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	Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The existence of the continent of Australia was well known long before the discovery of the east coast by Captain Cook in 1770.
		In principle, the official colonial policy throughout the 19th century was to treat aborigines as equals, with the intention of eventually converting them to Christianity and European civilization.
		Melbourne was established at Port Phillip Bay in Victoria in 1835 and Adelaide at the Gulf of St.Vincent in South Australia in 1836.
	html.rincondelvago.com /australia_4.html (2782 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Australia
		Dutch explorers charted the north and west coasts of Australia and reached Tasmania, an island 240 km south of the continent.
		The nationhood of Australia was forged on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey on April 25,1915.
		Australia cemented its bond to the United States by participating in the Korean War in the early 1950s and the Vietnam War a decade later.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/australia (1099 words)

	Australia
		According to official figures, each migrant invests $700,000 on the average to start a business and create five new jobs, and also spends another $75,000 for the application process and to move a family of four to the country.
		Opposition is critical of the government’s decision to spend A$250,000 per month for the Manus Island detention center upkeep when it is no longer housing anybody.
		Australia was then forced to take him back and he was sent to the refugee detention center in South Australia.
	www.smc.org.ph /amnews/amn040531/pacific/australia040531.htm (4591 words)

	CNN.com - Australia elections politicize boatpeople - November 7, 2001
		The attacks come as Indonesia's ambassador to Australia warns the government to stop politicizing the asylum seeker issue and as three leading academics suggest the nation's Asia-Pacific relations are at their lowest ebb in decades.
		Australia's role in leading an international peacekeeping force to the former Indonesian province of East Timor, the illegal immigration dilemma and Indonesia's response to the September 11 terror attacks were all cited as examples of Australia mishandling the relationship.
		Australia has taken a tough stance on asylum seekers following an international incident in August this year, where a Norwegian freighter which had rescued a boatload of asylum seekers was denied permission to land the human cargo in Australia.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/11/07/australia.asylum (638 words)

	Politics - Understanding Australia - Radio Australia - ABC
		Australia is made up of six states: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia; and two mainland territories: the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
		Australia's federal legislature consists of a House of Representatives made up of 147 members, elected on a preferential voting system, and a Senate comprised of 12 members from each State and two members from each Territory, elected by proportional representation.
		Australia is one of the few countries to adopt compulsory voting at the national and state level.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /australia/politics (564 words)

	Opposition (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Opposition in Australia fulfils the same function as the official opposition in other Commonwealth of Nations monarchies.
		The present Opposition at a Federal level is the Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
		The current leader of the Opposition in the Senate is Senator Chris Evans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Opposition_(Australia) (233 words)

	Australia (08/06)
		Australia's comparative advantage in primary products is a reflection of the natural wealth of the Australian continent and its small domestic market; 20 million people occupy a continent the size of the contiguous United States.
		Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia.
		Australia also is active in meetings of the Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government and the Pacific Islands Forum, and has been a leader in the Cairns Group--countries pressing for agricultural trade reform in World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations--and in the APEC forum.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2698.htm (4404 words)

	CNN - Australia set for Saturday's cliffhanger election - October 2, 1998
		SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard is urging his nation's voters to hand his party a solid victory in Saturday's national poll -- an election in which Howard's 25-year political career is at stake.
		Now, Howard's conservative Liberal/National Party coalition and the main opposition Labor Party are basically tied in opinion polls, with some government members warning that Labor may end up with a slim lead.
		Howard's argument is that tax reform is critical to Australia's economic well-being -- particularly at a time when much of Asia is embroiled in financial turmoil.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9810/02/australia.election (1134 words)

	IQLogo - Australian trademark law
		In Australia, trademarks are governed by the 1995 Trade Mark Act and are administered by a federal government department called IP Australia (Intellectual Property Australia).
		The law in Australia is somewhat different in the details to the law in the United States.
		An application is filed with IP Australia (either by delivery to one of its regional offices or electronically), and it is assessed by an examiner for deficiencies.
	www.iqlogo.com /library/australian-trademark-law.htm (184 words)

	Australian Memories Of The Holocaust
		"Australia has her own particular difficulties…migration has naturally been predominantly British, and it (is not) desired that this be largely departed from while British settlers are forthcoming.
		My opposition to this proposal is far stronger than if the immigrants were of the Nordic race, and came from Northern European countries, from the north of Italy or from Jugo-Slavia.
		Canada and Australia both agreed and in mid-1940, 2542 internees were sent to Australia on the "Dunera", a hellish voyage where all suffered privation, while many were robbed of their property and suffered brutality and physical abuse at the hands of their British guards.
	www.holocaust.com.au /mm/i_australia.htm (1239 words)

