Fed: PM says election likely in second half of next year

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2003
Fed: PM says election likely in second half of next year

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD has left open the option of calling an early, double dissolution
election next year.

But he's told the Nine Network it's more likely the federal election will be held in
the second half of the year.

The HOWARD government holds a handful of double dissolution triggers -- with legislation
repeatedly blocked in the Senate.

They include bills on industrial relations and removing northern islands from Australia's
exclusion zone.

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KEYWORD: ELECTION (CANBERRA) WITH AUDIO

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