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	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)

	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/Parliamentary_opposition (329 words)

	soc.history.war.vietnam FAQ: Australian Involvement (2/3)
		Australia's seeming intractability, despite the "new face" which Canberra had assumed over the problem after the visit of Dr.Subandrio to Canberra, was also proving to be a great irritant to Jakarta, By late 1961 the question of a continuing Dutch presence in West New Guinea had become a burning national issue.
		Australia, Indonesia concluded, was no match for them and, in case of trouble between the two countries, Indonesia did not have to be unduly preoccupied with the reactions of Australia's protector, the United States.
		Australia was quick to follow, desiring to ensure that Britain remained tied into guaranteeing the stability of the region.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/vietnam/australia/part2 (3434 words)

	ICL - Australia Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is therefore UK legislation granted for the purposes of a self-governing colony, as witnessed by Section 2 of the Act, continually vesting sovereignty in the UK monarchy, as well as Section 57 (3) (with 58, 59, 60), 128 (4), and 74 (3) of the Constitution, preserving the "Queen's assent" and "Royal prerogative".
		Australia joined the League of Nations on 10 January 1920, but there is no specific date for the independence from Britain.
		Furthermore, Australia did not separately declare war in 1939: Britain was at war and therefore Australia was, too.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/as__indx.html (456 words)

	Opposition raises concerns over Iraq - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Opposition this week cited the Defence Department's annual report in saying that Australian troops were under-prepared and ill-equipped for the deployment.
		Opposition defence spokesman Robert McClelland said he was concerned that the troops would not be backed up by air support and artillery.
		Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said he had written to Mr Howard seeking a formal briefing on the safety of Australian troops.
	www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/news/National/Opposition-raises-concerns-over-Iraqs/2005/02/26/1109180158990.html (460 words)

	AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, AUSTRALIAN LEGAL AND REGULATORY SYSTEMS ON THE KEVINRBECK MOSAIC PORTAL
		It is particularly irrelevant to members of Australia's political class, for we have such limited capacity in the duopoly of political power.
		Below are the gateways to Australia's benevolent autocracies where democracy is managed, and manipulated, by a handful of politicians, (unelected) advisers, immoral spin merchants and selected self interests.
		The parliament of Australia, and its inhabitants, are not held in high regard.
	users.bigpond.com /KEVINRBECK/ausgovern.htm (4172 words)

	Australia Maintains Opposition to Commercial Whaling Media Release 6 February 2001
		Australia and New Zealand proposed the establishment of a whale sanctuary in the South Pacific to compliment the two existing sanctuaries.
		Australia also continues to be concerned that whales are still being killed unnecessarily in the name of science.
		There is no justification for "scientific whaling": the application of non-lethal techniques for identifying whale stocks and investigating their environment clearly demonstrates that lethal research is not required to address questions critical to the conservation and management of cetaceans.
	www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2001/mr6feb201.html (1320 words)

	An Opposition White Paper further claims that Australia's industrial relations policies leave immigrant workers ...
		The opposition called on the ethnic communities to comment on the paper by August 18, so that a new policy could be considered at the ALP state conference in October, 1995.An Opposition White Paper further claims that Australia's industrial relations policies leave immigrant workers vulnerable to..
		Australia announced an increase of 6,500 for FY 95-96 in the family and skills categories.
		The opposition called on the ethnic communities to comment on the paper by August 18, so that a new policy could be considered at the ALP state conference in October, 1995.
	www.migrationint.com.au /news/azerbaijan/jul_1995-23mn.html (792 words)

	Australia Card profile: Overview
		In that tale the Australia Card is vanquished but the danger remains: vigilance is necessary if sinister identity cards and data-matching initiatives are not to rise from the grave.
		Rather than being unprecedented, the 1987 Australia Card, proposals in 2005 for an Australia Card II and development of an Australian government services Access Card (aka 'Australia Card Lite') are situated in a history of registration, personal identification and data collection within both the public and private sectors.
		From an international perspective the 1987 Australia Card (and subsequent developments) is of interest because it has been recurrently highlighted by overseas observers as an example of successful opposition to a national identity card.
	www.caslon.com.au /australiacardprofile.htm (1444 words)

	Australia
		Australia is a constitutional democracy with a federal parliamentary government.
		In April, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that continued detention of asylum seekers when there was no real likelihood of the detainee being removed was unlawful; the Government's appeal of the decision was pending at year's end (see Section 2.d.).
		Both the Government and the opposition have declared their intent to increase the numbers of women elected to public office.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27763.htm (9467 words)

