John Howard

John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician and 25th Prime Minister of Australia, came to office on 11 March, 1996 and gained re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. He is Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, after Sir Robert Menzies.

References

Iraq

• Hansard, 2003-02-04: Howard's speech to parliament in which he puts forward his claims of imminent threat from Iraq as reasons for Australian support of the subsequent invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Manildra affair

• Margo Kingston (2003-08-12), Howard meets Honan: You be the judge whether he lied about it, The Sydney Morning Herald (Contains extract from Parliamentary transcripts of denial statements)
• Mark Riley (2003-08-14), Ethanol uproar engulfs Howard, The Sydney Morning Herald
• Record of Meeting: Manildra Group, 2003-08-01, The Sydney Morning Herald
• Editorial (2003-08-14), PM has misled Parliament, The Sydney Morning Herald