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2007
- Dec 06: U.S.-Australian Relations In A New Era: Speech by Nicholas Burns
- Nov 29: UN, USA, Asia: Three Pillars Of Labor’s Foreign Policy Says Smith
- 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
- Feb 10: Senator Barack Obama Announces For President
- Jan 23: President George W. Bush’s State Of The Union Address: Text and Audio
- Jan 10: Bush Announces Extra 20,000 Troops To Iraq
2006
- Apr 30: Let’s Impeach The President: Neil Young Song Lyrics And Audio
- Jan 31: Text and Audio of President Bush’s State of the Union Address
2005
- Dec 18: Bush Claims Success In Iraq, Urges Resolve
- Dec 17: Bush Defends Bugging Program
- Dec 17: As Leo McGarry Dies, Chicago Tribune Endorses Matt Santos For President
- Nov 17: Iraq A Flawed Policy Wrapped In Illusion: John Murtha
- Oct 06: American Democracy Is In Grave Danger: Al Gore
- Aug 20: Costello Decries Anti-American Sentiment Amongst Teachers
- Jun 10: APJ: The Fall Of The House Of Bush: Ernest Partridge
- Jun 05: Defence Minister Hill Meets With US Counterpart Rumsfeld
- Apr 13: The Challenge Of Becoming A True Digital Native: Rupert Murdoch
- 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 12: A Democratic Blueprint For America’s Future: Kennedy
- Jan 11: Habib To Be Released From Guantanamo Bay Without Charge After Three Years
2004
- Dec 10: David Hicks Alleges Torture
- 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: 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 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 25: Greens Say Schieffer Should Butt Out
- Feb 13: Drudge Dredges Up Another Intern Scandal
- Feb 10: Today’s Question Time And The FTA – Audio
- Feb 09: Greens Condemn Free Trade With ‘Robber Barons From The Middle Ages’
- Feb 09: Howard Defends FTA At Canberra Press Conference – Audio
- Feb 09: People And Parliament Still In The Dark: Democrats
- Feb 09: Beattie Says Free Trade Deal Is Betrayal Of Sugar Industry
- Feb 09: ALP Attacks Government For Selling Out Australian Farmers
- Feb 09: Farmers Lobby Group ‘Very Disappointed’ With Aspects Of FTA
- Feb 09: Audio Of Senator Andrew Bartlett’s Comments On The FTA
- Feb 09: Our Farmers Have Been Dudded: Latham – Audio
- Feb 09: Australia Now Locked Into Growth: Howard On FTA
- Feb 09: Free Trade Agreement Fact Sheets
- Feb 09: Statement on FTA by Robert Zoellick, US Trade Representative
- Feb 09: Agreement Reached On Australia-USA Free Trade Agreement
- Feb 05: Tenet Defends CIA Intelligence Role In Iraq War – Audio
- Feb 05: Will Cheney Provide The Margin Of Victory… For Democrats?
- Feb 04: John Kerry On Track For Democratic Party Nomination
- Jan 29: Judy Dean And The Politics Of Authenticity: Arianna Huffington
- Jan 27: You Say Deserter, I Say More Dessert: Michael Moore
- Jan 27: New Hampshire Democratic Party Primary. Listen to: John Kerry or Howard Dean or Wesley Clark or John Edwards or Joe Lieberman
- Jan 22: Bush Leaves No Bride Behind: Arianna Huffington
- Jan 22: Democratic Party Candidates Debate In New Hampshire – Audio
- Jan 20: Democratic Response To The State Of The Union – Audio
- Jan 20: State Of The Union Address: President George W. Bush – Audio
- Jan 20: ‘Don’t Give Up’: Michael Moore Tells Dean Supporters
- Jan 19: Iowa Caucus: Senator John Kerry Wins – audio
- Jan 19: Iowa Caucus: Howard Dean’s memorable speech – audio
- Jan 19: Iowa Caucus: Richard Gephardt’s concession speech – audio
- Jan 19: Iowa Caucus: Senator John Edwards speech – audio
- Jan 16: Australian And U.S. Defence Chiefs Confer – Audio
- Jan 15: Back To The Moon, On To Mars And Beyond: Bush Cranks Up American Space Program
- Jan 14: Why Michael Moore Is Supporting Wesley Clark
2003
- Dec 15: The Capture Of Saddam Has Not Made America Safer: Howard Dean
- Dec 04: Latham And Rudd Reiterate Support For US Alliance
- Nov 28: AWOL With The President Of The United States
- Nov 19: Defence Minister Meets With Rumsfeld
- Nov 18: In Washington, Hill Discusses Iraq, North Korea And US Bases
- Nov 17: APJ: Current Events For Dummies
- Nov 13: APJ: Why Rove Fears Dean: He Might Be The ‘Democratic Reagan’
- Nov 13: APJ: Handicapping The 2004 US Presidential Race
- Nov 13: APJ: Want To Know What Can’t Fail For The Democrats?
