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2005

Dec 26: Governor-General Visits Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan And Persian Gulf
Dec 26: Howard Statement On Tsunami Anniversary
Dec 20: Truss Announces Australia-North Pole Air Services Agreement
Dec 20: Liberal Party Touts It Achievements In 2005
Dec 18: Bush Claims Success In Iraq, Urges Resolve
Dec 17: Bush Defends Bugging Program
Nov 19: Australia To Provide $100m For APEC Bird Flu Measures
Nov 17: Iraq A Flawed Policy Wrapped In Illusion: John Murtha
Nov 02: Claiming 'Potential Terrorist Threat', Howard Rushes Amendment To Counter Terrorism Legislation
Aug 23: 'Terrorism Repugnant To Islam': Muslim Summit - Press Conference Audio
Aug 23: Muslim Summit Meets In Canberra
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
May 10: Full Text And Audio Of Treasurer Peter Costello's 10th Budget Speech
Feb 09: APEC To Meet In Sydney 2007: Howard Staying On?
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 30: Beazley Acknowledges Long Road Ahead
Jan 29: Howard Talks Of Trade, Plays Down Chances In Werriwa
Jan 28: Howard Has Trade Talks With World Leaders In Davos
Jan 28: Howard In Davos For World Economic Forum
Jan 11: Habib To Be Released From Guantanamo Bay Without Charge After Three Years
Jan 09: Address To The Nation: John Howard
Jan 07: HMAS Kanimbla Sets Sail For Banda Aceh
Jan 07: A National Day Of Mourning And Reflection
Jan 06: ALP Pressured Over Latham Illness, Welcomes Indonesian Aid Package
Jan 06: No Role For United Nations Says Howard
Jan 06: A Partnership Between Australia And Indonesia: Howard
Jan 05: Australia-Indonesia Partnership For Reconstruction And Development
Jan 05: Howard Announces $1 Billion Tsunami Aid Package For Indonesia
Jan 05: Howard Heads To Jakarta For Aid Summit
Jan 05: Defence Force At Work In Aceh
Jan 05: Defence Minister To Visit Tsunami Affected Region Of Indonesia
Jan 04: Hill Details Defence Support To Tsunami Relief In Aceh

