Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd

Learn about federal opposition leader Kevin Rudd. Kevin Rudd is a vocal politician often seen in Brisbane and fighting for Queenslanders. Rudd is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the... [more]

Learn about federal opposition leader Kevin Rudd. Kevin Rudd is a vocal politician often seen in Brisbane and fighting for Queenslanders. Rudd is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Division of Griffith, Queensland.

 
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd played down speculation of a snap poll over controversial carbon laws on Saturday, but emphasised his commitment to their passage ahead of global climate talks. Centre-left Rudd's bid to pass an emissions trading bill committing Australia to emissions cuts of up to 25 percent of 2000 levels by 2020 was cast into serious doubt Friday by an opposition revolt. The Senate failed to meet a Friday deadline for passage of the laws, which have sparked a frontbench walkout and two leadership challenges among the deeply divided conservative opposition. Rudd agreed to extend the upper house debate to Monday and ... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss next week issues including Afghanistan and climate change, the White House said on Friday. The two leaders will meet at the White House on Monday, a day before Obama is to outline a revised war strategy for Afghanistan. The centerpiece of his plan is expected to be the gradual deployment of about 30,000 more U.S. troops to secure population centers and train Afghan security forces. Australia, a close U.S. ally, was one of the first countries to commit troops to the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, where is has about ... Read Full Story
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US President Barack Obama will host Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday, a day before announcing his revamped Afghanistan war strategy, the White House said. "Australia is an important ally of and partner with the United States in addressing the many common regional and global challenges we face," the White House said in a statement Friday. The war in Afghanistan will be a top priority in discussions between the two leaders a day before Obama delivers a key address on the course of the conflict where he is expected to announce the deployment of tens of thousands more US troops to the country. ... Read Full Story
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament delayed a final vote on a government carbon trade plan on Friday, missing a key deadline, throwing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's climate change policy into doubt and raising the possibility of a snap election. Rudd wanted the carbon scheme, central to his promise to cut emissions by between 5 and 25 percent, passed by Friday and ahead of December's global climate talks in Copenhagen, where he will play a key negotiating role. But the upper house Senate failed to take a vote by the close of business on Friday, and will now return on Monday to continue debate on ... Read Full Story
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SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd played down speculation of a snap poll over controversial carbon laws on Saturday, but emphasised his commitment to their passage ahead of global climate talks. Centre-left Rudd's bid to pass an emissions trading bill committing Australia to emissions cuts of up to 25 percent of 2000 levels by 2020 was cast into serious doubt Friday by an opposition revolt. The Senate failed to meet a Friday deadline for passage of the laws, which have sparked a frontbench walkout and two leadership challenges among the deeply divided conservative opposition. Rudd agreed to extend the upper house debate ... Read Full Story
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd played down speculation of a snap poll over controversial carbon laws Saturday, but emphasised his commitment to their passage ahead of global climate talks. Centre-left Rudd's bid to pass an emissions ...  
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss next week issues including Afghanistan and climate change, the White House said on Friday.  
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Telegraph.co.ukRudd talks climate change with Denmark, FranceABC OnlinePrime Minister Kevin Rudd has met other world leaders to discuss climate change on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Caribbean. The issue of climate change is expected ...Unexpected guest Sarkozy energises Commonwealth meetHinduClimate talks should launch 10-bln-dlr fund: BrownAFPQueen opens climate change summitThe Press...  
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Australia's parliament delayed a final vote on the government's sweeping carbon trade plan on Friday, missing a key deadline and throwing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new climate change policy into doubt. Rudd wanted the carbon scheme, aimed at ...  
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THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has welcomed the decision of the US President, Barack Obama, to attend the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen after the White House finally nominated a target to cut America's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.  
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