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On engaging with China | CBC
On the eve of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, Matt Galloway talks to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd about how Canada and its allies should engage with China, as the country vies for a more dominant role on the world stage.
The Future of the U.S. and China Conference | Asia Society
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd gives his take on the power constructs for the U.S. at the Asia Society Northern California center's signature one-day conference
China’s Economic Downturn Gives Rise to a Winter of Discontent | Wall Street Journal
With Xi likely seeking a third term, his critics may have more leverage than they have had for years, Kevin Rudd writes.
Lawsuit details claims against one of Murdoch’s ‘closest cronies’ | Sydney Morning Herald
Kevin Rudd, who is campaigning for a royal commission into News Corp and its impact on the political system, said in a statement Allan was one of “Rupert’s closest cronies”.
Australia's Aboriginal community finds hope from BLM | ABC News
Aboriginal people are over-represented in Australia's criminal system. Kevin Rudd told ABC News' Britt Clennett that it can be hard for people in power to take responsibility.
Robert’s bone-headed veto on research into China | Australian Financial Review
Stuart Robert’s decision is both baffling and self-defeating. It is consistent with the Morrison government’s politically partisan, professionally immature, neo-McCarthyist approach to any Australian seeking to learn more about the precise nature of the China challenge.
Novak Djokovic fighting to be allowed to play in Australian Open | ABC Good Morning America
Kevin Rudd says there’s no way Novak Djokovic could have arrived in Australia without the Australian federal government granting him a visa, and that is the bottom line problem.
Arguments against a Murdoch Royal Commission are naïve | The Conversation
It is politically naïve to expect any substantive media reform to occur without the driving force of a royal commission.
'Hypocritical': Kevin Rudd slams Scott Morrison's TikTok efforts | ABC Radio PM
Kevin Rudd says the PM disabling comments and certain engagement features on his account is hypocritical and goes against "the essential democratic nature of the platform".
Murdoch monopoly for all to see | Letter to the Australian Financial Review
The Financial Review’s denial of the Murdoch monopoly flies in the face of both economic evidence and the lived experience of millions.
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.