UPDATES
2007
- Sep 13: Democrats Say Bush Failed To Provide Plans For Future Of Iraq
- Sep 13: Bush Announces Withdrawal Of 20,000 Troops From Iraq; No Timeline For Remainder
- Sep 05: APEC: John Howard and George Bush Joint Press Conference – Audio
- 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
- Feb 23: War On Terror Is Battle Of Ideas: Cheney
- Feb 16: US House of Representatives Passes Resolution Opposing Iraq Surge
- Feb 15: Australia To Accept New American Military Base at Geraldton
- Feb 14: US Ambassador Hasn’t Read ANZUS Treaty
- Feb 13: Murdoch’s New York Post Supports Howard Against Obama
- Feb 11: Howard Attacks Obama And US Democrats
- Jan 10: Bush Announces Extra 20,000 Troops To Iraq
2006
- Jan 31: Text and Audio of President Bush’s State of the Union Address
- Jan 25: John Howard’s Australia Day Address to the National Press Club
2005
- Dec 26: Governor-General Visits Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan And Persian Gulf
- Dec 20: Liberal Party Touts It Achievements In 2005
- Dec 18: Bush Claims Success In Iraq, Urges Resolve
- Dec 17: Bush Defends Bugging Program
- Dec 12: Howard Claims No ‘Underlying Racism’ In Australia; Cautions Against ‘Rush To Judgement’
- 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
- Oct 15: Proposed Anti-Terrorism Legislation (PDF) – the federal legislation posted on the ACT government website by the Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope
- Aug 23: ‘Terrorism Repugnant To Islam’: Muslim Summit – Press Conference Audio
- Aug 23: Muslim Summit Meets In Canberra
- Jun 05: Defence Minister Hill Meets With US Counterpart Rumsfeld
- Feb 02: US Democrats Respond To State Of The Union – Audio
- Feb 02: State Of The Union Address: Full Text Of President Bush’s Speech – Audio
- Jan 11: Habib To Be Released From Guantanamo Bay Without Charge After Three Years
2004
- Dec 10: David Hicks Alleges Torture
- Nov 12: Howard Comments On Whether Arafat Was A Terrorist
- Nov 11: Downer Offers Condolences For Arafat, Calls For Renewed Peace Efforts
- Oct 17: John Kerry For President: Compelling New York Times Editorial
- Sep 29: Full Text and Audio of the First Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate
- Apr 25: Hill Lauds Commitment As 13,000 Attend Anzac Service At Gallipoli
- Apr 25: Baghdad Visit: As Goes Bush, So Goes Howard …Again
- Apr 23: APJ: Inviting Bin Laden To The Oval Office – Jeff Koopersmith
- Apr 16: “Gutsy” Australians Want To See Things Through: Howard On FOX News
- Apr 14: Heads Up: Michael Moore On Bush’s Speech
- Apr 14: President Bush’s Press Conference On Iraq – Audio
- Apr 13: Howard Rejects Call For Royal Commission On Intelligence Services
- Apr 11: A Message To America’s Students From Ralph Nader
- Apr 10: White House Releases August 6, 2001 Intelligence Briefing On Bin Ladin
- Apr 10: Howard Discusses Iraq Risk In Light Of Japanese Hostage Crisis
- Apr 08: Condoleezza Rice’s Testimony To The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks
- Apr 07: Labor And The World: Foreign Policy Speech By Mark Latham
- Apr 05: Kennedy Says Iraq Is Bush’s Vietnam: “This Country Needs A New President”
