Voter's Guide/Australia

The next election in Australia will be the 2007 Legislative election, which elects representatives for the two houses, House of Representatives and the Senate. Here are some of the issues that have been important: Aged Care Environment Education National Security Truth in Government Economy Medicare and Bulk-Billing Here are some of the parties in Australia and information on them: Liberals Labor Greens Democrats Citizens Electoral Council Family First One Nation United Australian Party Here are the leaders of the parties in the Federal Parliament: John Howard (Liberal Party of Australia) Kevin Rudd (Australian Labor Party) Mark Vaile (National Party of Australia) Bob Brown (Australian Greens) Lyn Allison (Australian Democrats) Steve Fielding (Family First Party) politics