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Rudd On Foreign Policy: Prosperity Linked To Our Place In The World 27 Aug 2013 | 12:42 pm
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered what will probably be his last major speech on Australian foreign policy to the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Just eleven days out from the election...
Trust Us, Join Us: Tony Abbott Launches Liberal Party Election Campaign 25 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has launched the Liberal Party’s 2013 federal election campaign in Brisbane today. Abbott’s central theme was trust. “We can’t go on like this,” he told the Libera...
Searching For The Nation’s Soul: Greens Launch Campaign For Federal Election 24 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
The Australian Greens have launched their campaign for the federal election at a rally in Canberra today. The party’s leader, Senator Christine Milne, was introduced by the deputy leader and member f...
Rudd And Abbott Meet In Leaders’ Forum 21 Aug 2013 | 03:22 pm
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have met in a leaders’ forum in Brisbane tonight. It was an even debate that will be seen by many commentators as restoring some balance an...
It’s Over: Defeat Looms For The Rudd Government 19 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
by Malcolm Farnsworth After Kevin Rudd’s return to the prime ministership on June 27, and throughout July, I told anyone who asked that I thought the electoral psychology of Rudd’s revival wasn’t cle...
ALP Launches Anti-Abbott Television Advertisement 18 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
With the federal election campaign slipping away from it, the ALP has launched a television advertisement attacking Tony Abbott. The advertisement is titled: “If Tony Abbott Wins, You Lose.” The ALP...
Kevin Rudd And Tony Abbott National Press Club Debate 11 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
One month out from the federal election, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have met in a televised debate at the National Press Club. The debate was moderated by David Speer...
Bowen And Hockey Spar Over Interest Rate Decision 6 Aug 2013 | 11:26 am
The Treasurer, Chris Bowen, has defended today’s interest rate decision by the Reserve Bank, whilst the shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey, says the economy is weakening. At a press conference following th...
Reserve Bank Cuts Interests Rates By 0.25% To 2.5%; Lowest In Half A Century 6 Aug 2013 | 09:36 am
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate by 25 basis points. The cash rate is now 2.5%, the lowest since the 1950s. Interest Rate Movements Since 1990 Statement released by Glenn Stevens...
2013 Federal Election: Day 1 Media Statements 5 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Press conferences and speeches from Day 1 of the 2013 Federal Election. Listen to Kevin Rudd, Bill Shorten & Kate Ellis announce a new feature of the government’s childcare policy (34m) PLAY Tony Ab...
