Portal:Australia/in depth



Australia is heading to the polls to elect a federal government on November 24 2007. Wikipedia summarises the 2007 Australian federal election as:
 * ''The 2007 general election for the Parliament of Australia will take place on November 24 2007.
 * The opposition centre-left Australian Labor Party, currently led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, will be the main challenger to the incumbent centre-right coalition government in power since the 1996 election, currently led by the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, John Howard, and his coalition partner the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party of Australia, Mark Vaile.


 * Following the 2004 election outcome, Labor with 60 seats require 16 additional seats in the 150-member House of Representatives to form a majority government.

Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of the 2007 Australian federal election. There is also in-depth coverage of other issues.