Brad norington


Kevin Rudd spruiks the G20; let’s hope it’s not another APEC

Kevin Rudd’s priority has been to sell the American foreign policy establishment on the benefits of the G20 as the “driving centre” of a new global framework. But will it become just another pointless talkfest?

No business takers for The Australian’s phony IR war

Confronted with employer bonhomie on Julia Gillard’s Fair Work bill, the IR dinosaurs at News Limited have been struggling to find an angle, writes Andrew Crook