- Mar 24: Latham Should Reconsider Iraq Stand: Howard
- Mar 14: Madrid Bombings Prompt Meeting Of Counter Terrorism Committee
- Feb 05: Tenet Defends CIA Intelligence Role In Iraq War – Audio
- Jan 24: Australia’s Defence Well Prepared, But ALP Would Make Us Vulnerable: Hill
- Jan 16: Australian And U.S. Defence Chiefs Confer – Audio
- Jan 14: Why Michael Moore Is Supporting Wesley Clark
2003
- Dec 15: The Capture Of Saddam Has Not Made America Safer: Howard Dean
- Nov 19: Defence Minister Meets With Rumsfeld
- Nov 18: In Washington, Hill Discusses Iraq, North Korea And US Bases
- Nov 06: U.S. Must Transform Middle East: Bush
- Oct 23: Text and Audio of President Bush’s Address to the Australian Parliament
- Oct 23: Text and Audio of Simon Crean’s Speech Welcoming Bush
- Oct 23: Text and Audio of Howard’s Welcome to President Bush
- Oct 23: ‘I Met The General That Handcuffed Him’: Howard Meets With Bush
- Oct 22: Our One-Sided Commemorations: Communist Party
- Oct 12: Text and Audio of John Howard’s Bali Memorial Service Address
- Sep 30: Tony Blair’s Speech To The Labour Party Conference
- Sep 24: United Nations Structure And Function Must Change: Downer
- Sep 23: Bush Addresses Sullen United Nations
- Aug 08: Crean Declines To Oppose Death Penalty For Amrozi
- Aug 07: Howard Gives Support To Indonesian Death Penalty For Amrozi
- Jul 28: The New Global Mosaic: Speech By Paul Keating
- Jul 19: Satire: A Child’s Guide To United States Foreign Policy
- Jul 17: Tony Blair’s Address To The United States Congress
- May 03: Howard ‘A Man Of Steel’ Says Bush
- May 03: America Deeply Grateful To Australia Says Bush
- May 01: Bush Says Combat Operations In Iraq Have Ended
- May 01: No Troops For Iraq After War: Howard
- Apr 28: Hill Meets With Rumsfeld At Central Command
- Apr 25: Sometimes No Alternative To War: Defence Minister
- Apr 20: So Where Are They, Mr Blair?
- Apr 15: Democracy Compromised By Fear And Hatred: Tim Robbins
- Apr 03: War In Iraq: Daily Defence Briefing
- Mar 28: Howard’s Comments Absurd and Inhumane: Brown
- Mar 28: Howard Supports US ‘Supervision’ In Post-War Iraq
- Mar 28: Text And Audio Of Australian Defence Force Daily Briefing
- Mar 24: Text And Audio Of Australian Defence Force Daily Briefing
- Mar 23: Howard Expresses Guarded Optimism Over Progress Of War In Iraq
- Mar 22: Corporate America Divvies Up The Post-Saddam Spoils
- Mar 21: Text And Audio Of Simon Crean’s Address To The Nation
- Mar 20: Text And Audio Of Howard’s Address To The Nation On Iraq
- Mar 20: The World Has Failed: Bob Brown
- Mar 20: Saddam Hussein Appears On Iraqi Television To Condemn US Attack
- Mar 20: Why Labor Does Not Support The War: Crean
- Mar 20: Howard Confirms Australian Forces Engaged In Iraq Combat
- Mar 20: Bush Announces Start Of Iraq War
- Mar 16: Howard Targets Crean Over Iraq
- Mar 16: Howard’s Behaviour A ‘Disgrace’ Says Crean
- Mar 14: Crean Says Howard Failed To Make Case For War
- 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 11: John Hewson, Former Liberal Leader, Attacks Howard Iraq Policy
- Mar 10: Howard Explains Comments Linking Bali Bombings With Iraq
- Mar 09: ‘Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Howard?’