2004

Dec 10: David Hicks Alleges Torture
Nov 21: Howard's APEC Press Conference
Nov 19: Howard Meets With Neighbours In Chile
Nov 16: Governor-General's Address Opening The 41st Parliament
Nov 12: Howard Comments On Whether Arafat Was A Terrorist
Nov 11: Downer Offers Condolences For Arafat, Calls For Renewed Peace Efforts
Oct 19: Indonesian Relationship Should Be Based On Mutual Respect And Realism: Howard
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: Greens Accuse Howard Of Partisan Political Behaviour Over Anzac Iraq Visit
Apr 25: Baghdad Visit: As Goes Bush, So Goes Howard ...Again
Apr 25: Lone Pine: Speech By Defence Minister Robert Hill
Apr 25: Anzac Day Dawn Service: Speech At Gallipoli By Defence Minister Hill
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: President Bush's Press Conference On Iraq - Audio
Apr 14: Greens Renew Call For Royal Commission On Iraq Intelligence
Apr 13: Howard Rejects Call For Royal Commission On Intelligence Services
Apr 11: A Message To America's Students From Ralph Nader
Apr 10: Howard Discusses Iraq Risk In Light Of Japanese Hostage Crisis
Apr 07: Labor And The World: Foreign Policy Speech By Mark Latham
Apr 06: Australia Provides Extra Funds To Pacific Forum
Apr 05: Kennedy Says Iraq Is Bush's Vietnam: "This Country Needs A New President"
Mar 25: Greens Say Schieffer Should Butt Out
Mar 24: Latham Should Reconsider Iraq Stand: Howard
Mar 08: Text Of The Proposed Iraqi Constitution
Feb 10: Today's Question Time And The FTA - Audio
Feb 09: Howard Defends FTA At Canberra Press Conference - Audio
Feb 09: Greens Condemn Free Trade With 'Robber Barons From The Middle Ages'
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
Jan 29: Opportunity For All: Mark Latham's Address To The ALP National Conference - Audio
Jan 24: Howard Attacks Latham As 'Weak' On Border Protection
Jan 24: Australia's Defence Well Prepared, But ALP Would Make Us Vulnerable: Hill
Jan 23: Latham Announces Labor's Border Protection Policy
Jan 22: Democratic Party Candidates Debate In New Hampshire - Audio
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
Dec 10: SIEVX: News In Sweden, But Not Here
Dec 05: Audio Of John Howard's Address At The Opening Of CHOGM In Nigeria
Dec 04: Latham And Rudd Reiterate Support For US Alliance
Nov 27: Howard's Address To The Commonwealth Round Table
Nov 26: The Myth Of 'Little' Australia: Alexander Downer
Nov 19: Defence Minister Meets With Rumsfeld
Nov 18: In Washington, Hill Discusses Iraq, North Korea And US Bases
Nov 09: Howard Meets With Blair
Nov 09: Australia Has 'Moved On' Since Iraq: Howard
Nov 06: U.S. Must Transform Middle East: Bush
Oct 24: Howard And Hu Sign Trade Deals
Oct 24: Text and Audio of Hu Jintao's Address to the Australian Parliament
Oct 24: Text and Audio of Crean's Welcome to President Hu
Oct 24: Text and Audio of Howard's Welcome to President Hu
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 25: Beazley Makes New Pitch For ALP Leadership
Sep 24: United Nations Structure And Function Must Change: Downer
Sep 23: Bush Addresses Sullen United Nations
Sep 03: Paul Keating's Address At The Launch Of 'The History Wars'
Sep 02: Howard Lauds "Rich Historical Relationship" With United States
Aug 30: Big Brother At Work On White House Website
Aug 27: Downer Attacks Churches For Hogging Political Limelight And Ignoring Pastoral Responsibilities
Aug 25: The future of the United Nations: In the post-Iraq International Order - Speech by Kevin Rudd
Aug 12: Crean Offers Bipartisan Support For Solomon Islands Intervention
Aug 12: Howard Justifies Regional Assistance Mission To The Solomon Islands
Aug 10: Satire: George W. Bush Resume
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: Howard To Visit China
Jul 28: The New Global Mosaic: Speech By Paul Keating
Jul 24: Australia Benefits From Globalisation: Downer
Jul 19: Satire: A Child's Guide To United States Foreign Policy
Jul 17: Tony Blair's Address To The United States Congress
Jul 07: The Decision To Go To War: Report Of House Of Commons Committee
May 05: Minor Parties Oppose Free Trade Agreement
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 02: Howard In USA; Fields Questions On Hollingworth
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: ANZAC Cove A Sacred Place In Australian History: Costello
Apr 25: Iraq Troops Part Of A Great Tradition: Howard
Apr 25: Sometimes No Alternative To War: Defence Minister
Apr 24: Writing The Story Of SIEVX: Tony Kevin
Apr 20: So Where Are They, Mr Blair?
Apr 03: War In Iraq: Daily Defence Briefing
Mar 29: John Howard's Address To The Victorian Liberal Party State Council
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 23: Text And Audio Of Australian Brigadier Mike Hannan's Defence Briefing
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: Saddam Hussein Appears On Iraqi Television To Condemn US Attack
Mar 20: Howard Confirms Australian Forces Engaged In Iraq Combat
Mar 19: Bush Announces Start Of Iraq War
Mar 20: Why Labor Does Not Support The War: Crean
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: Political Massaging Replaces National Security Policy: Rudd
Mar 10: Howard Explains Comments Linking Bali Bombings With Iraq
Mar 10: Beattie's Had A Gutful Of Americanisms
Mar 09: 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Howard?'
Mar 09: Howard Meets With New Zealand's Helen Clark
Mar 07: Australia More Of A Target Than Necessary: Rudd

