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		Meg Lees, the former leader of the Australian Democrats, has finally launched her new political party - the Australian Progressive Alliance (APA).
		Andrew Bartlett, now leader of the Australian Democrats, has already come out and said that the APA is identical to the Democrats except that it is less democratic and has less of a chance to have influence.
		For her part, Lees says that her party will try to sit between the ALP and the Liberals, instead of to the left of both parties.
	www.libertarian.org.au /blog/readArticle.jsp?articleID=369316 (526 words)

	Liberalism in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Democrats and the Australian Progressive Alliance could be described as "liberal" in the way that word is understood in most countries.
		The degree of progressive sentiment varied from colony to colony: social liberals were prominent in Victoria and South Australia, for instance.
		Previous Liberal party governments, especially under pressure from the Country Party to safeguard its agricultural base, have been interventionist to varying degrees; but the current climate is very much in favour of deregulation and supply-side economics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberalism_in_Australia (1143 words)

	Articles - Australian Senate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From a comparative governmental perspective, the Australian Senate exhibits almost unique characteristics, in that unlike upper houses in other Westminster system governments, the Senate is not a vestigial body with limited legislative power but rather plays and is intended to play an active role in legislation.
		The Australian Senate voting paper under STV resembles this example, which shows the candidates for Tasmanian senate representation in the 2004 federal election.
		The Australian Constitution requires that the number of Senators approximate as nearly as possible to half of the number of members of the House of Representatives, and it has therefore grown periodically.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Senate (1218 words)

	The Progressive Alliance will fill the political vacuum in Australia's centre - On Line Opinion - 1/5/2003
		The Australian Progressive Alliance has been carefully put together to fill a real political need for a party of the centre that holds to a firm basis of principle, takes each issue on its merits and is committed to negotiating and working towards the best policy outcomes.
		The Australian Progressive Alliance will now be there for those who want to vote for a strong economy, a fair society and the protection of Australia's unique environment.
		She was Leader of the Australian Democrats from 1997 to 2001 and is a Senator for South Australia.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=312 (903 words)

	PM - PM backs Lees for re-election
		Since Senator Lees left the Democrats two years ago, she has fought to establish a profile of her own in her home State of South Australia, and this year she goes to the polls in an effort to convince voters not to replace her, for example, with another Democrat.
		Or if they're returned, the Coalition may only have to deal with one other senator to get the passage of their own agenda, which is a lot easier than they currently face in the Senate, which is a problem of getting four senators to support their passage.
		She's a person of her word, and she's a person who I think is a sincere representative of a very strong, progressive but sensible environmental position.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1181647.htm (746 words)

	APA - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In science fiction fandom an APA is a periodically collated fanzine (or specifically apazine) for which the pages are printed by each contributor on his own, and then sent to be collated and redistributed solely to the contributors themselves.
		Apa is the name of a deity in Hinduism.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	open-encyclopedia.com /APA (108 words)

	Print Article: Lees points new party in PM's direction
		Senator Lees yesterday announced her new Australian Progressive Alliance party would campaign for the Senate balance of power and would be ready for a possible early election later this year.
		She said yesterday she believed it was possible that the Prime Minister, John Howard, would exploit Labor's leadership chaos to call a poll later this year, and would campaign on a user-pays platform aimed at "the conservative heartland of a less-caring Australia, a more selfish Australia".
		The Alliance would represent "progressive voters" who understood the need for "sensible" economic policy but who had a social conscience, who cared for the environment and saw a lot that needed doing, particularly on reconciliation.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/04/27/1051381850242.html (548 words)

	Australian Progressive Alliance Encyclopedia, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The APA positioned itself as a party of the moderate centre, arguing that the Democrats, under the leadership first of Cheryl Kernot and more recently of Natasha Stott-Despoja and Andrew Bartlett, have moved too far to the left.
		Lees said in a 2003 interview that the party would appeal to "voters who cannot be dragged to the extremes by the Greens in any enduring way.
		The APA also stood candidates in other states and territories; Reese Malcolm in New South Wales, Chris Grigsby in Victoria, Tony Newman in Queensland, Geoff Gibson in Western Australia and Jeannette Jolley in the ACT.
	www.localcolors.com /encyclopedia/Australian_Progressive_Alliance (567 words)

	A-G 'turning blind eye' to torture - Fair Go For David
		"The failure of the Australian Government to respond to that, both as a general response against the horror of torture, but because two Australians are still held in that torture camp at Guantanamo Bay, is an absolute blight on the Government," he said.
		Australian Progressive Alliance Senator Meg Lees said the situation was unacceptable.
		Australian Democrats incoming leader Lyn Allison said she did not believe the report was proof Australians were being mistreated.
	www.fairgofordavid.org /htmlfiles/media/news01Dec04.htm (282 words)