- Feb 25: The Case Against War: Bartlett Puts Australian Democrats Position
- Feb 24: Text of the U.S.-British-Spanish Draft Resolution On Iraq
- Feb 16: Satire: Iraq Explained
- Feb 12: We Stand Passively Mute: Senator Robert Byrd
- Feb 04: John Howard’s Address To Parliament On Iraq
- Feb 01: Government Deploys RAAF To Middle East
- Jan 31: European Leaders Say Defence Of Shared Values Depends On Unity With US
- Jan 30: ALP Claims US Confirms Howard Has Committed Australia To War
- Jan 28: Text And Audio Of President Bush’s State of the Union Address
- Jan 28: Howard Says Report Shows Iraqi “Stubborn Non-Compliance, Indifference”
- Jan 27: Blix Reports To United Nations On Iraq Weapons Inspections
- Jan 26: Crean Says Howard Has ‘Gate-Crashed’ Iraq War And Ignored UN
- Jan 24: No Fait Accompli Says Defence Minister
- Jan 24: Howard’s Media Blitz To Justify Troop Deployment
- Jan 23: You Should Not Be Going: Crean To Troops
- Jan 23: Howard Farewells HMAS Kanimbla
- Jan 23: Howard Denies Troop Deployment Is Premature
- Jan 23: Democrats Oppose Troops To Iraq, Demand Recall Of Parliament
- 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 07: Don’t Let Iraq Become Australia’s New Vietnam: Brereton
2002
- Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
- Nov 24: Howard Gets Out His Dog-Whistle Again
- Nov 08: Full Text Of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 On Iraq
- Oct 18: Text of John Howard’s Bali Press Conference
- Oct 18: Details Of National Memorial Service For Bali Victims
- Oct 17: John Howard’s Address To Bali Memorial Service
- Oct 17: Government Issues New Travel Warning For Indonesia
- Oct 17: Defence Minister Questioned About Bali Attack Warnings
- Oct 17: Cautious Crean Refuses To Criticise Government Over Bali Intelligence Warnings
- Oct 17: Howard, Anderson And Crean Visit Bali
- Oct 17: A National Day Of Mourning
- Oct 15: Some Reflections On Bali And SIEVX: Tony Kevin
- Oct 15: Sombre Question Time In Parliament
- Oct 15: Howard Questioned About Bali Warnings
- Oct 14: Defence Minister’s Speech On Bali Bombings
- Oct 14: Federal Parliament Condemns Bali Attacks
- Oct 14: Attacks On Mainland A Possibility: Howard
- Oct 13: Simon Crean’s Statement On The Bali Attacks
- Oct 13: Howard Responds To Terrorist Attack In Bali
- Oct 11: Full Text Of Joint Resolution On Iraq Passed By The United States Congress
- Oct 07: “Defiance, Deception And Bad Faith”: Bush Develops Case Against Hussein
- Oct 03: White House Mood Is Bellicose: Senator Robert C. Byrd
- Sep 25: Howard Meets With Blair
- Sep 24: Text And Audio Of Tony Blair’s Statement To Parliament On Iraq
- Sep 23: Al Gore Attacks Bush’s Iraq Policy
- Sep 17: Senator Robert Ray’s Speech On Iraq
- Sep 17: Text And Audio Of Simon Crean’s Response To Downer’s Statement To Parliament On Iraq
- Sep 17: Text And Audio of Alexander Downer’s Statement To Parliament On Iraq
- Sep 14: Library Of Congress To Archive Sep 11 Coverage By australianpolitics.com
- Sep 12: Iraq A Grave And Gathering Danger: Bush Speech To United Nations
- Sep 12: Kofi Annan Pleads For UN Role In Iraq
- Sep 11: A Moment Of Silence Before I Start This Poem
- Sep 11: Bush’s September 11 Address From Ellis Island, New York City
- Sep 10: Hell Bent On War – Communist Party of Australia Viewpoint on Iraq
- Aug 26: Cheney: Old Doctrines Of Security Do Not Apply
- Jun 24: Bush Calls For New Palestinian Leadership
- Jun 06: Bush Announces Government Restructuring
- May 20: Defence, Border Protection And The Budget
- Apr 29: Australian Democrats’ Statement on Terrorism Legislation
- Apr 29: Explanatory Memorandum On Terrorism Legislation
- Mar 11: Remarks By President Bush On Six-Month Anniversary Of September 11
- Jan 29: Full Text And Audio Of President Bush’s State Of The Union Address
- Jan 05: Bush Talks Tough On Terrorism And Economy