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 20: C.E.R. 20th Anniversary: Address By Peter Costello
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: 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 17: Important To Keep Pressure On Saddam: Hill
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
Jan 07: The World's Largest Economies

2002

Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
Dec 05: Labor Releases Asylum-Seeker Policy
Nov 23: Humour: Hu's On First
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 16: Despite Bali, Stay Engaged With Asia: Costello
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 03: White House Mood Is Bellicose: Senator Robert C. Byrd
Oct 02: Is Foreign Policy Bipartisanship Possible? - Speech by Kevin Rudd
Oct 02: Howard Discusses Iraq And Free Trade In Business Address
Sep 29: Howard Plays Down War Rhetoric: Emphasises UN Resolution
Sep 25: Howard Meets With Blair
Sep 25: Defence Department Head Removed By Government
Sep 24: Text And Audio Of Tony Blair's Statement To Parliament On Iraq
Sep 23: Al Gore Attacks Bush's Iraq Policy
Sep 20: New Evidence Reveals Government Lies In Election Campaign
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 15: Labor Sets Out Position On Iraq
Sep 13: Howard Maintains Position On Iraq
Sep 12: Kofi Annan Pleads For UN Role In Iraq
Sep 12: Crean Calls On Howard To Show Leadership Over Iraq
Sep 12: Howard To Allow Parliament To Debate Iraq Attack: Bush Announcement Imminent
Sep 11: A Moment Of Silence Before I Start This Poem
Sep 11: John Howard's National Press Club Address
Sep 10: Hell Bent On War - Communist Party of Australia Viewpoint on Iraq
Sep 04: American Military Bases In Australia
Aug 26: Cheney: Old Doctrines Of Security Do Not Apply
Aug 20: Downer Announces Changes To Treaty Making Process
Aug 17: Foreign Aid: Improving Climate Prediction In The Pacific
Aug 15: Howard's Press Conference Following South Pacific Forum Meeting
Aug 13: Howard And Somare Discuss Aid To Papua New Guinea
Aug 08: Trade: Australia Wins China LNG Contract
Jul 30: General Peter Cosgrove's Address To The National Press Club
Jul 11: Howard Reviews European Trip
Jul 11: Howard Meets With NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Jul 11: Howard's Speech To Belgian Business
Jul 11: In Flanders Fields: Howard's Tribute To Great War Soldiers
Jul 10: Howard Meets With European Commission President On Trade And Environment
Jul 09: Howard Meets With Berlusconi
Jul 09: Korean Wigs And Globalisation: Howard In Italy
Jul 08: A Loyal Ally, But Not Unquestioning - Crean On The American Alliance
Jul 06: Howard Meets With Pope
Jul 05: 'John Curtin's World And Ours' - Speech by Paul Keating
Jul 05: Howard Reprises Standard Speech In Address To Greek Business Community
Jul 04: Howard In Greece; Says Acropolis Is "Impressive Place"
Jul 04: Howard Meets With Greek Prime Minister And Olympics Chief
Jul 03: Howard Meets With Edmund Stoiber
Jul 02: John Howard's Press Conference With Germany's Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder
Jul 02: In Berlin, Howard Promotes Free Trade, Defends Refugee Policies
Jul 01: Howard Addresses German Business Leaders; Touts Economic Reform In Australia
Jul 01: Howard Arrives In Frankfurt; Says Free Trade More Important Than Foreign Aid
Jun 27: Australia To Join Joint Strike Fighter Program
Jun 27: Howard To Visit Europe
Jun 21: Australia's Trade With The Middle East
Jun 20: Transcript and Audio Of Howard's Press Conference On The International Criminal Court
Jun 20: Howard Government To Support International Criminal Court
Jun 13: Text and Audio Of Howard And President Bush At the White House
Jun 12: Text and Audio of John Howard's Address To The US Congress
Jun 11: Howard Meets With Powell And Lott
Jun 10: Howard Toasts Bush
Jun 09: Howard Lunches With CIA Director
Jun 08: Trade Issues On Agenda For Howard's American Visit
Jun 02: Howard To Visit United States
May 30: Australian Ambassador To East Timor Announced
May 20: Defence, Border Protection And The Budget
May 16: Howard To Visit China
May 11: Democrats Call For Increase In Foreign Aid
May 07: Australia's Foreign Policy Challenge - Speech by Alexander Downer
May 01: Australia-Japan Creative Partnership: Joint Statement by Australian and Japanese Prime Ministers
Apr 22: Australia and Asia: Speech by Simon Crean on Australian Foreign Policy
Mar 11: Remarks By President Bush On Six-Month Anniversary Of September 11
Mar 08: Australia And The US: Shared Interests - Speech by Alexander Downer
Mar 06: New Trade Dispute With US Over Steel
Mar 02: The Queen's Address At The Opening Of CHOGM
Mar 02: John Howard's Address At The Opening Of CHOGM
Mar 01: Australian Army Turns 101 Today
Feb 27: Australia Proud To Host CHOGM Says Howard
Feb 20: U.S. Committed To Forward Presence In Pacific: Bush
Feb 15: Australia's Relations With New Zealand
Feb 12: Beattie Gives Protestors 50 Reasons Not To Protest At CHOGM
Feb 08: Indonesian Relationship Moving On With Realism Says Howard
Feb 06: The Axis Of Evil - Satire
Jan 30: Text of Howard's Press Conference In New York
Jan 30: Text of Howard's Address To The UN Security Council
Jan 11: Howard To Visit Indonesia And New York In February

