Kevin Rudd

Stephen Smith named UK high commissioner as government flags fewer political appointments

Fostering trade beats making war every time

The major parties refuse to tackle the lobbying scourge. Can the Teals and the Greens save the day?

‘I am hopeless now ’: Australia’s $9.65 billion torture camps

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suspends parliament and pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

How has Australia dealt with China in the past and what does this mean for today?

With Anthony Albanese’s popularity apparently soaring, have we reached peak Albo?

Gary Highland: Changing the parliament and changing the country

Popular PM Anthony Albanese lifts Labor to 56-44 lead in latest Newspoll

Scott Morrison threatens tenuous Chinese relations with speech at Tokyo summit

Even in political death, Scott Morrison finds new depths to plumb

David Pocock’s a nice bloke, but …

Are political summits futile talkfests or genuinely useful?

Asylum seekers in Indonesia-alive, but not living

‘One of Australia’s closest friends’: Ex-PMs join Albanese in mourning Japan’s Shinzo Abe

Michael Pascoe: Australian official briefed foreign power against RBA

Anthony Albanese’s foreign policy takes off in spite of critics

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were most unpopular leaders at election since 1987, study shows

The scourge of lobbyists and a role for the Greens and Teal. A revised post from Jan. 3 2022

Family returns the welcome to PM Albanese