Kevin Rudd

Rudd deceives you yet again

Andrew Bolt (Free subscription) | yesterday

Professor Sinclair Davidson contrasts what Kevin Rudd says his huge emissions taxes will cost against what…

Kevin Rudd's Gallery of Dangerous Deniers

Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2009/11/kevin-rudds-gallery-of-dangerous.html Don't expect the phrase "climate change denier" to go away. But it has been reduced to political comedy in my view.

Kevin Rudd's Gallery of Dangerous Deniers

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

I thought that it would be worth illustrating the sort of people that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd characterizes as climate deniers , people whose logic does not belong in any respons ible government. Category #1 "The first category of those opposed to action is the vocal group of conservatives who do not accept the scientific consensus." We can illustrate this first category of skeptic...

Kevin Rudd 'too soft' says poll

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "too soft" and "doing a bad job" addressing the issue of asylum seekers the latest Newspoll shows.Polls also show his approval rating has dropped. More than half of voters, or 53 percent, think...

Rudd must use India visit to boost strategic, economic ties: Expert

Sify (Free subscription) | 44 minutes ago

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should seek to boost bilateral economic and strategic ties with India during his first visit to the subcontinent as head of government, starting in

Rudd seeks to boost ties with India

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Kevin Rudd this week will attempt to boost Australia's economic and strategic ties with India, on his first visit to the subcontinent as prime minister.

Amazing political censorship attempt by the Rudd government

A Western Heart (Free subscription) | yesterday

KEVIN Rudd's word police have banned the Opposition from describing his Government as disgraceful, inept and reckless under new printing entitlement regulations. The Opposition has cried foul as a team of "black marking" bureaucrats are voluntarily vetting letters, newsletters and Hansard in a bid to explain what words are in and what words are banned under the regulations. Under the new...

• Rudd's word police in censor row - Courrier Mail

Oi sauce boy!

A Western Heart (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

News.com.au - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has savaged the federal opposition's climate change sceptics, labelling them dangerous, arrogant gamblers prepared to bet on their grandchildren's future. ......"It's time to remove any polite veneer from this debate," he said in a lengthy address to Sydney's Lowy Institute on Friday. "The stakes are that high." ......"The argument that...

The Newspoll numbers The Australian won’t print

Crikey Politics Etc RSS (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Australian appears to have decided to not publish the results of an opinion poll on voting intention in the wake of last week's outlier that had Malcolm Turnbull gaining ground on Kevin Rudd.

Sheikh's offensive letters 'preaching peace'

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

A SELF-STYLED Muslim Sheik has chained himself to the steps of a Sydney courthouse in a bid to convey his message of peace. Sheik Haron appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court today charged with sending harassing letters to the families of dead Australian soldiers, The Daily Telegraph reported . As the Daily Telegraph revealed last month, Sheik Haron - whose real name is Man Monis - allegedly sent...

Climate-Change Panic Down Under in Australia...

Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | yesterday

Climate-Change Panic Down Under in Australia - WSJ.com Kevin Rudd's attack on 'skeptics' is instructive-and bodes poorly for Copenhagen. --- Tough economic times have a way of clarifying political priorities and forcing people to distinguish among needs, wishes—and fantasies. So you might think a politician as canny as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would know better than to blame his country's...

Rudd support hit by fears on asylum seekers

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

CANBERRA - Australians are losing faith in the ability of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to shut off the flow of refugee boats from Indonesia, an issue that in the past helped keep Labor out of power.Although still in an overwhelmingly...

Australian PM to visit India

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will travel to India this week in a bid to forge stronger relations with one of Australia's key economic and strategic partners, Australian Associated Press reported on Monday. This will be his first visit to New Delhi after two previous trips were canceled. The prime minister's two-day visit to Mumbai and New Delhi, beginning Wednesday, will give the federal government...

Jakarta losing patience

The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday

Indonesia sharply rebuffs Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, denying his assertion that Jakarta had 'infinite patience' in the stand-off over 78 asylum seekers.

Australian PM: Action taken to tackle rising grocery prices

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday the federal government had already done plenty to increase competition in the grocery business. Rudd was responding to reports the cost of groceries in Australia was rising exponentially. According to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) figures, Australian grocery prices have risen 41.3 percent since 2000 - faster than Britain's...

Rudd: Australia’s Debt will be Lowest in the World

haines09 | 05/06/2009

Sydney, May 6, 2009 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is up for a challenge. He told reports in Sydney on Wednesday that “Australia’s net debt will be the lowest of any major advanced economy in the world for the next decade.” Rudd welcomes a debate on debt and deficit following revelations that the federal budget deficit for the next financial year will be around $70 billion..... ( More )