Australian Prime Minister John Howard, fending off election campaign questions about his frequent and continued lying about matters of life and death (of others), today switched the debate to the War Of Terror, condemning hyper-left ultra-radical dangerously-free-thinking multimedia terrorist regime New Horizons In Violence as "lying rodents".

Asked about whether the success of N.H.I.V.'s live debut at 303 last week might draw votes from the government, Howard was dismissive. "I have confidence that the electorate is not that interested in the statements of that pack of lying rodents." And as to whether he was concerned about the possible reaction to gigs tonight and Saturday at the Barleycorn Hotel (177 Johnston St., Collingwood) Howard was equally flippant.

"Well I guess some people will go along to see that sort of anti-American, anti-Australian, anti-human-race sort of hatespeak anti-talk that those subhumans want to force down the throats of civilisation. But it's not really my taste. All that negativity."

A bootleg video of a track from N.H.I.V.'s debut gig has now surfaced on the Internet at http://nhiv.com/video; its multimedia dual-screen, weird instrument, weird mask vibe giving some indication of what is in store for visitors to The Barleycorn tonight at 8:30. Saturday's gig, at the "all-family" time of 6:30 is being tastelessly billed as a "Happy September 11 Special".

"See what I mean?" said Howard. "Negative negative negative."

These will probably be the last gigs N.H.I.V. will play before the Australian election, and so are the last chance for Melbournians to be brainwashed live in person by N.H.I.V.'s blatant propaganda. However their new CD "I Need War!" continues to be on high rotation on Melbourne radio stations RRR and PBS, including one DJ playing four tracks in a row!

Howard fended off a question about the term "lying rodent" being coined by one of his own senators, George Brandis, to descibe Howard himself.

"Look, nobody called anybody a lying rodent, alright? And anyone who says that they did is a lying rodent. Mr Brandis has said he didn't call me that, are you calling him a liar? In any case, to imply that I have at any point lied would be a blatant lie. Anyone lying about whether or not I did or didn't not lie is lying. And that's the truth.

"Frankly the only people lying here are these N.H.I.V. creeps. I mean look at this entire interview - do you think I ever really said any of this? It's all a huge lie."

Only at The Barleycorn tonight will we find out the real truth.