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Rudd on the phenomenon of resurrection

Kevin Rudd, who has just experienced political resurrection, professes his strong faith in the supernatural variety in a book on the religious beliefs of Australian prime minister, launched today. Rudd…
Liberal candidate Peter Hendy has a lot of federal support in his campaign. AAP/Alan Porritt

The Eden-Monaro project: The campaign for Eden-Monaro

Though the date is now in flux, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision to announce the election months in advance has meant the campaigning in Eden-Monaro began some time ago. There are already six…
Voters in Mike Kelly’s Eden-Monaro electorate are keen to see an election date named sooner rather than later. AAP/Alan Porritt

The Eden-Monaro project: Call election quickly, voters say

With speculation reaching fever pitch about election timing, voters from the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro are strongly urging Kevin Rudd to call the poll quickly. The University of Canberra, in conjunction…
Calling something protected isn’t enough to protect it. AAP Image/Australian Institute for Marine Science

Governments are not protecting the Great Barrier Reef

Announcements last week of the escalating damage to the Great Barrier Reef confirm Australia’s most famous and intensely managed Marine Protected Area has not been properly protected. UNESCO’s recent review…
Kevin Rudd has lurched to the right in a pre-election overhaul of Labor’s asylum seeker policy. AAP/Dan Peled

All new boat arrivals to go to Papua New Guinea

Kevin Rudd has unveiled a dramatic new hard line policy to stop any asylum seekers arriving by boat ever being settled in Australia. Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed an agreement for people arriving…
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Labor’s future contest: Bowen V Shorten?

Chris Bowen had originally booked into the National Press Club today to talk about his just published Hearts & Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor. But as he said, instead of having a backbencher spruiking…
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Looking back on the hung parliament

The hung parliament is almost done. Surely we won’t see its return to the chambers. If Kevin Rudd wanted to reassemble the parliament before the election, he would need half a dozen cattle dogs to round…
Should search engines like Google be forced to suppress potentially damaging information and ‘forget’ who you are? shutterstock

Forget me not: do we have a right to vanish online?

Do you have a right to be “forgotten” by Google searches and other internet search engines? That question is being considered in Europe currently, where the European Court of Justice has received advice…
In a well flagged policy move, Kevin Rudd has sped up the date for a floating carbon price. AAP/Lukas Coch

Big saving on car fringe benefits help pay for early ETS

The government has more than financed the $3.8 billion cost of moving early to an Emissions Trading Scheme, with savings including a crackdown on fringe benefits for cars, cuts to the number of senior…
Bill Shorten is integral in the Gonski negotiations. AAP/Dan Peled

Victoria appears close to Gonski deal

The federal government expects Victoria to sign up to the Better Schools funding plan next week, and has extended the deadline for negotiations with outstanding states on the package. Victoria and Queensland…
What’s the best music for a slow stroll, or a pumping powerwalk? There are factors other than tempo to take into account. ejorpin

Music and walking speed – it’s not what you think

“Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak,” wrote the English poet William Congreve in 1697. These days, we tend to take music’s inherent charms for granted and…
Kevin Rudd displayed the Labor Government’s economic achievements, at the National Press Club today. AAP/Lukas Coch

Come join with us to boost productivity, Rudd tells business and unions

Kevin Rudd has set out a “national competitiveness agenda” for Australia and said the nation must lift its annual productivity growth rate to 2% or better. Addressing the National Press Club, the Prime…
With Australians feeling like they are observers rather than participants in formal politics, is it any surprise that most voters ‘hate’ politics? DonkeyHotey

Why do Australians hate politics?

While for some Australians the recent leadership spill will be viewed as a simple act of restorative justice, many others would have spectated on events in Canberra with an equal measure of indifference…
Kevin Rudd will use his address at the National Press Club to question Tony Abbott’s negative politics. AAP/Lukas Coch

Rudd will condemn Captain Negative for “lazy” politics

Kevin Rudd today will paint Tony Abbott as “Captain Negative”, unwilling to do the hard work needed to develop policies to change the country and guilty of talking Australia down. Appearing at the National…

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