Kevin Rudd

Records unveil Rudd's $600k travel expenses (ABC)

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spent about $600,000 on overseas travel in his first six months in office. The parliamentary travel records from the Department of Finance show that Mr Rudd made seven overseas trips between December...

Govt focuses on e-security efforts (ABC)

The Federal Government is stepping up its efforts to prevent hackers, cyber-terrorists and other nations from exploiting weaknesses in IT systems. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says governments and business depend more and more on...

Australia's Labor Love-In

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Kevin Rudd gives a boost to unions – at a steep price. In Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor government is proposing to restore union power to levels not seen since the 1980s -- a move with huge implications for...

Australia set for soft carbon trade start: reports

Source: Reuters CANBERRA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Australia's government will announce a soft start to carbon trading, cutting emissions by 5-10 percent in a move likely to anger environmentalists but soothe businesses ...

Irrawaddy: The drama of 2008 - Kyaw Zwa Moe

Events in Burma during 2008 added up to a drama packed with mixed emotions. They began with an appalling disaster, arousing sympathy and anger, and ended with frustration as the year approached its end. Out of the drama,...

PM's $600,000 flying circus

KEVIN RUDD spent $100,000 a month on overseas travel in his first six months in office, with eight other members of his frontbench each spending more than $16,000 a month. The jetsetting Prime Minister also spent $181,064 on...

Rudd's $10bn gives NetBank heebie-jeebies

CommBank's systems fell over yesterday while Australia's largest bank was preparing its infrastructure for Rudd's $10.4 billion fiscal injection, which is set to hit bank accounts next week. CommBank CIO Michael Harte(Credit:...

Love conquers all - except La Gillardine

AH, TO be in love. "This is, of course, the season of Christmas and we are celebrating the birth of Jesus, the birth of the man - the son of God - who established a faith that is as inspiring as it is mysterious, a faith that...

Car dealers get $2bn cash lifeline

Welcome to NEWS.com.au. Skip to: Car dealers to get $2bn Government lifeline By staff writers THE Government has struck a $2 billion deal to prevent the financial collapse of the car sales industry. Car dealers facing closure...

Faith and politics put on Norwich agenda

Keith Morris reports. Over 80 leaders of Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and pagan groups attended the meeting in the Council Chamber at Norwich City Hall on Friday November 28 which was backed by YMCA Norfolk, Norwich City...

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