Kevin Rudd

Bush Arrives in Beijing for Olympics

time.com     6 hrs ago   272 related          

President Bush is eagerly awaiting the start of the Summer Olympics, making history as the first president to attend this world athletic competition on foreign soil. But his arrival in Beijing Thursday night on the eve of the...                    

Rudd to meet business groups in Beijing (AAP)

yahoo.com     2 hrs ago   1 related          

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will meet with Australian business groups in China before attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing . Mr Rudd arrived in the Chinese capital on Thursday and attended the official...                    

Brewery withdraws beer ad for mocking monarchists' campaign to make Australia a republic

dailymail.co.uk     9 hrs ago   1 related          

A cup of tea may solve everything but the opposite could definitely be said for beer after an Australian brewery was forced to withdraw an advertisement because of claims it poked fun at politics. The billboards advertising...                    

Jim Wallis: A Prime Minister's Preferential Option for the Poor, and the Planet

huffingtonpost.com     4 hrs ago          

Last weekend in Australia, I had the opportunity to have a four-hour dinner conversation with Kevin Rudd, the new prime minister. I asked him about the "apology" he made to the Aboriginal people of Australia as his first act of...                    

Selling off farm proved divine for Tim

news.com.au     8 hrs ago          

Lauren Wilson | August 08, 2008 WAS it divine intervention? Earlier this year, Tim Fischer and his wife, Judy, decided they would simplify life and sell the family property at Boree Creek in the NSW Riverina. "We decided to...                    

Beware the peddlers of innovation

news.com.au     8 hrs ago          

Michael Stutchbury, Economics editor | August 08, 2008 BEWARE the new protectionism. It takes what's left of the old import tariff, slugs the taxpayer for "innovation" support, and justifies the price tag as saving the planet....                    

He needs an over-arching acronym

news.com.au     8 hrs ago          

HOUSE RULES: Christian Kerr | August 08, 2008 PAUL Keating has had a very good week. Australia's longest-serving treasurer, Peter Costello, Keating told us, "made not one valuable structure change in the Australian economy in...                    

Grocery price website under fire

ausfoodnews.com.au     11 hrs ago   1 related          

The GROCERYchoice website continues to come under attack, with independent supermarkets, the Federal Opposition and leading retail industry bodies all indicating a lack of support for the scheme. The site, which highlights to...                    

Bush cites oppression, rights abuses in Asia

msn.com     12 hrs ago   30 related          

Balances criticism of China with praise on the eve of his visit to the Games President Bush speaks at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday. President Bush praised the spread of freedom...                    

Jobs spike unlikely to stop rate cut

yahoo.com     14 hrs ago   1 related          

Thursday August 7, 2008, 4:51 pm An unexpected surge in the number of full-time employees last month is unlikely to stand in the way of an interest rate cut, economists say. New government data showed full-time employment...                    

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