	Planet Ark : Australia says no plans to sign Kyoto Treaty
		Prime Minister John Howard said Australia was in an almost unique situation in being a developed country that was a net exporter of energy.
		Australia has sided with its ally, the United States, in rejecting the 1997 pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions blamed for rising global temperatures.
		Australia's conservative government says it remains committed to its Kyoto target of an eight percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions by 2012.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21002 (411 words)

	Leader of the Opposition - Australia Votes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Australia's democratic system with two houses of parliament, as based on the British Westminster system, allows for a leader of the opposition.
		The leader of the opposition has none of the resources of government, yet must work with and against the government on the passage of legislation and come election time is expected to put forward policies equal to those of the government in order to attempt to win the election.
		Federally the leader of the opposition is drawn from either Labor or Liberal, depending on who is in power.
	users.bigpond.net.au /drshrink/ozvotes/who/lop.htm (349 words)

	Australia sends more troops to Iraq as opposition vows recall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Australia is to send more troops to Iraq to protect its diplomats and military instructors already engaged in reconstruction of the shattered Arab nation, the government said Tuesday.
		The deployment was announced just 24 hours after the Labor opposition unveiled a 75 million dollar (54 million US) plan to replace Australia's military commitment to Iraq with initiatives to improve its border protection, health facilities and security for its crude oil facilities.
		Opposition leader Mark Latham, under intense pressure over his pledge to recall the troops if Labor wins the upcoming election, said a Labor government would still withdraw the troops but would send 20 to 30 non-combatants to help a reconstituted UN mission.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040713060906.ay8gi2fz.html (314 words)

	Ranchers.net's Bull Session :: A major row has broken out between the Australian opposition
		Australia's approach to the import of disease-free meat is the same as that of dozens of other countries and the European Union, and does not adversely impact on Australia's OIE accreditation as FMD-free.
		Australia maintains the highest possible status of FMD freedom, and the Australian government is determined to ensure that this prized status is never put at risk.
		Biosecurity Australia, together with AQIS, the Product Integrity Animal and Plant Health Division of the department, an FMD specialist and a State Chief Veterinary Officer are scheduled to travel to Brazil in late March or April to assess the effectiveness of the FMD-free zone arrangements as well as food safety systems in place in Brazil.
	www.ranchers.net /forum/post-2010.html (1438 words)

	Privacy International - Campaigns of Opposition to ID Card Schemes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Most public opposition to administration strategies such as numbering systems, Identity cards or the census are structured around an organized campaign of negative imagery (Big Brother) and a more systematic process of public education.
		The Australia Card was to be carried by all Australian citizens and permanent residents (separately marked cards would be issued to temporary residents and visitors).
		Not so obvious, however, were the extensive reporting obligations throughout the government and the community, the automatic exchange of information throughout the government, weak data protection, the ease of legislative expansion of the system, and the effective encouragement of the private sector and state governments to make use of the card's number.
	www.privacy.org /pi/issues/idcard/campaigns.html (4504 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's System of Government
		Australia's system of government is based on the liberal democratic tradition, which includes religious tolerance and freedom of speech and association.
		Australia pioneered reforms that underpin the electoral practices of modern democracies.
		In 1856, South Australia eliminated professional and property qualifications and gave the vote to all adult men, and in 1892 gave adult women the vote.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/sys_gov.html (1075 words)

	Jihad Watch: Australian opposition accused of caving in to Islamic terrorism
		Australia's Labor opposition faced intensifying pressure to reverse its promise to withdraw troops from Iraq if it won elections due late this year.
		Opposition leader Mark Latham, currently well ahead in the opinion polls, gave no indication he intended to back down as defence experts warned that the 850 Australian troops in Iraq were more likely to be targeted if Islamic terrorists believed they could be forced to leave.
		Even opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd appeared to back away from his leader's stance, saying a Labor government would consider leaving some soldiers to protect Australia's mission and diplomats in Iraq.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/001309.php (940 words)

	Australia
		Australia became known for its liberal legislation: free compulsory education, protected trade unionism with industrial conciliation and arbitration, the secret ballot, women's suffrage, maternity allowances, and sickness and old-age pensions.
		Australia released the Flood report in 2004, an assessment of prewar intelligence on Iraq, which described the evidence supporting Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction as “thin, ambiguous, and incomplete.” But like similar U.S. and UK intelligence reports, it cleared the government of manipulating the intelligence.
		Australia has been the victim of two significant terrorist attacks in recent years: the 2002 Bali, Indonesia, bombings by a group with ties to al-Qaeda in which 202 died, many of whom were Australian, and the 2004 attack on the Australian embassy in Indonesia, which killed ten.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107296.html (1281 words)

