You can rest assured it won't be portrayed that way here (U.S. & Canada) by the weenies in the liberal MSM. It will be Iraq & Afghanistan front & center ... guaranteed.
Drudge had this link to a Sky News article:
"Voters warmed to his promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq and sign the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, further isolating the United States, which had received strong backing from Mr Howard."