than Greens
Nov 11: Where Now For The ALP Leadership?
Nov 10: Beazley's Concession Speech (Text & Audio)
Oct 09: The Political Big Brother Embarrassment
Oct 02: Tony Blair's Speech to the Labour Party Conference
Sep 10: Conservatives And Liberals Combined: Speech By Tony Abbott
Aug 24: John Howard's Triple J interview
Aug 18: Costello's Future Directions?
Aug 15: Peter Costello's speech calling for more Volunteerism
Aug 11: Beazley Calls For Return To Fairness
Aug 08: Stott-Despoja Outlines 'Changing Politics' Theme
Aug 01: Competence, Philosophy and Future Challenges - Howard Moves Into Campaign Mode
Aug 01: Bill Borthwick, Liberal Politician, Dies, 76
Jul 25: Costello Defends Globalisation
Jul 24: Beazley Pledges Not To Sell Telstra
Jul 21: We're Back In The Game, Howard Tells Liberals
Jul 21: Howard's Speech to the NSW Liberal Party State Council
Jul 21: Beazley Talks Of Assistance To Youngest Australians
Jul 18: Kim Beazley's Speech to the Early Childhood Association Conference
Jun 16: HEMP Party To Contest Aston By-Election
Jun 10: John Howard's Speech to the Liberal Party Queensland State Convention
May 27: Beazley Wrong On Taxation and Spending, Says Howard
May 24: Kim Beazley's Response to the Federal Budget
May 22: Few Surprises In Federal Budget
May 22: Full Text Of Peter Costello's Budget Speech
May 15: Fahey Retirement Avoids Nasty Pre-Selection Contest In Hume
May 10: Stott-Despoja's Speech to the Senate Meeting in Melbourne
May 10: Beazley's Speech to the House of Representatives Meeting in Melbourne
May 10: Howard's Speech to the House of Representatives Meeting in Melbourne
May 08: Kim Beazley's Speech at the launch of "True Believers", a history of the Federal ALP Caucus
May 07: ALP Caucus Celebrates 100 Years
Apr 27: What's in the Financial Review Today?
Apr 11: Stott-Despoja and the Future of the Australian Democrats
Apr 07: Australian Democrats Announce Results of Leadership Ballot
Apr 07: Stott Despoja Wins Leadership of Australian Democrats
Apr 01: People Power - New Political Party Formed
Mar 13: Howard Discusses Philosophy of Benevolence and Social Policy
Feb 27: Democrats' Leader Faces Challenge
Feb 25: Pre-Selection Contests Gathering Pace As Election Nears
Jan 29: Backing Australia's Ability - Howard's Innovations Policy

2000

Dec 21: Power and Influence In John Howard's Liberal Party
Nov 22: Howard Makes Speech About Government Direction
Nov 11: 25th Anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
Oct 10: Kerry Jones Defeated In Liberal Party Pre-Selection Bid
Oct 08: Kevin Andrews Wins Liberal Preselection Contest
Sep 19: Howard Ministers Split Over Defence Spending
Sep 16: International Media Coverage Of Australian Reconciliation Issue
Sep 14: Australian Dollar Falls To All-Time Low
Sep 09: Blight On The Hill?
Sep 05: Beazley Gives Industry To Lawrence, McMullan Moved To Aboriginal Affairs
Sep 02: Essendon Wins AFL Grand Final, Crushes Melbourne By 60 Points
Sep 02: Latham Speech On Packer Provokes Debate On Mutual Obligation
Sep 02: Full Text Of Mark Latham's Speech On Kerry Packer
Aug 31: Mark Latham Comments On Kerry Packer And Mutual Obligation
Aug 25: Carmen Lawrence Calls For Political Reform
Aug 24: Malcolm Fraser Attacks Howard Over Reconciliation
Aug 20: Kennett For Canberra Stories Just A Media Beat-Up
Aug 17: McClure Report On Welfare Reform Provokes Debate
Aug 12: The Light On The Hill - Speech by Noel Pearson
Aug 01: Greg Sword Elected ALP President
Jul 31: ALP National Conference Begins In Hobart
Jul 26: Howard Says He'll Consider Retirement After 64th Birthday
Jul 05: The Hard Politics of the GST
Jul 03: Kim Beazley's Address to the Nation on the GST
Jul 01: New Taxation Era As GST Begins
Jun 29: Howard's Address to the Nation on the GST
Jun 16: High Court Upholds Industrial Relations Legislation
Jun 12: Pre-Selection Contests Pre-Occupying Major Parties
May 31: Kim Beazley's Speech on Industrial Relations
May 27: Howard Heckled During Corroboree Speech
May 27: John Howard's Address to Corroboree
May 27: Text of Australian Declaration Towards Reconciliation
May 11: Kim Beazley Responds to Federal Budget
May 09: Costello Delivers-01 Federal Budget
May 07: Federal Budget to be delivered this week
May 02: Bracks Delivers Victorian Budget
Feb 01: Kernot Embarrassment a Dilemma for Beazley

1999

Dec 18: One Nation In Crisis
Dec 12: Victorian Liberals Plot To Remove Poggioli
Dec 10: 50th Anniversary of Election of Menzies Government
Dec 02: A Day Of Significant Anniversaries
Nov 30: Democrats Reject Reith's Anti-Union Bill
Nov 23: Government Increases Medicare Levy To Pay For East Timor Commitment
Nov 16: Liberals Reject Kroger In Burwood
Nov 10: ALP National Secretary Resigns
Nov 09: Kernot's Political Future In Doubt
Nov 04: McNamara To Resign As Victorian National Party Leader
Nov 01: Howard Warns Of Difficulty Winning Third Term
Oct 30: Napthine Announces Shadow Ministry
Oct 28: Howard and Costello In Conflict Over Republic
Oct 26: Napthine and Asher Elected To Lead Victorian Liberals
Oct 22: National Party Dissolves Victorian Coalition
Oct 20: Labor Government Takes Office In Victoria
Oct 19: Labor Governments Rare in Victoria
Jul 23: Carmen Lawrence Acquitted
Jun 14: Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett's Speech Opposing the GST
Feb 08: Leadership Changes in both parties in Northern Territory

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