	Lees launches new party - theage.com.au
		Senator Lees said the Alliance would "fill the void" left in the centre of the Australian political spectrum with the collapse of the Democrats' vote - 2 per cent in a March Newspoll compared with 5.4 per cent at the 2001 election.
		She also promised the Alliance would "work constructively with the government of the day" - contrasting it with the " just say no" approach of the Greens.
		The biggest test and potentially the best state for the Alliance is South Australia, where Senator Lees is up for re-election at the poll due next year and where she would go head-to-head against Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/04/26/1051316052521.html (711 words)

	Australia (11/03)
		Discussions between Australian and British representatives led to adoption by the British Government of an act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia in 1900.
		Australian military and civilian specialists are participating in the reconstruction of Iraq.
		Recent Presidential visits to Australia (in 1991 and 1996) and Australian Prime Ministerial visits to the United States (in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003) have underscored the strength and closeness of the alliance.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/a/35763.htm (3616 words)

	Lees launches new party - smh.com.au
		Sunday 27 April 2003, 12:05 PM Independent senator and former Australian Democrats leader Meg Lees has launched a new political party named the Australian Progressive Alliance.
		Senator Lees said the party's constitution had been lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission and would be run by a professional board of management.
		Senator Lees encouraged Australians who valued the environment, who understood the need to protect vulnerable members of the community and who recognised the need for sensible economic debate to join the party.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/27/1051381837171.html (314 words)

	The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Media Centre
		Australian Government funding of $10 million over the next ten years will establish and support a new Chair in Child Protection based at the University of South Australia to provide a special focus on research into child protection issues.
		The new Chair was announced jointly with Australian Progressive Alliance Senator for South Australia, Meg Lees, and University of South Australia Vice-Chancellor, Professor Denise Bradley, on 19 March 2004.
		In founding the Chair, the Australian Government shows its support for research into the causes and impacts of child abuse and commitment to developing national education and training programmes that will make a real difference.
	www.dest.gov.au /ministers/nelson/budget04/bud18_04.htm (339 words)

	Message (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Australian College of Midwives Executive Officer, Dr Barbara Vernon, and Maternity Coalition National President, Justine Caines, met today with federal Health Minister Tony Abbot, to seek federal government assistance in addressing the lack of professional indemnity for midwives.
		Following the meeting we attended a media conference with Australian Progressive Alliance Senator, Meg Lees, who continues to be very supportive of women having the choice of a known midwife in both the public and private health systems, and of midwives having the choice to practice privately if they wish to.
		At the National Office of the Australian College of Midwives we are keen to provide accurate and current information regarding midwifery that is of interest to you.
	www.acmi.org.au /text/bulletins/6_08_04.htm (692 words)

	Senator surprised at fee shift : Melbourne Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A key senator who voted for the Government's MedicarePlus in Parliament last month said she would not have supported the $440 million safety net if she had been aware that specialist doctors could give cheaper medical care courtesy of the taxpayer.
		Australian Progressive Alliance senator Meg Lees said she was surprised that obstetricians were planning to restructure their fees, shifting costs to the Government and saving private patients about $1000 a birth.
		Australian Medical Association federal vice-president Mukesh Haikerwal said the deal between the Government and four independent senators last month was a surprise.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /print.php?id=68125 (570 words)

	Evangelical Alliance Election Site
		Labor believes the truest measure of a good society is the care it provides for those most in need and the oipportunity it provides for every person to realise his or her full potential.
		Labor supports the introduction into Australian domestic law of the rights recognised and protected in the international treaties, conventions and protocols to which Australia is a party.
		Family First believes that older Australians have a wealth of knowledge and experience which deserves to be valued and respected as playing a vital role in the formation of new generations.
	www.evangelicalalliance.org.au /election/aComparison.htm (5317 words)

	Financial Review: House of Reps passes Telstra bill (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The bill was passed 75 votes to 62, with independents Tony Windsor and Peter Andren, as well as Australian Greens MP Michael Organ voting with Labor against the legislation.
		Australian Progressive Alliance Senator Meg Lees told reporters this morning the government had not yet attempted to begin negotiations with the independent senators over the Telstra bill.
		The government would need the support of either the Australian Democrats or the four independents including Senator Lees to sell its 51.05 per cent stake in the telco.
	afr.com /cgi-bin/newtextversions.pl?pagetype=printer&path=/articles/2004/03/11/1078594474966.html (215 words)

	Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) was inspired by the example of the breakaway NZ New Labour Party, which initiated an Alliance of progressive NZ minor parties to oppose and reverse economic rationalism ("Rogernomics") in that country.
		There in the form of the NZ Alliance they are an electoral force, sufficiently strong in parliament to be able to pressure their partner in government, the NZ Labour Party to start a retreat from economic rationalism.
		Successive Australian governments, only too ready to kowtow to US demands for support for its military adventures in pursuit of its goal of a globalised market dominated by a few transnational companies, have been very selective in choosing the human rights of which people around the world are to be defended.
	users.bigpond.net.au /patbruce/editoria.htm (14186 words)

	Niner Charlie: 09/01/2004 - 09/30/2004
		Australian Labor Party leader Mark Latham has endeavoured to respond to memories of high interest rates under previous Labor Governments by signing a cardboard commitment to keep interest rates down.
		The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has been giving extraordinary attention on PM and AM to a court case initiated by Jim Ritchie against three of his former Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) colleagues.
		Under Liberal stewardship the Australian economy has successfully withstood the external shocks of the Asian financial crisis, economic downturns in the United States and Japan, the economic impact of Islamist terrorism and the outbreak of SARS in South East Asia.
	ninercharlie.blogspot.com /2004_09_01_ninercharlie_archive.html (4715 words)

	Alliance Party? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following on the heels of the New Zealand Alliance Party's success in the recent N.Z. elections, a conference is being organised in Sydney to consider ways in which alliance politics can work in the Australian context.
		Now that the Australian Labor Party is offering policies of no substantial difference to those offered by the Liberals, it is time for the small parties and community groups to combine their strengths and make their presence felt” said Rod Noble, President of the Progressive Labour Party.
		The conference is being organised by the Progressive Labour Party.
	www.progressivelabour.org /alliance.htm (376 words)

	Australia. The World Factbook. 2003
		Australian Democrats [Andrew BARTLETT]; Australian Labor Party [Simon CREAN]; Australian Progressive Alliance [Meg LEES]; Country Labor Party [leader NA]; Australian Greens [Bob BROWN]; Liberal Party [John Winston HOWARD]; National Party [John ANDERSON]; One Nation Party [Rod EVANS]
		Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000), 1.55 (1999), 1.5918 (1998)
		Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force
	www.bartleby.com /151/as.html (1114 words)

	Political parties and leaders. The World Factbook. 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Circle of Liberal Reformers or CLR [General Jean Boniface ASSELE]; Democratic and Republican Alliance or ADERE [Divungui-di-Ndinge DIDJOB]; Gabonese Democratic Party or PDG, former sole party [Simplice Nguedet MANZELA]; Gabonese Party for Progress or PGP [Pierre-Louis AGONDJO-OKAWE,]; National Rally of Woodcutters-Rally for Gabon or RNB-RPG (Bucherons) [Fr.
		Alliance '90/Greens [Angelika BEER and Reinhard BUETIKOFER]; Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Angela MERKEL]; Christian Social Union or CSU [Edmund STOIBER, chairman]; Free Democratic Party or FDP [Guido WESTERWELLE, chairman]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Gabriele ZIMMER]; Social Democratic Party or SPD [Gerhard SCHROEDER, chairman]
		Alliance for Democracy or AFORD [Chakufwa CHIHANA]; Malawi Congress Party or MCP [John TEMBO, president; Gwanda CHAKUAMBA, vice president]; Malawi Democratic Party or MDP [Kampelo KALUA]; United Democratic Front or UDF [Bakili MULUZI] - governing party
	www.aol.bartleby.com /151/fields/54.html (4018 words)

	Australian Financial Review - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Greens yesterday confidently predicted they would be a major beneficiary of the election, as the Australian Democrats conceded they would have a tough fight against the Greens to retain the balance of power in the Senate.
		All minor parties - including One Nation and Meg Lees' Australian Progressive Alliance - said yesterday they had yet to decide how they would direct their preferences and would be campaigning on the importance of the Senate as a check on government.
		It would be directing preferences to candidates who took notice of the "silent majority of Australians" who wanted a better future for their families.
	afr.com /articles/2004/08/29/1093717839668.html (439 words)

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		The Australian Broadcasting Authority has found Prime Television (Southern) Pty Ltd, the licensee of CBN Southern NSW (Prime), breached a condition of its licence by not broadcasting the required particulars (commonly known as ‘the tag’)
		Australians are rapidly opting for broadband internet access from home with new figures showing Australia has now overtaken Sweden to have the sixth highest broadband home penetration figure in the world.
		The Australian Broadcasting Authority is proposing to make channel capacity available for new and improved services in the Wagga Wagga region.
	home.gwu.edu /~paulmcm/inside_Demographics.html (1206 words)

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