Crikey Politics Etc RSS (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I am in Goroka, deep in the mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands. I’m here to find a small baby named after the new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, writes Ilya Gridnef .
Times Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
As if wearing a brightly coloured tropical shirt and yellow beads at an international summit wasn’t embarrassing enough, the Australian Prime Minister found himself at the centre of an offending gaffe about his New Zealand counterpart this week.
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Well, it seems that having Aussie diplomats call her a left-wing control freak hasn’t stopped Helen Clark and Kevin Rudd from progressing on the important things. And what might they be? Planning to support, and possibly join, Australia’s bid for the SKA! What’s the SKA, you may ask? It’s nothing to do with [...]
Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Flint Duxfield is a co-director of AID/WATCH, an independent monitor of aid and development issues. Labour mobility may be in the headlines but as Kevin Rudd talks the talk at the Pacific Islander Leaders' forum in Nuie, he'll have one thing on his mind; trade. Allowing Pacific workers to plug the holes in Australia's labour market is certainly a priority for Australia's farmers. But the real gain...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
from The Australian A new AusAID report tracks neighboring countries to Australia, on their progress in meeting Millennium Development Goals by Siobhain Ryan A new AusAID report measuring the Pacific's social and economic progress was released in Niue yesterday, where Kevin Rudd signed deals with Samoa and Papua New Guinea during the Pacific Islands Forum. The Prime Minister's promise of fresh support...
The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday
"WORDS are bullets," Kevin Rudd observed this week, but sometimes our leaders should hold their fire.
The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday
KEVIN Rudd's $555 million luxury car tax faces a Senate push to deliver exemptions for fuel-efficient vehicles and four-wheel drives in the bush.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manila, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday said it will cooperate with Australia, New Zealand and the World Bank to improve infrastructure in the Pacific Island countries. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, ADB chief Haruhiko Kuroda and World Bank chief Robert B. Zoellick endorsed a joint [...]
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stuff Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been left red-faced after a briefing ahead of his first official visit to New Zealand described Helen Clark as a left-wing control freak. Background papers di… Read the full article here
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Update: 11:30AM Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused Fijis interim Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, of chickening out of this year's Pacific Islands Forum being held in Niue, reports ABC online.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIJI'S decision not to attend today's Pacific Islands Forum signalled a continuous threat to democracy in the country, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said yesterday as he and the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, rounded on the boycott.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
NIUE - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is understood to be concerned after briefing notes given to media on his visit to New Zealand could be interpreted as painting Helen Clark as a control freak. The briefing said she trusted...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
On Tuesday, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issue.With the U.S.
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
PM warns on 'dirty' dangers Overseas countries might exploit environmental concerns as new ways of creating trade barriers with exporters such as New Zealand, says Helen Clark. The Prime Minister, in a public dialogue with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, yesterday told an Australasian climate change and business conference in Auckland that New Zealand could not risk being seen as a "dirty producer"....
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talked to Helen Clark and the man who wants her job during a fleeting visit to Auckland yesterday, his first since taking over as leader of his country. A relaxed Mr Rudd - who stole some quiet...
