Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Ruddis a former Australian politician who was twice Prime Minister of Australia, from 2007 to 2010 and again in 2013...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 September 1957
CityNambour, Australia
CountryAustralia
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There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking about the world. A vision that over tens of thousands of years has risen out of the land, the power, the very being of our continent, Australia.
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The Australia to 2050 report highlights something that is well understood by South Australians, that infrastructure plays a key role in long-term economic expansion.
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That's where Australia's efforts should lie at the moment ? through the UN process and through our own bilateral pressure on the Iranian Government.
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The bottom line is this -- when it comes to helping Australians on the ground, the Australian government has failed miserably to persuade its closest friend and ally, the United States government, to allow Australian consular officials access to help our own people.
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If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.
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The tragedy for Australia is that our diplomatic relationship with East Timor right now is in a sorry state,
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Most Australians would ask why is it that Schapelle Corby gets sentenced to 20 years for importing marijuana, Abu Bakar Bashir gets 30 months for participating in the murder of nearly 100 Australians,
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What we would also need to have some guarantees about is the probity of the police force undertaking these tests themselves to make sure that they are free from corruption or any other maleficence.
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I don't know what planet Mr Downer is on, but he's not on planet New Orleans,
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Mr. Downer read none of the cables which were relevant to this scandal.
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Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.
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It seems the whole world knew, except for the Howard Government. This is getting ridiculous. This is becoming a farce.
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It now seems that practically the whole world knew what Saddam Hussein was up to at the time ? except, of course, the Howard Government.
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Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics.