Fiji’s military government has alleged that Australia and New Zealand were behind an assassination attempt on the life of Fiji’s Prime Minister. Peter Westmore reports. Suggestions by Fiji’s military government that Australia and New Zealand were involved in an alleged assassination attempt on the life of Fiji’s Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, will seriously worsen…
Voters should be alarmed that many of the key issues facing Australia have not been mentioned by either party. With the official launch of the parties’ campaigns, the 2007 election is moving into its final stage, with Labor maintaining the lead it has held in all the opinion polls throughout the year. Despite the recent…
If Pakistan suffers a breakdown of law and order, Islamist extremists could try to seize power and end up possessing nuclear weapons. Peter Westmore reports. General Pervez Musharraf, the army chief who has appointed himself President of Pakistan, is pushing his country to the brink of chaos, by detaining hundreds of lawyers, sacking justices of…
Kevin Rudd has tried to convince the electorate of his credibility by adopting the policies of the Howard Government. But will his tactic work? In the history of Australian election campaigns, I can think of no occasion when the Opposition tried to convince the electorate of its credibility by adopting the policies of the Government.…