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Reports on the results of a survey of chief executive officers (CEO) in Australia and their opinion on how the government is dealing with key political issues, in particular the rise of the One Nation party. Suggestion that Prime Minister John Howard is not providing genuine political leadership; Percentage favoring Treasurer Peter Costello for Prime Minister; Opposition leader Kim Beazley failing to make an impression; Message of the One Nation party. INSETS: How does business rate?;Labor, hard labor.

Presents information on the political methods of Australian Prime Minister John Howard. How he has adopted the `third way' approach in politics; How businesses have learned how to deal with Howard; Examples of the government's industrial policies; What Howard's strategy means for the Australian Labor Party opposition.

Presents information on the support of business for tax reform in Australia. How business leaders do not want to forgo income tax cuts for a lower corporate tax rate; Their drive for lower corporate taxes and the conflict it represents; Federal government's desire to cut company taxes; Alliance of various business groups to lobby for reform; Support for Prime Minister John Howard's efforts to push legislation through the senate. INSETS: A state of mind;The born-again PM.

Reports on the 1998 federal election campaign and how a focus on the economy can help Prime Minister John Howard's government win. Their plan for economic reform in their tax package coinciding with an unstable period in the global economy; The Australian Labor Party's inability to engage in excessive expenditure promises; Government seen a vulnerable on unemployment; Labor's business policies. INSET: `Iberal' votes could make the difference.

Presents information on national competition policy in Australia and how the issue causes a backlash against the government that tries to implement it. Voters opinion of economic rationalism; Comments from economic rationalist Graeme Samuel; Impact of the June 1998 vote in Queensland on the policy of Prime Minister John Howard; How national competition concerns are easy to exploit. INSET: What's being reformed.

The article comments on several political issues in Australia as of July 15, 2010. Australia is intensifying its campaign against asylum seekers. Many people were confused with Opposition leader Tony Abbott's statement that as a woman, he expects gender equality. Perceived as a racist, Prime Minister John Howard has been rejected as vice-president of the International Cricket Council.

Presents news briefs from Australia, as of February 5, 2004. Proportion of Australian companies whose rates of return have not exceeded the 10-year bond; Crackdown on illegal immigrants; Prime Minister John Howard's justification for his country's participation in the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

Presents a letter concerning the performance of the government in Australia. Criticism on the condition of some administrative agencies; Suggestion to inform Prime Minister John Howard about the situation.

Presents political developments as of April 2002 in Australia. Decision of senator Bill Heffernan to sue the media for consistently misspelling his name; Protest of staff at call centers spreading political propaganda on talkback radio against declining working conditions; Statement of Prime Minister John Howard on the disguised invasion of terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Presents information on ministerial conduct among the members of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's cabinet and the Senate as of July 1999. Howard's `Guide on Key Elements of Ministerial Responsibility,' and how it seems to have failed to influence the ministers; Examples of parliamentary misbehavior; Scandal involving Warren Entsch; Issues involving the public trust; Why it is important to maintain a high level of conduct for ministers of parliament.

Discusses the issues involved in the Northern Territory becoming Australia's seventh state. The territory's determination to have the biggest and best; Its dependence on federal money and its political immaturity; Reaction in the territory to the announcement by Prime Minister John Howard of its possible statehood; Comments from Chief Minister Shane Stone; Arguments against statehood.

Presents information on voter's preferences in Australia and the rise of the One Nation party for July of 1998. Graph of percentage of the primary vote going to One Nation; Question of where One Nation voting preferences will go; Graph of voter's preferences for either John Howard and Kim Beazley as Prime Minister.