2001
- Dec 24: TIME Magazine Names Guiliani Person Of The Year
- Dec 14: The Struggle For The Soul Of The 21st Century – Bill Clinton
- Dec 06: Attorney-General John Ashcroft’s Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
- Dec 02: Alarm Grows In USA Over Administration’s Attitude To Terrorism Laws
- Oct 25: Howard’s Speech To The Australian Defence Association
- Oct 17: Text Of Howard Announcement Of Troops Deployment
- Oct 17: Australian Troops To Be Sent To Afghanistan
- Oct 08: Howard Discusses US Retaliatory Strikes
- Oct 07: Listen To Tony Blair’s Comments On The US Strikes
- Oct 07: President Bush’s Address on Retaliatory Strikes Against Afghanistan or Audio
- Oct 07: Bush Launches Attacks On Afghanistan
- Oct 05: Bush Announces Aid For Afghanistan
- Oct 02: Tony Blair’s Speech to the Labour Party Conference
- Sep 20: Bush’s Address to the Joint Houses of Congress
- Sep 20: Bush To Say “Either You Are With Us, Or You Are With The Terrorists”
- Sep 19: The Australian Ugliness: Terrorism, Asylum-Seekers, Fear And Politics
- Sep 17: Bush Says Bin Laden Wanted “Dead Or Alive”
- Sep 17: Alternative Views of “America’s War”
- Sep 15: Bush Warns Of Long Battle Against Terrorism
- Sep 15: Listen to Bush’s Radio Address
- Sep 15: Congress Passes Joint Resolution Authorizing Use Of Force
- Sep 15: Congressional Joint Resolution On Terrorism
- Sep 14: Bush: “This Conflict Will End In A Way And At An Hour Of Our Choosing”
- Sep 14: Crisis Mood Spreading In America; Vice-President Taken Out Of Washington
- Sep 13: US Politicians Crank Up “War” Rhetoric
- Sep 13: Bush Promises To Win War Against Terrorism
- Sep 13: Bush Proclaims National Day Of Prayer and Remembrance
- Sep 12: Osama Bin Laden – Background Information
- Sep 12: An Unfathomable Attack – New York Times editorial
- Sep 12: We Were Attacked Because We Are Good – John McCain
- Sep 12: President Bush’s Address to the Nation
- Sep 12: Hijacked Passengers Called Families To Say Good-Bye
- Sep 12: Statement by Peter Beattie on CHOGM and Terrorism
- Sep 12: CHOGM To Go Ahead In Shadow Of Terrorist Attacks
- Sep 12: World Trade Centre Details
- Sep 12: Sep 11: Day Of Infamy
- Sep 11: Full Text of President Bush’s Address on Terrorist Attacks
- Sep 11: Bush: Evil, Despicable Terror Will Not Go Unpunished
- Sep 11: World Trade Centre Towers Collapse After Aircraft Hit
- Sep 11: U.S. Attacked
Archived Posts
- Sep 11, 2016: Brandis Announces New Anti-Terror Laws; Control Orders To Apply To 14-Year-Olds; Indefinite Detention For Convicted Terrorists
- Jun 13, 2016: We Cannot Be Complacent: Malcolm Turnbull On Orlando Shootings
- Oct 10, 2014: COAG Discussions Focus On Terrorism, Federation And Taxation
- Oct 03, 2014: Shorten Gives ALP Support To Iraq Commitment; Greens Opposed
- Oct 03, 2014: Abbott Government Commits Defence Aircraft To Coalition Airstrikes Against ISIL In Iraq
- Oct 02, 2014: Senate President Announces Decision On Covered Visitors To Parliament House
- Sep 24, 2014: Truss And Shorten Address Parliament On Shooting Of Melbourne Teenager
- Sep 24, 2014: From The Fringe: Sen. Jacqui Lambie’s Tirade Against Sharia Law
- Sep 22, 2014: Melissa Parke’s Speech On Iraq; ALP Member Questions Commitment
- Sep 22, 2014: Shorten Maintains Support For Abbott Government On Iraq; Also Outlines Conditions
- Sep 22, 2014: Tony Abbott Statement On National Security: “Balance Between Freedom And Security Will Have To Shift”
- Sep 19, 2014: Abbott Says Federal Police Now Handling External And Internal Security At Parliament House
- Sep 18, 2014: Islamic State Beheadings Plot Alleged Following Terrorist Raid Arrests In Sydney And Brisbane
- Sep 14, 2014: ALP Supports Military Commitment To Iraq, Greens Opposed
- Sep 14, 2014: Combat Aircraft To Join Coalition Against ISIL; Advisers But No Combat Troops; Australia Responds To US Request
