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Wilson: It used to be about the music — Rudd sells out »
By supporting the Copenhagen Accord, Kevin Rudd has sold out Australia’s ability to negotiate on future climate deals for very little in return, says Tim Wilson .
Abbott to challenge PM with health referendum »
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott is expected to go on the offensive and challenge Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on health care by pushing for a referendum on health funding reform, it has been reported.
Buildings damaged in cyclone’s assault »
HOMES have been damaged as Cyclone Laurence unleashes its fury on coastal communities.
The whimper that was Copenhagen »
The failings at Copenhagen are not the end of the world, since at least the urgency of the problem has been acknowledged. But a Tony Abbott-led Opposition is not going to make things easier for Australia.
The cost of our Copenhagen promise »
Kevin Rudd’s Copenhagen agreement to keep the global temperature rise below two degrees is doomed to failure, requiring the closure of half of the existing coal-fired electricity generation in Australia. 21 Dec 2009 6:55 AM
History will judge us if we fail, Rudd says »
Kevin Rudd urges the world’s leaders to hatch a ‘grand bargain between past responsibility and future responsibility’ to make a deal to fight climate change.
Hoping beyond hope at Copenhagen »
Kevin Rudd has arrived in Copenhagen early, but the star of the show is Mohamed Nasheed, the President of the Maldives, who has become a new symbol of hope — or perhaps wishful thinking.
Why the internet filter is just a political stunt »
The Conroy-Rudd internet censorship regime has nothing to do with pedophiles or terrorists, and everything to do with building credentials with mainstream voters who have no idea how the internet works.
Inside the Italian Mafia »
Roberto Saviano is the author of a best-selling book that exposes the inner workings of the most powerful, but least known Italian Mafia groups, Naples’ Camorra. He takes Vice inside their vicious and violent world.
Tony — you ain’t gonna win talking to Alan Jones »
Tony Abbott’s initial media strategy has been confined to AM radio and the ABC’s current affairs shows. He needs to take a leaf from Kevin Rudd’s book and go mainstream.