2001

Nov 09: Which Candidate Has The Harder Heart?
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 02: Howard Announces Anti-Terrorism Measures
Sep 29: Howard Reports On Latest Conversation With Bush
Sep 20: Bush's Address to the Joint Houses of Congress
Sep 19: The Australian Ugliness: Terrorism, Asylum-Seekers, Fear And Politics
Sep 17: Alternative Views of "America's War"
Sep 17: Government Wins Tampa Case In Federal Court
Sep 15: Bush Warns Of Long Battle Against Terrorism
Sep 14: Howard's Press Conference on ANZUS
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: 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: September 11, 2001: 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
Sep 11: Federal Court Says Government Acted Illegally Over Tampa
Sep 01: New Zealand And Nauru To Take Asylum-Seekers
Aug 29: Text of the Border Protection Bill
Aug 29: DFAT Launches Book of Documents on Australian Foreign Policy
Aug 22: Howard Gives Speech On Foreign Policy
Jul 25: Costello Defends Globalisation
Jul 25: Howard To Visit Japan
Jul 23: Howard Congratulates New Indonesian President
Jun 26: Howard's Speech to President Wahid of Indonesia
Jun 12: Howard To Visit United States In September
Apr 29: Australia's Relations With Japan
Apr 27: What's in the Financial Review Today?
Apr 15: What Is The Kyoto Protocol?
Apr 04: Peter Reith Discusses Politics and Defence Policy

2000

Dec 10: America: A Third World Country?
Sep 21: American Congress Approves Bill To Extend Trade With China
Sep 19: Clinton's Comments On Senate Passage Of China Trade Bill
Sep 19: Howard Ministers Split Over Defence Spending
Sep 16: International Media Coverage Of Australian Reconciliation Issue
Sep 12: Protests At World Economic Forum
Sep 11: John Howard's Address to the World Economic Forum on Globalisation
Sep 11: World Economic Forum Meeting Opens In Melbourne
Sep 01: Clinton Defers Decision On Missile Defence
Aug 25: George W. Bush Commits To Free Trade With Latin America
May 20: Statement by Fijian President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara

1999

Dec 17: French Prime Minister Calls For Limits To Globalisation
Dec 06: World Trade Talks Collapse
Nov 27: Labour Party Wins New Zealand Election
Nov 18: Peacock Returning From USA

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