	Opposition to black immigration in Australia
		Australia resettled 8320 African refugees in 2003-04, including 6147 from southern Sudan, which has been ravaged by civil war between Christian separatists and the Muslim government in Khartoum.
		Right-wing extremists in Australia with strong ties to the international neo-Nazi movement are targeting refugees from Africa in a new race-hate campaign....
		He was at the forefront of the gutless attacks on Pauline Hanson and her supporters during the brief time in the Sun, shamelessly abusing his position as editor of the local paper to promote Internationalism, miscegenation and White Genocide.
	majorityrights.com /index.php/weblog/comments/1213 (1728 words)

	VOA News Report
		The latest opinion poll, published in an Australian newspaper, shows that opposition to the war has fallen to 42 percent from 75 percent.
		Australia is still a very nervous country after a terrorist bomb on the Indonesian island of Bali killed eighty-eight Australians last October.
		The opposition Labor Party has warned that Australia's involvement in the Iraq war might bring on greater risks of terrorism, fears shared by many people here.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030327-3918e422.htm (533 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Australia to join war on Iraq
		Australia has already sent about 2,000 troops to the Gulf, including elite SAS commandos, along with fighter jets and warships.
		There is strong opposition in Australia to a war with Iraq, with thousands of protesters demonstrating against military action over the past few weeks.
		Opposition Labour Party leader Simon Crean earlier warned that committing Australian troops would increase the risk of terror attacks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2859225.stm (451 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Australia defends Iraq invasion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Australia has defended its decision to join the invasion of Iraq, despite a US Senate report criticising intelligence on the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
		Opposition politicians said the government took the country to war based on a lie.
		Australia relied on American and British intelligence reports in the build up to the invasion which were assessed by its own security services.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3882949.stm (369 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Vanuatu opposition concerned over Australia aid threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Vanuatu's opposition says it is extremely concerned about the impact Australia's threat to discontinue some aspects of aid to the country will have.
		Australia has threatened to cut its aid to Vanuatu because of corruption and poor government.
		Australia has accused the government of Serge Vohor of reappointing officials charged with serious offences and undermining Vanuatu's public service.
	www.abc.gov.au /ra/news/stories/s1252649.htm (315 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)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Australian opposition pledges Asian links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Australia's opposition leader pledged Wednesday to build closer ties with Asia if he wins office this year and accused Prime Minister John Howard of neglecting those relations by tightening links with the United States.
		SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's opposition leader pledged Wednesday to build closer ties with Asia if he wins office this year and accused Prime Minister John Howard of neglecting those relations by tightening links with the United States.
		"Australia must find its security in Asia, not from Asia," Latham said in a speech outlining his foreign policy goals if he wins office at elections expected late this year.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/04/07/australian_opposition_pledges_asian_links?mode=PF (522 words)

	Australia's war - OpinionWebDiaryArchive2003 - www.smh.com.au
		Australia's strategic policy community is cognisant of these possible eventualities; the trouble is, what to do about it.
		Australia's northern neighbors (besides tiny East Timor and the dysfunctional former possession of Papua New Guinea) are two giant Muslim states with vastly larger populations than its own, traditions of autocratic government and internal strife, and rising technological prowess.
		I support this further by noting that, despite widespread opposition to, and miniscule support specifically for, a strike against Iraq (at least before it began), the PM's opponents are gaining no political support and the man himself is losing no political support in the public arena.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/03/28/1048653813662.html (5436 words)

	AAR: Publication: Focus: Patent & Trade Marks
		Although the Australian Registrar sends the Notice of Opposition to the International Bureau (which is then required to forward any Notice of Opposition to the trade mark owner), there is a possibility that there will be delays in the trade mark owner receiving the Notice of Opposition.
		This should ensure that all evidence filed in any subsequent opposition is served upon the owner at this Australian address and that the owner has an opportunity to file its own evidence, lodge written submissions and be heard at any hearing in relation to the opposition.
		To avoid this trap and ensure that the opposition proceedings (which can be complex) are handled in a professional, timely and commercially-focused way, it is important to appoint local attorneys with extensive experience and expertise in conducting trade mark oppositions.
	www.aar.com.au /pubspta/pta/foptanov02.htm (1220 words)

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