	Australia. In: Amnesty International Report 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They found that treaty rights have no legal status in Australia and cannot be invoked in domestic courts, leaving gaps in Australia's human rights system and impeding the recognition and applicability of treaty provisions.
		It recommended that certain government officials should not be members of the tribunal which decides on unsuccessful refugee applications.
		Australia's selective approach to reporting to treaty bodies would be in breach of the binding obligations it undertook when becoming party to human rights treaties, and its reluctance to cooperate with the UN's special human rights mechanisms created the impression it had something to hide.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2001.nsf/webasacountries/AUSTRALIA?OpenDocument (970 words)

	China Signs Key Trade Deals In Australia
		China and Australia also signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, a statement of intent for agricultural technical cooperation, an exchange program for young scientists, plus three memorandums of understanding to establish a high-level economic dialog, cooperation in coal mine safety, and one for cooperation in education and training.
		Australia has 41 percent of the world's uranium reserves and this deal will add considerably to the already burgeoning trade with China which last year grew by more than 30 percent to almost $27 billion.
		The Labor Party, which is in power in all of the states and territories and is the official opposition in the federal parliament, has traditionally been opposed to developing the uranium industry beyond the original "three mines policy," abandoned by the conservative Liberal-National coalition government when they took over the federal government in 1996.
	www.spacewar.com /reports/China_Signs_Key_Trade_Deals_In_Australia.html (2118 words)

	USTR HINTS IPR PROBLEMS COULD DELAY U.S.-AUSTRALIA FTA
		However, the official said it is “too early” for the Bush Administration to say whether it will be necessary to delay exchanging notes with Australia, the trade official said.
		The U.S. trade official said the U.S. and Australia have already engaged in “a constructive dialogue” on a range of issues tied to the FTA, but did not elaborate the substance of those talks.
		Australia’s opposition Labor Party, whose support for the implementing legislation was necessary to get the legislation through the Australian Senate, pushed the pharmaceutical amendment.
	www.cptech.org /ip/health/c/australia/insideustrade10152004.html (704 words)

	Opposition (parliamentary) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singapore exemplifies a case of a numerically weak opposition; South Africa under the apartheid regime maintained a long-term imbalance in the parliament.
		By their very presence in the debating chamber, parliamentary oppositions recognize the legitimacy of the system of politics, and thus may share many of the views of the government.
		The title of "Official Opposition" usually goes to the largest of the parties sitting in opposition with its leader being given the title Leader of the Opposition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Official_Opposition (329 words)

	ozpolitics.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Westminster concept of loyal opposition is the notion that one can be opposed to the actions of the government of the day without being opposed to the Crown, the State or the political system.
		The recognition of loyal opposition in the Westminster parliamentary system had its origins in the growing importance of the Whig (small-L liberal) and Tory (conservative) parties in the latter half of the 18th century, and the development of Cabinet government in the United Kingdom in the first half of the 19th century.
		Each shadow minister is the Opposition's official spokesperson on his or her portfolio responsibilities.
	www.ozpolitics.info /inst/opp.htm (760 words)

	Loyal opposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Loyal opposition is the concept that one can be opposed to the actions of the government or ruling party of the day without being opposed to the constitution of the political system.
		Whilst frequently opposing Her Majesty's Government at every turn, the leader of the opposition is not opposed to Her Majesty's right to the throne.
		This is an important difference between the developed constitutional monarchy of the 18th century onwards and the previous squabbles between competing candidates for the throne supported by different religious and economic groups.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loyal_opposition (216 words)

	Iraq's Vow To Punish Australia For Backing US Triggers Political Brawl -- 08/13/2002
		In turn, ministers accused the official opposition Labor Party of taking Iraq's view in the dispute, and were in response charged with playing politics.
		Opposition leader Simon Crean said a Labor government had led Australia into participating in the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam during the 1991 Gulf War, without jeopardizing the country's grain sales to Iraq.
		Australia's navy is participating in a multi-national interception force deployed in the Gulf to enforce a trade embargo against Iraq.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200208\FOR20020813a.html (865 words)

	CNN.com - Iraq tells Australia to drop U.S. support - August 16, 2002
		Australia sells about 17 million tonnes of wheat to overseas markets each year, worth $2.35 billion (A$4.33 billion) in 2001.
		While Australia has not committed itself to providing military support for any U.S. strike on Iraq, the nation has been vocal in its support for action against Iraq to allow the resumption of United Nations inspections for weapons of mass destruction.
		Australian navy vessels in the Persian Gulf are also instrumental in enforcing trade sanctions against Iraq, an action which prompted a recent call from the Iraqi regime to the U.N. to halt U.S. and Australian "piracy" in the region.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/08/16/australia.iraq (655 words)

	Government Australia Oceania Regional
		Australia's Woodside Petroleum allocates 1.4 bln aud for Pluto LNG...
		Mr Rudd said that if elected next year, a Labor government would withdraw Australia's current detachment of 600 troops at the end of its current tour of duty.
		Queensland is bottom of the heap in Australia in trying to correct rather...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Oceania/Australia/Government (646 words)

	Australia Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
		The estimated 30,000 Armenian immigrants in Australia are concentrated largely in Sydney.
		SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Dedication and unveiling of the Armenian Genocide Memorial within the grounds of the New South Wales Parliament took place during an official ceremony held on the evening of Friday 5 March 1999.
		This was followed by the tabling on April 29 1998 of a formal motion to that effect, moved by Mr John Watkins, State Member for Gladesville, and subsequently passed by both Houses of the NSW Parliament.
	www.cilicia.com /armo10i_australia.html (1192 words)

	SEP campaign in Victorian election Australia: workers and young people speak out on jobs and the Iraq war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bracks state Labor government, and all the official opposition parties—Liberal, Greens and Democrats—are working to ensure that the essential issues concerning ordinary working people do not see the light of day in the Victorian election.
		Despite a flout in the official campaign, many people wanted to speak about the war in Iraq and were almost unanimous in their opposition.
		While the official national jobless rate is about 4.8 percent, it is over 10 percent in many working class and rural areas.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/nov2006/elec-n16.shtml (2158 words)

	Australia: workers and young people speak out on jobs and the Iraq war : Melbourne Indymedia
		As a group of people concerned about and campaigning on this issue of climate change, we have had to speak to people about how this is relevant to their lives and move away from the jargon that only really makes sense to those people we know already agree with us.
		In the next five years in Australia, the environment industry, which includes renewable energy projects, is projected to be worth $40 billion to the Australian economy.
		Australia has smart people with smart technologies ready to go that are already generating new opportunities.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/11/130459_comment.php (3654 words)

	Facing Hostage Crisis, Australia Won't Budge -- GOPUSA
		In Australia, so far, it appears the government will be supported in its stance.
		The official opposition Labor Party, which opposed the war and Australian involvement in it, has chosen not to use the incident to attack the government.
		The Advertiser, a paper in South Australia, said Howard was right to say Australia could not afford to show weakness.
	www.gopusa.com /news/2005/may/0503_australia_hostage2.shtml (484 words)

	The Liberal Caucus: Alberta's Official Opposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Evans said she is flying to New Zealand and Australia next month to talk to health and education officials about their health and early childhood intervention programs.
		He said allowing doctors to work in both public and private systems isn’t working in Australia and neither is their supplemental insurance program.
		“Australia’s two-tiered health-care system is turning out to be very expensive and they are not turning out any better wait times,” he said.
	www.liberalopposition.com /index.php/content/more/critics_blast_evans_over_working_vacation_vacat (345 words)

	Australia
		Murdoch's success means that Australia now has the dubious distinction as the country with the most concentrated media ownership in the world, excluding, of course, countries where the media are state-owned.
		His conquest was supported by the national government, the failure of every regulatory body with power to protect the public interest and a general paralysis - with honorable exceptions - among the journalists and public figures who ought to have alerted the public to the danger of concentrating such enormous power in so few hands.
		In Australia, he is admired as an achiever, a native son who took on the establishments of London and New York and won.
	multinationalmonitor.org /hyper/issues/1987/10/chadwick.html (3116 words)

	Green Left - Issues: Our Common Cause: Be part of a real opposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the federal level, the almost complete non-opposition of the ALP that is the consequence of this bi-partisan neoliberalism is allowing Howard to consolidate his chances of winning the next federal election.
		The need in Australia for a fighting opposition, a genuine political alternative that will reflect and act to secure the lives of working-class people has never been so stark.
		The official Labor opposition has made it just as clear that it can’t be relied upon to resist the neoliberal onslaught.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2006/662/7076 (707 words)

	Duceppe ready to lead official opposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe says he is ready to assume the role of opposition leader should he find himself in that position at the end of this election campaign.
		Liberal fortunes across the country have been falling so dramatically in recent days that seat projections based on the latest poll results are beginning to put the Bloc within striking range of emerging with the second-highest number of seats on Jan. 23.
		But while Lucien Bouchard, leader of the Bloc at the time, accepted the role of opposition leader, he adamantly refused a number of the perks of office - such as living at the official residence, Stornoway.
	www.canada.com /montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=222ad7ab-2b1a-4e52-a23f-504c78a01849&k=71506 (594 words)

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