'Time has come': Shorten backs budget's broken promise After unsuccessfully campaigning on negative gearing changes while Labor leader, Bill Shorten says he would welcome a policy shift in the federal budget. AAP · May 11
Rove McManus: ‘My most memorable interaction with a fan? I was asked to sign a baby’ The former chatshow host and Taskmaster Australia contestant on his nemesis, the celebrity interaction he’s still cringing over and his deep dislike of Gogglebox The Guardian - AU · May 9
Australians will call ‘bullshit’ on green energy without clear benefits, Rudd warns Former prime minister says policies will lose support without continued lower prices but sees some hope in US experience under Trump The Guardian - AU · Apr 27
The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular? The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation. The Conversation · Apr 26
The carbon tax debate damaged Julia Gillard’s leadership – and good climate policy for years to come Carbon pricing and the Gillard government are fused together like molten glass in the memory of all those who witnessed the traumatic and consequential policy and political drama surrounding it. The Conversation · Apr 23
WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian political history. The Conversation · Apr 23
China spy asset complained to Penny Wong about raid A businessman who worked with two suspected Chinese spies told Foreign Minister Penny Wong that domestic intelligence agents crossed a line by raiding his home AAP · Mar 17
Mum sobs as Chinese spy asset loses bid to stay on bail A man groomed by two suspected members of Chinese intelligence has been jailed before sentencing as sheriffs tried to console his distraught mother. AAP · Mar 16
China spy status queried in foreign interference trial A man accused of grooming an Australian businessman for Chinese intelligence may only have been a young post-graduate going off on a frolic, a jury has heard. AAP · Mar 10
As Albanese celebrates 30 years in parliament, what would the leftwing warrior of 1996 think of today’s PM? He was once a ‘scrappy’ young firebrand and is now the longest-serving member in the Labor caucus. But Anthony Albanese’s journey to the top was not always a sure thing The Guardian - AU · Mar 2
'Never': Rudd denies talking to accused Chinese asset Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was sent one email from a man accused of working for Chinese intelligence but says he never received or responded to it. AAP · Feb 25
Accused China asset 'fabricated' Rudd reports for cash Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was asked for advice about Australian defence and security by a businessman "groomed" by Chinese spies, a jury has heard. AAP · Feb 19
Every Australian Name We Know About In The Jeffrey Epstein Files So Far A running list of every Australian figure named so far in the Jeffrey Epstein files and what the documents actually say. Pedestrian.tv · Feb 17
Slow moving crash: the anatomy of a Liberal coup Angus Taylor resoundingly succeeded in rolling Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership in a contest expected to be tight but the saga was far from edifying. AAP · Feb 13
AAP · Feb 12 Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Generations.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 12 Valerie and her siblings were taken from their mother and placed in institutions during Australia’s Stolen Generations. Two didn’t survive One hundred survivors and their descendants gathered in Canberra this week to mark the 18th anniversary of the apology
Axios · Feb 11 Inside Epstein's efforts to influence elites, from U.K. to Russia and beyond Breaking down his contacts with foreign officials, royals and elites.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 3 Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM
AAP · Jan 31 Former PM denies meeting as Epstein files released A former Australian prime minister has been named in newly released documents on Jeffrey Epstein, but he says those diary entries can't be taken on face value.
The Conversation · Jan 25 Albanese takes safe course, appointing defence chief Greg Moriarty to replace Kevin Rudd Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the Secretary of the Defence Department, Greg Moriarty, to be Australia’s new ambassador to Washington, succeeding Kevin Rudd, who leaves the position in March.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 13 Morning Mail: loss of threatened species habitat doubles, microplastics ‘bombshell’, the world of professional ‘merpeople’ Conservation study finds 10 Sydney Harbours worth of land cleared in 2025; doubt cast on claims about presence of microplastics in human bodies
AAP · Jan 13 Next US ambassador will have 'no simple task' Former Labor ministers are emerging as the frontrunners to replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US after he chose to retire a year early.
The Conversation · Jan 13 View from The Hill: Kevin Rudd, a controversial energy ball as ambassador to US, quits early Kevin Rudd’s premature departure in March from his post of Australia’s ambassador to the United States is a surprise, but perhaps not as unexpected as it might initially appear.
AAP · Jan 13 Return to familiar turf for departing ambassador Rudd Australia's departing ambassador to the US is returning to familiar territory in a think-tank role that plays to his strength as a long-time expert on Asia.
Pedestrian.tv · Jan 12 Kevin Rudd Is Stepping Down As Australia’s US Ambassador A Year Early Kevin Rudd will finish up as Australia’s ambassador to the United States at the end of March 2026, a year earlier than intended.