GLW issue 603, published 2004-10-20.

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Howard has no mandate!

PM John Howard now claims a mandate for a raft of reactionary measures that he didn't even mention during the federal election campaign. Before polling it was all about security, trust and "rewards". Just four days after the election, treasurer

A woman's place is in the struggle: Marry and multiply, says Family First

Coming out of the October 9 federal elections, it seems that Family First candidate Steven Fielding may have the balance of power in the Senate, after receiving just 42,560 votes, because most parties, including Labor and the Democrats, preferenced

Tassie forests still under threat

Alex Bainbridge, Hobart Despite claiming his plan would protect forests and jobs, Prime Minister John Howard's October 9 election victory means that high-conservation-value forests in Tasmania will continue to be destroyed while timber industry

How Labor handed the election to Howard

Doug Lorimer "If the pre-election opinion polls in Australia were anything to go by, Mr Howard was going to be punished by the electorate for his support of Mr Bush in Iraq. But when it actually came to voting, Australians preferred Mr Howard's
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