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PM’s reckless spending puts us in inflation firing line | Australian Financial Review
The Morrison government’s spending indiscipline is grossly irresponsible and budget repair needs to start now.
Climate Dialogues with Jerry Brown | Berkeley Law California-China Climate Institute
Jerry Brown interviews Kevin Rudd, President and CEO of the Asia Society Policy Institute and the 26th Prime Minister of Australia.
‘A rare example of political courage, backed by half a million Australians’ | Crikey
The campaign tackling Rupert Murdoch's abuses of media power is brave and necessary, and it has only just begun.
Labor, Greens recommend judicial inquiry into media | ABC News
Kevin Rudd spoke to Patricia Karvelas on ABC News to back-in the majority report to the Australian Senate, including Green and Labor senators, for a judicial inquiry with the powers of a royal commission into media diversity, ownership and regulation.
Senate inquiry urges media diversity inquiry with Royal Commission powers
Rupert Murdoch’s stranglehold on Australian news media is having a poisonous effect on our democracy and should be confronted by an independent judicial inquiry with the powers of a royal commission, the Senate’s Media Diversity Inquiry has confirmed.
‘COVID has made Xi Jinping zero-risk’ | GZERO Summit
The Chinese "had the internal shock of their life" during the early stages of the outbreak. And rumblings over Xi Jinping's initial response have created a "deep pathology" in his mind about taking any risks at all with the virus.
Induction of the National Apology into the ‘Sounds of Australia’ collection by the National Film and Sound Archive
A statement on the induction of the National Apology to Indigenous Australians into the Sounds of Australia collection by the National Film and Sound Archive.
In conversation with Albert Dadon | Leadership Dialogue Institute
On Australia’s pandemic response, the China threat to Taiwan, Iran deal and the state of Iranian nuclear bomb, AUKUS and the French Submarine saga, the Abraham accords.
Managed Strategic Competition: Geopolitical Perspectives on China | Europa Forum Lucerne
Asia Society global president Kevin Rudd speaks at the 2021 Europa Forum Lucerne.
Indo-Pacific: Prosperity or Power? | Berlin Pulse
What drives the interest of the West in the Indo-Pacific? Nobuo Kishi and Kevin Rudd present two perspectives from the region.
‘China views the UK as weaker after Brexit’ | New Statesman
It wasn’t just bad for Britain, says Australia’s former prime minister – Brexit hurt the liberal democratic order as well.
COP26 and the Indo-Pacific's Quest for Net Zero | Asia Society
Kevin Rudd, Asia Society Policy Institute and Asia Society president; and Andreas Berger, CEO of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, kick off the discussion about COP26 and its implications for the Indo-Pacific.
Supplementary Submission | Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity in Australia
It is clear that the Murdochs do not consider themselves accountable to the Australian Senate, nor to any other institution which they cannot control. You have begun to lift their veil, and they are scared of what a Royal Commission would further uncover.
When Elephants Fight: Is the US Pivot Good for Asia | Bloomberg New Economy Forum
Through new partnerships such as the Quad, new defense arrangements such as AUKUS and strengthened military ties to Japan, India and others, the U.S. is finally adding substance to its long-discussed pivot to Asia.
Launch of ‘Shadow of the Cross’ by Greg Craven
Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott jointly launch Greg Craven’s new book, ‘Shadow of the Cross: Catholic social teaching and Australian politics’, at an event hosted by the Archbishop Peter Comensoli.
New coalition to harmonise USA–China cancer research and care | Lancet Oncology
The Bloomberg New Economy International Cancer Coalition is an ambitious new initiative with one major aim: to enhance collaboration between the world's two leading economies—China and the USA—in tackling a common enemy, the public health burden of cancer.
Interview at the New Economy Forum in Singapore | Bloomberg
Kevin Rudd talks about China, Taiwan, Australia and AUKUS at the 2021 Bloomberg New Economy Forum
Address to the 13th Annual South China Sea Conference
Kevin Rudd’s remarks to the 13th Annual South China Sea Conference convened by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.
COP THAT! Podcast Interview | Nature Conservation Council of NSW
As the COP26 in Glasgow draws to a close, the big question is - success or failure?
Making Sense of the Chinese Communist Party’s Pivotal 6th Plenum | Asia Society
Kevin Rudd joins Christopher K. Johnson, president and CEO of the China Strategies Group, for a conversation about the just-concluded 6th plenum of the Chinese Communist Party.