See Results of the Australian federal election , 2004 In the wake of the 2002 Bali Bombings and the 2001 World Trade Center attacks , the Howard government along with the Blair and Bush governments , initiated combat operations in Afghanistan and an alliance for invading Iraq , these issues divided Labor voters who were disproportionately anti-war , flipping those votes from Labor and to the Greens . The second issue was the ongoing and continued worsening of the Millennium Drought continued to bolster support for the Nationals water management policies of the Murray-Darling river system , diverting focus away from rural and inner-city community water supplies and focusing on Regional and Farmland water supplies
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September 11 attacks
2004 Australian federal election