- Nov 10: APJ: Late Innings: Democrats Need To Don Their Rally Caps
- Nov 07: APJ: The Whores Of Perception
- 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 16: APJ: The Lies Of George W. Bush: A Devastating And Compelling Indictment
- 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
- Sep 02: Howard Lauds “Rich Historical Relationship” With United States
- Aug 30: Big Brother At Work On White House Website
- Aug 10: Satire: George W. Bush Resume
- 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
- Jun 27: Strom Thurmond, Oldest US Senator, Segregationist Dixiecrat, Dies, 100
- May 04: Howard Comments On US Visit
- 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 15: Democracy Compromised By Fear And Hatred: Tim Robbins
- Mar 28: Howard Supports US ‘Supervision’ In Post-War 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: 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 19: Bush Announces Start Of Iraq War
- Mar 10: Beattie’s Had A Gutful Of Americanisms
- 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 02: Howard Sends Condolences To US Over Columbia Disaster
- Feb 01: Our Journey Into Space Will Go On: Bush
- Feb 01: List Of Casualties Of Space Exploration
- Feb 01: Space Shuttle Columbia Destroyed: Astronauts Killed
- Jan 31: European Leaders Say Defence Of Shared Values Depends On Unity With US
- Jan 28: Text And Audio Of President Bush’s State of the Union Address
- 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 07: Don’t Let Iraq Become Australia’s New Vietnam: Brereton
- Jan 07: The World’s Largest Economies
- Jan 07: Bush Proposes Economic Stimulus Plan
2002
- Dec 15: Gore Pulls Out Of 2004 Presidential Election
- Dec 14: Trent Lott Is GOP’s Monica Lewinsky: Jackson
- Dec 13: Transcript Of Trent Lott’s Press Conference
- Nov 23: Humour: Hu’s On First
- Nov 08: Full Text Of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 On Iraq
- 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
- Oct 03: Robert Torricelli: Mawkish American Political Dishonesty At Its Best
- Sep 23: Al Gore Attacks Bush’s Iraq Policy
- 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: Bush’s September 11 Address From Ellis Island, New York City
- Sep 10: Hell Bent On War – Communist Party of Australia Viewpoint on Iraq
- Sep 10: Al Gore Warns Of Media Siege Of Democracy
- Sep 04: American Military Bases In Australia
- Jun 24: Bush Calls For New Palestinian Leadership
- Jun 06: Bush Announces Government Restructuring
- 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
- Jan 01: Bloomberg Succeeds Giuliani As New York Mayor
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
- 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 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: Congressional Joint Resolution On Terrorism
- Sep 14: Howard Government Invokes ANZUS Treaty
- 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: Bush Promises To Win War Against Terrorism
- Sep 13: Bush Proclaims National Day Of Prayer and Remembrance
- Sep 13: US Politicians Crank Up “War” Rhetoric
- 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
- Aug 09: Bush Announces Limited Support For Stem Cell Research
- Aug 02: Law Enforcement – Satire
- May 01: Bush Announces Missile Defense Plans
- Jan 20: President George W. Bush’s Inaugural Address
- Jan 20: George W. Bush Takes Office As 43rd President
- Jan 20: Clinton Pardons McDougal In Final Act As President
- Jan 19: Statement by President Clinton on Suspension of his Law License
- Jan 19: Statement by Special Prosecutor Robert Ray on Prosecution of President Clinton
- Jan 19: Clinton Makes Deal To Avoid Indictment On Last Day In Office
- Jan 18: Clinton Prepares To Leave the White House
- Jan 04: Historic Firsts As United States 107th Congress Convenes
- Jan 03: Bush Completes Cabinet Selections; Emphasis On Diversity
2000
- Dec 30: Bush Cabinet Taking On Conservative Hue
- Dec 22: Gore Beat Bush By Half A Million Votes!
- Dec 15: Governing By Consent – Of Five Judges
- Dec 13: Bush Pledges To Govern For All: “I Was Not Elected To Serve One Party, But To Serve One Nation”
- Dec 13: Gore Concedes Election
- Dec 12: Text of Comments by James Baker III
- Dec 12: Extracts of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dissenting Opinion
- Dec 12: Full Text of Justice John Paul Stevens’ Dissenting Opinion
- Dec 12: Text of the United States Supreme Court Decision
- Dec 12: United States Supreme Court In 5-4 Vote Appears To Deliver Presidency To George W. Bush; Concession Tipped From Gore
- Dec 11: Text of the United States Supreme Court Hearing on the Florida Recount
- Dec 10: America: A Third World Country?
- Dec 09: Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Granting A Stay To George W. Bush And Halting Recounting In Florida
- Dec 09: Counting In Florida Stopped; US Supreme Court Justices To Hear Bush Appeal On Monday
- Dec 09: Tumultuous Events In Florida – What’s Happening?
