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Kevin Rudd’s statement on Syria
At last Kevin Rudd – who admittedly has been fairly vocal about the need to get rid of the vile butcher Bashar Al-Assad — has issued a statement about the failure of the Security Council and Assad’s mass murder in Homs, reports Bernard Keane.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: So what do Kevin Rudd and Novak Djokovic have in common?
They’re not team players. Luckily for Novak he plays an individual sport.
Gillard: just a matter of when
The Australia Day debacle is emblematic of a Prime Minister who can’t take a trick.
Essential: we like our local BER, and Howard’s the best PM
Parents like the BER program and think it benefited their children’s school, today’s Essential Report finds.
Why we need to talk about COAG
The process has been hampered by a breakdown in trust between the Commonwealth and the states, writes Paul Kildea on Inside Story.
Burma sanctions just reinforce ‘siege mentality’
There is a growing recognition in the international community that engagement, rather than sanctions and diplomatic isolation, is fast emerging as a more productive strategy in pressuring the Burmese government to reform, writes David Hopkins, a foreign relations masters graduate and Burma researcher.
Iranian numbers swelling on asylum seeker list
Iranians have emerged as a rapidly rising category of asylum seekers arriving by boat since the middle of last year, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.
Wikileaks Keane: why I signed a letter in support of Julian Assange
As an Australian citizen, Assange has a right to expect his government will seek to ensure that he is accorded due process by other countries seeking to prosecute him.
A dumb reshuffle puts spotlight back on Gillard’s woes
Julia Gillard’s federal cabinet reshuffle — promoting Bill Shorten and Mark Arbib while sacking good ministers — again demonstrates her lack of judgment and fragility.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Once you start knifing people, you never stop
Crikey readers have their say.
Crikey Says: A poke in the eye to both of you
The tensions between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd are threatening to escalate into real damage to the government.
Political snippets: The so-called virtues of austerity
It seems to be the political orthodoxy in most developed country democracies these days that government spending must be cut to produce budgets that balance.
Rudd parties with gay activists; will ‘examine bill closely’
Has Kevin Rudd changed his tune on gay marriage? Andrew Crook found him celebrating with activists last night at the ALP national conference, reporting the latest at The Stump.
Rudd is only stating the obvious on reform
Far from being a radical contribution to the Labor reform debate, Kevin Rudd’s proposals are only a first step in what Labor needs to do.
Assange and Rudd: the government’s strange lack of curiosity
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s answers about the Julian Assange extradition case suggest a distinct lack of curiosity about what the Americans plan for the WikiLeaks founder.
To state the bleeding obvious, more mining tax revenue is better than less
The mining tax is pay for perfect but if it taxed more miners — not just those who mine coal and iron — it would be better, says Dr Richard Denniss of The Australia Institute.
Australia Network joins the list of tender debacles
The Howard Government managed to let the Australia Network process go unmolested. But Labor ministers couldn’t help themselves.
Crikey Says: The little carbon tax that could
Now that wasn’t that hard, was it?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Doug Cameron for PM?
Crikey readers have their say.
Labor will eventually return to the Rudd brand
Brands are critical to Prime Ministers and Julia Gillard’s brand is very likely terminally damaged. There’s only one viable brand in Labor ranks.
Greens take the agenda because no one else wants it
Offshore processing is a gigantic mistake, and until someone other than the Greens says that, Labor will continue to suffer.
Leak for a healthier democracy
It almost always takes a difference of opinion within a cabinet to cause a leak of details of what happened in a cabinet meeting.
Media briefs: The Kiss … ABC redundancy bill doubles … Facebook timeline …
Female authors fight back … ABC redundancy bill doubles … Reporters Without Borders to open Tunisia bureau … The Department of Corrections and more …
