Search Results

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will take part in a town hall-style forum with Tony Abbott on Wednesday night, even if he will not debate her.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally launches Labor's election campaign in Brisbane on Monday, with opinion polls confirming Saturday's election is likely to be a cliffhanger.

Australia's prime minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott have traded insults over having another debate or community forum.

Voters in Auckland have been saved by a technicality from having to choose between two candidates called John Banks running for the super city mayoralty.

An opinion poll for the preferred Mayor of the new Auckland super city shows Manukau Mayor Len Brown has a slight lead over Auckland City Mayor John Banks.

The latest opinion poll in Australia shows the Labor Party has regained its lead over the coalition, a week from polling day on 21 August. However, Labor could lose up to 12 marginal seats in NSW and…

The military in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has announced that a general election - the country's first in 20 years - will be held on 7 November.

Next week's election in Australia is shaping up to be one of its tightest in history. Most opinion polls indicate the possibility of a hung parliament. Audio

Myanmar will hold its first parliamentary elections in two decades on 7 November, state media reported on Friday.

Tuvalu's national parliament is to be dissolved as it prepares for national elections on the 16th September. The Pacnews agency reports Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia will lead a caretaker…

Tuvalu's national parliament is to be dissolved tomorrow as it prepares for national elections on the 16th September. The Pacnews agency reports Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia will lead a caretaker...

The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission is defending itself against claims last week's election was corrupt. Two defeated MPs have called for the chief electoral officer Polycarp Haununu to be…

Australia's Labor government and the opposition Coalition have pointed to New Zealand as they disagree during their election campaign over how to respond to the global financial crisis. Audio

International observers from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Australia and New Zealand, have voiced concerns about aspects of the Solomon Islands election. The observers monitored voting at 330…

Election officials in the Northern Marianas intend counting votes by hand in November's election for the CNMI delegate to the US Congress. The Election Commission has been asking for 128...

The Australian government is ahead of the Opposition in the latest opinion poll, but both parties are trying to claim underdog status.

An economist says firms' uncertainty about the strength of the economic recovery is keeping business confidence muted.

Two new political polls out on Sunday have National retaining a commanding lead over the Labour Party.

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott has pledged to jail people-smugglers for a minimum 10 years, formally launching his campaign for the 21 August election with an appeal for tougher border…

The Solomon Islands election, which was hailed as trouble free on polling day, has been tarnished by a series of incidents where the supporters of losing candidates have reacted angrily...

The latest opinion poll in Australia shows the governing Labor Party has gained slight ground on the Coalition. But the polls suggest that Labor is still poised to lose the election.

A once notorious Malaitan militia leader, who was recently released from jail, has made it into the Solomon Islands parliament. That comes as a number of veteran politicians have been...

There have been the first reports of trouble in the Solomon Islands general election with disgruntled supporters of a losing candidate throwing stones and damaging a counting station in Temotu...

Disgruntled supporters of a losing candidate in Solomon Islands are reported to have thrown stones and damaged a counting station in Temotu province.