Most of the Oceanic Viking refugees are now resettled in Australia, thanks to pressure applied by Kevin Rudd. But pity those 255 Tamils waiting in Merak, because Rudd has used up all Indonesia’s good will, writes Paul Maley .
Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading plans were smothered at Copenhagen. With the CPRS now representing a pointless burden on business support for it will collapse. 23 Dec 2009 7:32 AM
Australian shares to track rise on Wall St on positive US data. 23 Dec 2009 7:25 AM
Potential entrants to the market becoming more savvy with their money. 23 Dec 2009 6:49 AM
Labor’s controversial plan to filter the internet is a huge mistake. No country in the world has been successful in regulating technology – within days of launching hackers will break the filter code. 23 Dec 2009 6:31 AM
A combination of cashed up companies, a relatively healthy Australian economy and well established deal networks should mean a much more buoyant 2010 for mergers and acquisitions. 23 Dec 2009 6:31 AM
Interest rates had a huge impact on 2009 – for both borrowers and depositors. 23 Dec 2009 6:12 AM
Telco begins process for $US1.1 billion float of stake in Chinese website. 23 Dec 2009 5:57 AM
After failing to achieve agreement in Copenhagen, Kevin Rudd has to balance the Greens and Tony Abbott to try and pass his ETS. Rudd’s now the diplomatic middle child, both domestically and internationally, notes Dennis Shanahan .
We can’t blame Kevin Rudd entirely for climate change and global warming. But we can blame him for making it even worse, writes Paul Sheehan . Rudd’s green credentials are disappearing faster than the Murray Darling Basin.