the US/Australia alliance
.. goes back a long way, and Labor (if elected) won't do anything to change that, I'm sure. But it is true that this country is divided on the war. Since there's a federal election coming up, some people were pretty upset at GWB's comments criticizing the Labor opposition and their position (during Howard's visit) - seen as gross interference (given the dominance of the US) in domestic affairs. However as I pointed out this was really a reply to a leading, 'set-up' question, and at worst he's probably guilty of lack of diplomacy.
Here's one comment on that - some people here say that we (and the rest of the world) should be able to vote in this year's US elections too