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Liberal
John Howard
Prime Minister
Parliament: 27 years
Leader since: 1995
Division: Bennelong

WIN Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... Image File history File links John_Howard_May_2006. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... The Division of Bennelong is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ...

Labor
Kim Beazley
Opposition leader
Parliament: 21 years
Leader since: 1996
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House of Reps (IRV) — 2001-04 — Turnout 94.85% (CV) — Informal 4.82%

Party

Votes

Swing

Seats

Change

Australian Labor Party

4,341,420

37.84

-2.26

-2

Liberal Party of Australia

4,291,032

37.40

+3.18

National Party of Australia

643,926

5.61

+0.32

-3

Australian Democrats

620,225

5.41

+0.28

Australian Greens

569,074

4.96

+2.82

One Nation Party

498,032

4.34

-4.09

Independents

332,669

2.90

+0.99

Other

177,696

1.55

-1.23

Total

11,474,074

150

Liberal/National coalition

WIN

50.95

+1.93

Australian Labor Party

49.05

-1.93

-2

Senate (STV GV) — 2001-04 — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89%

Party

Votes

Swing

Seats Won

Seats Held

Australian Labor Party

3,990,903

34.32

-2.99

Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)

2,776,089

23.88

+2.00

Liberal Party of Australia

1,824,639

15.69

+2.06

Australian Democrats

842,984

7.25

-1.20

One Nation Party

644,346

5.54

-3.44

Australian Greens

574,550

4.94

+2.22

National Party of Australia

222,860

1.92

+0.06

Country Liberal Party

40,680

0.35

+0.03

Other

710,478

6.11

+1.49

Harradine Group

Shayne Murphy

Total

11,627,529

Background

Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices. The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Aston is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ...

Issues

The September 11 attacks and the MV Tampa were strong influences in the minds of voters at this election, focusing debate around the issues of border protection and national security. The Howard Government also alleged during the campaign that asylum seekers had thrown persons overboard from one of their vessels. The MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship that was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia which began off the coast of Christmas Island in August 2001. ... The Children Overboard Affair was an Australian political controversy which arose in 2001 when the government claimed that â€œa number of children had been thrown overboardâ€ from a â€œsuspected illegal entry vesselâ€ (or SIEV) which had been intercepted by HMAS Adelaide off Christmas Island. ...

By moving the debate to national security, the government turned around the opposition's lead. The ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934.^[1]

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