It should do the heart good to be proved right. Kevin Rudd warned against moving further to the right in dealing with boat people than he had gone as Prime Minister. His advice on departing from office was ignored.
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Political snippets: Kevin can be forgiven a chuckle
As yesterday’s High Court judgment made clear the Department of Foreign Affairs got it right and Immigration (and presumably Attorney Generals) got it wrong.
The WikiLeaks Australian cable dump: choice picks
Wikileaks’s latest cables offer a particularly revealing insight into the way Alexander Downer and some of his officals conducted themselves when he was Foreign Minister.
Galaxy: apocalyptic results for Labor in QLD
The latest Galaxy federal poll of Queenslanders sees a two-party preferred of 63-37 to the Coalition. The swing of 8% from the 2010 election would leave Kevin Rudd as Labor’s only QLD representative, writes William Bowe.
Sideshow Alley: And the nominees are … too many to fit into a headline
Craig Thomson. Well, that’s done then. And yet, there’s so much more this week. We strongly advise you suck down some anti nausea tablets before reading on…
High-speed hypocrisy in the pursuit of Thomson
The Opposition’s in such a rush over Craig Thomson it looks uninterested in doing the basics.
Political snippets: Kev flying by the seat of …
Kevin Rudd’s ambition to secure a seat for Australia on the United Nations Security Council is causing the first serious public rift for years within the Labor Party over Israel.
Video of the Day: A cupper with Kevin Rudd’s pets
As part of a competition run by Twinings, Kevin Rudd has created his own tea blend (“brisk and lively”, apparently, much like the man himself). But with Alan Jones breathing down his neck, the foreign minister has recruited Jasper and Abby to push up the approval ratings …
There’s more than refugee boats on our northern horizon
The disputed sovereignty over the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, remains an issue for Asia-Pacific leaders.
Australia Network deal: is Mark Scott really in trouble?
How much trouble is ABC managing director Mark Scott facing over his lobbying on the Australian Network contract deal?
Who broke it?: anatomy of a scoop
The Oz’s latest marketing claims are a good starting point for Crikey’s semi-regular feature on the anatomy of a news story.
Once again, taxpayers pick up the tab to advertise to themselves
Here we go again. The Gillard government now has to defend not only its carbon pricing plan, but also its apparent hypocrisy in spending some $25 million of taxpayers’ money to promote it.
Carbon tax pitch misses the mark: it’s the climate, stupid.
The problem is that barely half the population believes climate change is real and human caused; fewer support the tax. And much of that opinion is soft: it’s one of many concerns, writes David Spratt, climate change analyst and author of Climate Code Red.
Political snippets: PM should take the next step
Her Green allies might not like it but Julia Gillard should take the next step in letting the people give their verdict on her carbon tax regime.
Carbon tax: key changes reflect the Greens, Garnaut
There are some key changes from Rudd’s CPRS that reflect both the influence of the Greens and Ross Garnaut in its development.
Foreign aid review reveals contractors under the hammer
The era of “boomerang aid” appears to be ending as Australia’s foreign aid program moves away from its reliance on private contractors.
Cabinet in the dark on shambolic Australia Network bidding
Cabinet is in the dark, the bidders don’t know the new criteria and questions are being asked over the murky political interference in running the Asia-Pacific TV channel Australia Network.
The massive indigenous employment gap stagnates
How much more evidence that indigenous employment policies are not working will the Gillard government need before it changes its disastrous policy, write Professor Jon Altman and Dr Nicholas Biddle from the Australian National University.
Essential: would Rudd give Labor a winning lead over Abbott?
Kevin Rudd would put Labor ahead of Tony Abbott, voters say in this week’s Essential Report.
No recovery for a leader too much like the man she knifed
Julia Gillard has not been able to give voters a sense of who she is beyond the woman who knifed Kevin Rudd.
Coup anniversary: where are they now?
Paul Barry and Matthew Knott look back at the main players in the Night of the Long Knives: where are they now?
podcast Canberra Calling: The night of the long knives redux podcast
This week, Crikey’s Canberra Correspondent Bernard Keane and Crikey editor Sophie Black look back at the 1 year anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s axing as Prime Minister at the hands of his own party.
