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The day Australia said ‘sorry’ I Paint it Blak with Rangi Hirini
As we approach the 14th anniversary of the national apology, reporter Rangi Hirini sits down with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who reflects on the historic moment.
A new China-Russia “alliance”? | In conversation with Stephen Hadley
Kevin Rudd and former US National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley join The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser to discuss the strategic implications of this new era of China-Russia relations in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
Kevin Rudd visits Burwood to support state Labor candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li | Press Conference
Kevin Rudd joined Labor candidate Jason Yat-Sen Li in the lead up to the Strathfield by-election in Burwood, NSW.
‘A New Axis’ | The New York Times
The world should get ready for a further significant deepening of the China-Russia security and economic relationship, Kevin Rudd says.
Rudd fires shot at critic Josh Bornstein over Senate candidacy | The Age
Kevin Rudd has launched a stinging attack on a potential high-profile Labor candidate for previously resigning from the party on at least two occasions and his public criticism of several leading women, suggesting ALP members could not rely on him to remain loyal when things turn bad.
On the united Russia-China bloc | BBC World
For the first time, we are starting to see what a united China-Russia bloc on the world stage looks like. Under Xi and Putin, the links between the two countries have become increasingly seamless.
China's Xi meets more heads of state in Winter Games diplomatic push | Reuters
It is "the first time since the Sino-Soviet split that China's taken a definitive position on European security to support Russia on something as fundamental as NATO", Rudd says.
Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit | AP
Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and former Australian prime minister, called Beijing’s backing of Moscow over NATO expansion “highly significant.”
Putin, Xi Aim Russia-China Partnership Against US | Wall Street Journal
Mr. Rudd said not since the bitter Communist bloc split between the Soviet Union and China in the late 1950s has Beijing taken such a definitive position backing Russia on European security.
Asia Outlook 2022: The Year Ahead | Asia Society
With the first month of 2022 behind us, an expert panel considers what the rest of the year has in store for Asia.
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.