The extent to which the Rudd Government prevented small island states most at risk from climate change from voicing their support for tough carbon reduction targets has been confirmed in a leaked document.
Pacific islands forum
Yes bwana: how Australia called the shots at small islands forum
Here is the analysis of the PIF from Shirley Atatagi - climate political advisor for Greenpeace in the Pacific.
New Caledonia: another powder-keg on our doorstep
Australian media seem to have some blind spots concerning our near neighbours, like New Caledonia, where recent riots have a political bent.
Australia gets grubby at PIF
Australia and New Zealand’s corrupt and underhanded means of getting their way inside the Pacific Islands Forum carries the stench of colonialism, says Greenpeace’s Shirley Atatagi.
Damn the Pacific: Australia gags its island neighbours
Australia used its muscle at the Pacific Islands Forum to ensure the meeting’s climate change targets matched Kevin Rudd’s.
Rudd’s “silly shirts”: not nearly silly enough
As host of the Pacific Island Forum, Kevin Rudd was obliged to pick out an appropriately embarrassing outfit for the delegates to wear in the official photo. But he failed miserably, selecting a drab R.M. Williams shirt that makes the group look like members of a David Attenborough convention.
Rudd’s dilemma at the Pacific Island Forum
Pacific leaders are meeting in Cairns today for the Pacific Island Forum, and climate change should be a top priority. But expect some heavy diplomatic manoeuvrings from Kevin Rudd behind the scenes to keep climate off the agenda and real emission cuts off the table.
Climate emergency in the Pacific
At a time when Queenslanders are inundated with massive flooding, spare a thought for our island neighbours, writes Nic Maclellan.
Mungo: Rudd’s Pacific solution
Kevin Rudd’s announcement of the guest worker scheme really caught the imagination at the Pacific Forum, writes Mungo McCallum.
Election? He might as well reign until December
Will the PM push the button for a poll this weekend? I’ve spoken to a range of senior Liberals from ministers down over the past 24 hours. Their response, put colloquially, has been “Search me, guv”, writes Christian Kerr.
