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Oz election: Opponents stretch truth
Glaring out from beneath heavy eyebrows, face deeply shadowed, Opposition leader Tony Abbott has become the lead face of Labor's new advertising campaign.
Glaring out from beneath heavy eyebrows, face deeply shadowed, Opposition leader Tony Abbott has become the lead face of Labor's new advertising campaign.
Labor is heading for an election loss, with support for Kevin Rudd plummeting to new lows, the latest Newspoll shows.
For a ship on a mission of worldwide importance, the Yong Sheng is a distinctly unimpressive sight.
The campaign for Australia's September 7 election continues to fall Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's way.
Last week, Alexei Navalny, the recently convicted Russian opposition blogger, lawyer and candidate for the post of mayor of Moscow, posted a provocative item on his site.
A new bid to shut the Greens out of Parliament will ensure that Australia will not be led by a minority Government in coalition with the minor party.
First it was 'exuberance', now Australia's Opposition leader says his "sex appeal" gaffe was due to a "daggy dad moment."
The standard internet routing protocol sends messages not by the shortest route, but by the fastest and least congested, writes Gwynne Dyer.
Relatives of Israelis killed in the conflict with the Palestinians accused their Government yesterday of betrayal over a planned mass prisoner release.
New Zealand's leading universities and academics are behind international competitors when it comes to attracting cash from business, a new comparison shows.
Nearly three years after becoming the youngest leader in the history of Britain's Labour Party, Ed Miliband is learning the hard way about the pendulum swing of politics.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott made an unfortunate gaffe as he attacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's leadership style this morning.
Kevin Rudd may have had a narrow victory in the first leaders' debate but the prime minister's performance was marred by his use of notes, in clear breach of the rules.
The second week of the campaign for the September 7 election dawns with Kevin Rudd conceding Labor remains the underdog.
The cost of power, the weekly food bill, the price of petrol, paying for childcare and the kids' education, keeping a roof over your head ... these are the numbers that really count.
America's patience with Russia's stance on the fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden ran out as President Barack Obama abruptly cancelled a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
The beast is back. Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born naturalised American media billionaire, is out to get Labor with a sledgehammer.
He claims to be the underdog, but as one of Queensland's most popular Premiers, Peter Beattie has the best chance of winning the marginal seat of Forde.
Editorial: Australia is set for an interesting election in less than a month, with polls giving an indication of just how close Sept 7's federal election will be.
Fonterra said it had been fined $900,000 following the conclusion of a review by Chinese authorities into the pricing of dairy products in the people's republic.
It used to be dodgy pamphlets and misleading how-to-vote cards.
China will not tolerate another slip-up from Fonterra, with the dairy giant caught up in its third contamination scare there since 2008, says a marketing expert.
Sydney's irrepressible tabloid, the Daily Telegraph, is not known for its subtlety.
Some worried and confused parents are taking their babies to doctors, fearing the worst in the infant formula contamination scare.
Australia's political transformers are striding the campaign trail.
Security experts are questioning whether New Zealand's spy agency is processing data from an American mass surveillance programme.
'It's about who is more fair dinkum.' Opposition leader Tony Abbott says he's ready for Australia to decide on September 7, election day.