- Dec 08: Florida Supreme Court Orders Recount; Gore Now Back From The Brink Of Political Death
- Dec 08: Statement by Craig Waters Announcing the Decision of the Florida Supreme Court Ordering Recounts To Take Place
- Dec 08: Republicans Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court To Stop Recounts
- Dec 08: Seminole And Martin County Cases Rejected; Gore’s Options Running Out As US Waits On Florida Supreme Court
- Dec 07: Florida Legislature Calls Special Session As Court Battles Continue
- Dec 05: Bush Wins Big Victory In Florida Contest; U.S. Supreme Court Asks Florida To Please Explain
- Dec 05: Humble St. Chad A Role Model For Bush And Gore?
- Dec 04: Full Text of Judge N. Sanders Sauls’ Decision Rejecting Al Gore’s Contest of Florida’s Certification of Presidential Election Results
- Dec 04: Full Text of the Supreme Court Judgement in the Bush Appeal
- Dec 02: Supreme Court Hears Bush Appeal, But Real Action Is In Florida; Setbacks For Gore, But Cases Still Pending
- Dec 01: Transcript of the US Supreme Court Hearing of the Bush Appeal
- Nov 28: Gore Calls For Democracy Ahead Of Partisan Politics
- Nov 26: Bush Claims Victory, Calls On Gore Not To Challenge; Lieberman Says Result Is Incomplete
- Nov 26: Statement by George W. Bush Following Certification of Florida’s Election Results
- Nov 26: Harris Certifies Bush Winner In Florida; Court Battles Looming
- Nov 25: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Bush Appeal
- Nov 24: George W. Bush Edging Closer To The White House
- Nov 23: Separation of Powers Debate May Determine Florida Outcome
- Nov 23: Writs Flying In Florida
- Nov 23: Miami-Dade County Board Votes To Stop Recount
- Nov 22: Florida Supreme Court Allows Hand Recounts, Sets Sunday Deadline
- Nov 21: Waiting For The Florida Supreme Court
- Nov 20: Transcript of Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments Over Presidential Election Vote Counting
- Nov 19: Gore and Bush Lodge Arguments With Florida Supreme Court
- Nov 19: Nervous Republicans Allege Fraud In Florida Vote Counting
- Nov 18: Absentee Votes Boost Bush’s Lead To 760 Votes
- Nov 18: Florida Supreme Court Halts Certification Of Results
- Nov 17: Judge Lewis’s Decision May Decide Bush-Gore Contest
- Nov 12: Florida Recount Favouring Gore
- Nov 12: Hanging Doors, Pregnant Chads and Dimples: Florida Recount Proceeding!
- Nov 07: US Presidential Election Counting
- Oct 18: Gore and Bush Meet In Final Presidential Debate
- Oct 17: Full Text of the Third Presidential Debate Between Al Gore and George W. Bush
- Oct 08: Presidential Election Now In Its Final Month
- Oct 05: Full Text of Vice-Presidential Debate Between Senator Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney
- Oct 03: Full Text of First Presidential Debate Between Al Gore and George W. Bush
- Oct 01: Bush and Gore Prepare For Debates As FBI Investigates Video Leak
- Sep 21: American Congress Approves Bill To Extend Trade With China
- Sep 19: Clinton’s Comments On Senate Passage Of China Trade Bill
- Sep 14: Bush and Gore Reach Agreement On Presidential Debates
- Sep 13: Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio Debate
- Sep 10: Gore-Bush Contest A Dead-Heat With 8 Weeks To Go
- Sep 01: Clinton Defers Decision On Missile Defence
- Aug 25: George W. Bush Commits To Free Trade With Latin America
- Aug 18: Gore Addresses Democratic Party Convention, Accepts Nomination
- Aug 17: Lieberman Accepts Democratic Party Nomination For Vice-President
- Aug 15: Clinton Defends Economic Record, Touts Gore’s Qualifications
- Aug 13: Democratic Party Convention Set To Begin In Los Angeles
- Aug 08: Gore Picks Lieberman As Running Mate
- Aug 04: Bush Gives Acceptance Speech At Republican Party Convention
- Aug 03: Bush and Cheney Nominated As Republican Presidential Ticket
- Jul 31: Republican Party Convention Begins In Philadelphia
- May 19: Giuliani Withdraws From New York Senate Contest
- May 10: Senator John McCain endorses George W. Bush
- Feb 23: McCain Wins Michigan & Arizona Primaries; Bush Now In Trouble
- Feb 21: Bush Wins South Carolina; McCain Campaign Falters
- Jan 28: Clinton Attacks Congress In Final State of the Union Address
- Jan 25: Bush Wins Iowa Caucus; Strong Showing by Forbes; Gore Crushes Bradley
- Jan 02: U.S. Presidential Election About To Hot Up
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2003
- Nov 17: Current Events For Dummies
- Nov 13: Why Rove Fears Dean: He Might Be The ‘Democratic Reagan’
- Nov 13: Handicapping The 2004 US Presidential Race
- Nov 13: Want To Know What Can’t Fail For The Democrats?
- Nov 10: Late Innings: Democrats Need To Don Their Rally Caps
- Nov 07: The Whores Of Perception
- Oct 16: The Lies Of George W. Bush: A Devastating And Compelling Indictment