- Sep 13, 2014: Abbott: Keeping Our Country As Safe As Possible
- Sep 12, 2014: Terror Alert Raised To High; Abbott Says No Imminent Threats But People With Intent And Capability Are Here
- Aug 27, 2014: Terrorism Threats: ASIO Director-General David Irvine Addresses National Press Club
- Aug 06, 2014: Attorney-General George Brandis Stumbles In Metadata Interview
- Aug 05, 2014: Shorten Says Brandis Has Been Humiliated By Cabinet Over 18C Repeal
- Aug 05, 2014: Abbott Kills 18C Repeal; New Counter-Terrorism Measures To Cost $630m Over Four Years
- Jan 23, 2013: Gillard Releases National Security Strategy
- Jul 24, 2012: DPP Drops Confiscation Proceedings Against David Hicks
- Sep 11, 2011: Channel 10 News Remembers The Night of September 11
- May 02, 2011: The Death of Osama bin Laden: Gillard Comments
- May 01, 2011: Obama Announces US Has Found And Killed Osama bin Laden
- Jan 29, 2008: Terrorism, Policing & The Media: Controversial Keelty Speech
- Feb 23, 2007: War On Terror Is Battle Of Ideas: Cheney
- Feb 14, 2007: U.S. Ambassador Hasn’t Read ANZUS Treaty
- Dec 18, 2005: Bush Claims Success In Iraq, Urges Resolve
- Dec 17, 2005: Bush Defends Bugging Program
- Nov 08, 2005: Howard Pays Tribute To ASIO And Federal Police For Terror Arrests
- Nov 02, 2005: Greens Condemn Secrecy, Abuse Of Parliament
- Nov 02, 2005: Howard Rushes Amendment To Counter Terrorism Legislation
- Jan 11, 2005: Habib To Be Released From Guantanamo Bay Without Charge After Three Years
- Nov 12, 2004: Australian Government Statement On Death Of Yasser Arafat
- Oct 03, 2004: The Fight For Our Future: Sunday Herald-Sun
- Apr 23, 2004: Jeff Koopersmith: When A Tough Guy President Fails
- Apr 10, 2004: White House Releases August 6, 2001 Intelligence Briefing On Bin Laden
- Apr 08, 2004: Condoleezza Rice’s Testimony To The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks
- Mar 14, 2004: Madrid Bombings Prompt Meeting Of Counter Terrorism Committee
- Oct 23, 2003: President Bush Addresses Australian Parliament; Greens Ejected
- Oct 12, 2003: John Howard Address At Bali Memorial Service
- Aug 07, 2003: Howard Gives Support To Indonesian Death Penalty For Amrozi
- May 20, 2003: Security Fundamental To The Cause Of Labor: Latham
- May 03, 2003: Howard ‘A Man Of Steel’ Says Bush
- Dec 10, 2002: ALP Proposes Office Of National Security
- Oct 16, 2002: Despite Bali, Stay Engaged With Asia: Costello
- Oct 11, 2002: Text of Joint Resolution On Iraq Passed By The U.S. Congress
- Sep 20, 2002: The National Security Strategy Of The United States Of America
- Sep 12, 2002: Saddam Hussein: A Decade Of Deception And Defiance
- Jun 12, 2002: Howard Addresses Joint Meeting of US Congress
- Jun 06, 2002: As 9/11 Investigations Mount, Bush Creates Homeland Security Department
- Apr 29, 2002: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002
- Apr 29, 2002: Democrats: You Do Not Have The Right To Remain Silent
- Apr 14, 2002: John Howard Addresses Liberal Party Federal Council; Emphasises Defence And Terror Issues
- Dec 14, 2001: Bill Clinton: The Struggle for the Soul of the 21st Century
- Dec 02, 2001: Justice Deformed: New York Times On War And The Constitution
- Oct 02, 2001: Tony Blair: Let Us Re-Order This World Around Us
- Sep 20, 2001: Bush Says Terrorism Will Go The Way Of Fascism, Nazism And Totalitarianism: Into History’s Unmarked Grave Of Discarded Lies
- Sep 14, 2001: U.S. Congress Authorises Use Of Force Against Terrorists
- Sep 14, 2001: U.S. Attacks: Government Invokes ANZUS Treaty
- Sep 12, 2001: Peter Beattie’s Ministerial Statement On US Terrorist Attacks
- Sep 12, 2001: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: A DAY OF INFAMY
- Sep 11, 2001: Evil, Despicable Acts Of Terror: Bush
- Sep 11, 2001: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON USA
- Sep 11, 2001: U.S.A. Under Attack
