As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s new ministers settle in to their portfolios, efforts are already under way by the Murdoch media to undermine the government.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: The more I've looked at the US-China relationship, the more I become quite anxious. Xi Jinping in his worldview is a 'deep adherent to Marxism-Lenisim', says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd, speaks about the function of the Commonwealth of nations as they meet in Kigali.

The Chinese Communist Party is likely to re-elect its current leader President Xi Jinping for a historic third term at the Party Congress scheduled later this year. What changes could we see in China's diplomatic and security strategies if Xi Jinping's leadership continues, and what is his vision for China? Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd weighs in on how the US and other democratic countries should deal with China under Xi Jinping to maintain stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is reverberating across the world. In the Asia-Pacific, China continues to standby its "no limits" friendship with Russia, while some countries aligned with the US and the West and others have had to weigh their interests carefully and choose sides. Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd analyzes the complexities surrounding the Asian-Pacific countries' responses to the ongoing conflict and breaks down its impact on the future balance of power in the region.

Whether we like it or not, Australian businesspeople are unofficial ambassadors for our nation. The commonwealth government, therefore, has clear interests at stake when Australian companies’ practices are out of step with Australian voters’ expectations.

Kevin Rudd speaks at the Asia Society in Zurich.

Australians should be deeply concerned that Peter Dutton - the man who proudly marched out on the Apology to Indigenous Australians - stands unopposed within the Liberal Party as its alternative prime minister.

Despite daily attacks on Albanese and the other candidates who won office, the Murdoch campaign failed spectacularly. This shows that the power of the Murdoch empire isn’t enough when it’s selling rotten goods. More importantly, it shows the effectiveness of loud voices taking on Murdoch directly.

In this special episode, Andrew Mueller sits down with the former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, to discuss the volatile relationship between superpowers China and the United States, the possibility of a catastrophic war between them – and how to avert such a conflict – and what he learned during his lengthy meetings with Xi Jinping.

Western powers should avoid delivering “stern moral lectures” to Pacific island states about their deepening ties with China and instead offer alternative development proposals, the former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has said.

Kevin Rudd speaks to the Asia Group podcast, The Tea Leaves.

Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia, says the new Australian government has a “deep interest” in renewing engagement with Pacific nations particularly in providing aid and taking action on climate change.

Australians voted for change on May 21 in a historic election that replaced almost a decade of conservative rule with Anthony Albanese and an Australian Labor Party-led government. Under Albanese’s predecessor, Scott Morrison, relations between Australia and its biggest trading partner, China, had reached a low ebb.

Between China and the United States, Kevin Rudd tells me, is an alarming static of incomprehension, mistrust and bad faith. Direct channels of communication are negligible to non-existent, diplomacy largely exhausted.

Kevin Rudd on the Project on 19 May.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is a political leader who wore his faith publicly.

Of course, he's also an expert on China and China's place in the world. His latest book is The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China.

We asked him about the future of religious discrimination legislation in Australia, his personal faith, and whether the role of faith in China presents a challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.

You can feel it in the air right across Australia – the mood for change is real. After close to ten long years in office, the people of Australia are fed up to the back teeth with Morison’s Liberals.

The former Australian prime minister talks about the extraordinary personal chemistry between Xi and Putin, the reality checks slowly working their way through the Chinese system, and the realist framework that just might work for both the U.S. and China.

The rise of a strong and confident China has had more implications for Australia than perhaps any other advanced country apart from the United States, as evidenced by the ongoing public debate over the impact of China’s new bilateral security agreement with the Solomon Islands.