Tag: Kevin Rudd

Three of the major banks have said they'll cut interest rates after the Reserve Bank of Australia dropped the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a new low of 2.5 per cent.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the announcement of the 7 September election, Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have made a first pitch to voters.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the Australian federal election announced for 7 September 2013, we look at the major parties position on key issues for voters.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Voters should back the Liberal National candidate if they don’t want to see another hung parliament, coalition Leader Tony Abbott says.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has launched an appeal to Muslim voters in western Sydney, claiming that he is a "sworn enemy" of those that attempt to divide the nation on the basis of race or culture.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Rupert Murdoch has made his anti-Labor stance clear and his News Corp papers are free to say what they will.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Labor and the coalition are finally in a real election campaign, having spent the past weeks honing their messages for the hustings, writes Paul Osborne AAP Senior Political Writer.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australians will go to the polls on 7 September, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.

Less than a week since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his PNG solution the first asylum seekers have arrived on Manus Island for processing.

A prominent former US diplomat has criticised Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plan to relocate asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, and has referred to the Australian defence budget as "paltry".

Corruption findings by the ICAC against two former NSW Labor ministers, Eddie Obeid and Ian MacDonald, have been a gift to the pre-election campaign of Tony Abbott.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called in a team of election campaign heavyweights from the US to lead a social media onslaught against the Coalition. The team includes British social media expert Matthew McGregor, labelled Obama's 'digital attack dog' during the 2012 US campaign.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's recently revealed reforms to asylum seeker policy would send gay refugees to Papua New Guinea despite the country's strict laws against homosexuality.

The economy and tackling corruption in the NSW ALP are on Kevin Rudd’s plate this week, as he gears up for the election.

The recently announced ‘PNG solution’ has led many Australian expats to consider the question of how we want our country to be viewed by the rest of the world. Here, TIMOTHY MAJOR asks Kevin Rudd: What do we stand for as a nation?

Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has announced his support for on-shore processing of asylum seekers, claiming that reforms to the system would save $5 billion from the Australian budget.

Labor and the coalition have continued the blame-game over asylum seeker boat arrivals, after another boat sank and claims of rape on Manus Island.

As tributes pour in to congratulate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the arrival of their first child, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed what Australia will be sending the royal baby that has it all - a bilby.

Kevin Rudd’s tough new stance on asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat has boosted the ALP’s standings on the issue, the latest Newspoll shows.

The prime minister has won a significant victory after caucus agreed to changes to internal rules governing the election of the parliamentary leader.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused Opposition leader Tony Abbott of undermining the tough message on people smugglers.

BREAKING | A riot has broken out on Nauru, leading to around 300 asylum seekers escaping from the island's detention centre. This break-out comes in the aftermath of Australian PM Kevin Rudd's announcement of a new hard-line approach to boat people.

Prime Minister Rudd announces no asylum seekers arriving by boat will resettle in Australia under new deal with PNG.

FEATURE | If the polls are to be believed, Tony Abbott will become the next Prime Minister of Australia at the next federal election. Abbott has become renowned for his verbal gaffes, and POPPY DAMON has compiled a list of his five best (or worst).

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is facing yet another internal crisis with allegations that the New South Wales Labor Party are engaging in branch stacking.

OPINION | Kevin Rudd told media in Papua New Guinea that he had "survived Kokoda", however his most gruelling challenge may be yet to come. In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election, Rudd's biggest nemesis might be his own mouth.

Tony Abbott may consider it “old news”, but online it is a different story as thousands sign up to an online petition calling for action over the Opposition Leader’s past use of travel entitlements.

Opposition leader, Tony Abbot has come under fire this week over wrongly claimed travel expenses of $9000 to promote his autobiography, Battlelines.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has said that elite SAS troops should be sent on-board boats carrying asylum seekers that threaten self-harm in an attempt to be allowed into Australia.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called a special caucus meeting for 22 July to discuss direct election of the leadership and the federal election strategy.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in Indonesia for talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the asylum seeker issue and trade.

The federal government has warned hundreds of Australian travelers to reconsider trips to Egypt following increased tension in the political state of the country.

Kevin Rudd says he’s booked the National Press Club for a debate with Tony Abbott on the economy, but Mr Abbott still hasn’t said he’ll turn up.

She's been cast out of Labor's top job by her caucus colleagues, but Julia Gillard is always welcome in New Zealand.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the economy must broaden and not have all its eggs in one basket.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promoted many of his key leadership backers with his new look frontbench.

OPINION | So Kevin07 has finally been resurrected as Kevin13. But will the 13-version turn Labor's luck around? And in the nick of time?

Voters prefer Kevin Rudd as preferred prime minister over Tony Abbott, but the coalition would win an election comfortably, a new opinion poll shows.

Cabinet minister Gary Gray, has apologised to South Africa’s high commissioner for wrongly announcing at an official function that anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela had died.

The 14 September Australian federal election date is in doubt as Kevin Rudd puts together a new cabinet and reshapes Labor’s message. Mr Rudd was sworn in as prime minister by Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Canberra on Thursday morning.

New Labor leader Kevin Rudd says the negativity and destructive politics at the federal level must stop.

Ousted prime minister Julia Gillard won’t stand at the next election in the Victorian seat of Lalor.

A number of key Labor ministers have resigned following the defeat of Julia Gillard in a Labor Caucus vote, 57-45. Anthony Albanese has been elected deputy prime minister.

Kevin Rudd has been thrown a lifeline after independent MP Andrew Wilkie rejected supporting a potential no-confidence motion in the government.

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has been voted in as Labor leader by the Labor caucus in a secret ballot held tonight. Julia Gillard is likely to now leave politics following the decision.

Bill Shorten has announced that he will support Kevin Rudd against Julia Gillard in the Australian Labor Party leadership vote.

Bill Shorten has announced he will support Kevin Rudd in tonight's leadership ballot to give the Labor Party "the best possible chance" in the federal election.

Labor MPs will vote in a ballot for the Labor leadership at 7.00pm AEST (10am UK time) for either Julia Gillard or Kevin Rudd to be prime minister. As the vote comes to a head, we look back at a timeline of Labor leadership thrills, spills and challenges.

Kevin Rudd says he will challenge Julia Gillard for the leadership of the Labor Party at a special caucus meeting at 7pm (10am UK time).

Senior members of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s office have claimed that the embattled Labor leader would defy convention and refuse to vacate her position in the event of a leadership challenge, forcing MPs to reveal their loyalties in order to force a spill.