Kevin Rudd became Australia’s 26th Prime Minister following the ALP’s victory in the 2007 Federal elections.
The Labor Government took office on December 3, 2007.
Rudd was deposed as Prime Minister on June 24, 2010. Julia Gillard took over that afternoon.
On June 26, 2013, Rudd defeated Gillard by 57 votes to 45 in a Caucus ballot for the ALP leadership. He was sworn in for his second term as prime minister on June 27.
At the federal election of September 7, 2013, Rudd led the ALP to defeat against the Liberal-Nationals Coalition led by Tony Abbott. Rudd continued as caretaker prime minister until Abbott was sworn in on September 18, 2013.
Rudd Ministry
- Dec 3, 2007: The First Rudd Ministry
Archived Posts
2013
- Dec 02, 2013: Speaker Bronwyn Bishop Reports Kevin Rudd’s Resignation To The House
- Nov 28, 2013: Final Two-Party Figures: Coalition Won 2013 Election With 3.61% Swing
- Nov 22, 2013: Rudd Formally Resigns As Member For Griffith
- Nov 21, 2013: A Week After Announcing His Retirement, Kevin Rudd Still Hasn’t Resigned
- Nov 14, 2013: Government Establishes Royal Commission Into Home Insulation Programme
- Nov 14, 2013: Keating: Rudd Preserved Labor As A Fighting Force
- Nov 13, 2013: Kevin Rudd Resigns From Parliament
- Nov 08, 2013: Hard Days And Nights: The Final 147 Days Of The Gillard Government
- Oct 31, 2013: Clive Palmer Wins Fairfax By 53 Votes After Recount
- Oct 31, 2013: Seats Changing Hands At The 2013 Federal Election
- Oct 29, 2013: George Wright: ALP’s 2013 Federal Election Analysis
- Oct 23, 2013: Brian Loughnane: Liberal Party’s 2013 Federal Election Analysis
- Oct 23, 2013: Bob Carr Resigns From The Senate, Abandons Promise To Beat Strom Thurmond
- Oct 16, 2013: “Such A Bastard”: Nicola Roxon Condemns Rudd In Button Memorial Lecture
- Sep 25, 2013: Positioning Labor For The Future: Bill Shorten’s Leadership Pitch
- Sep 17, 2013: 2013 Federal Election Analysis: Kerry O’Brien
- Sep 17, 2013: Why Is Kevin Rudd Still Prime Minister?
- Sep 16, 2013: ALP Back In Lead In McEwen; McGowan And Palmer Leads Narrow
- Sep 13, 2013: Bill Shorten Says ALP Leadership Contest Should Be Civil And Focus On Big Ideas
- Sep 13, 2013: Anthony Albanese Announces His Candidacy For The ALP Leadership
- Sep 13, 2013: Albanese Enters Contest For ALP Leadership; Rank And File Ballot In Coming Weeks
- Sep 13, 2013: A Labor Leader Departs: Kevin Rudd’s Address To The ALP Parliamentary Caucus
- Sep 13, 2013: ALP Vote Deteriorating In Final Stages Of Counting; 55 Seats May Be 53 When All Votes Are In
- Sep 12, 2013: Shorten Announces Candidacy For ALP Leadership
- Sep 12, 2013: Coalition Edging Towards 90 Seats As Election Counting Continues
- Sep 10, 2013: Federal Election: Latest Results In Key Seats
- Sep 09, 2013: Of Votes And Bodies: The Labor Party’s Election Defeat
- Sep 07, 2013: Abbott Leads Coalition To Decisive Victory; Rudd Saves The Furniture And Quits ALP Leadership; Labor Loses 14 Seats With Lowest Primary Vote Since 1931
- Sep 06, 2013: Final Day Of Election Campaign Wraps Up
- Sep 06, 2013: Can Bill Glasson Topple Kevin Rudd In Griffith?
- Sep 06, 2013: Newspaper Editorials Overwhelmingly Favour Abbott
- Sep 05, 2013: Medicare 30th Anniversary
- Sep 05, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s Pre-Election Address To The National Press Club
- Sep 03, 2013: Reserve Bank Leaves Interest Rates On Hold
- Sep 02, 2013: Into The Final Straight, Rudd Interrogated On Q&A
- Sep 01, 2013: Jobs And Cuts: Rudd’s Pitch At ALP Election Campaign Launch
- Aug 29, 2013: Government Humiliated By Treasury And PBO On Coalition Costings
- Aug 29, 2013: New Liberal Party Advertisement: Labor Connections
- Aug 28, 2013: Rudd And Abbott Meet In Second Leaders’ Forum At Rooty Hill RSL
- Aug 28, 2013: Bowen And Hockey Debate The Economy At National Press Club
- Aug 27, 2013: Rudd On Foreign Policy: Prosperity Linked To Our Place In The World
- Aug 21, 2013: Rudd And Abbott Meet In Leaders’ Forum
- Aug 19, 2013: It’s Over: Defeat Looms For The Rudd Government
- Aug 18, 2013: ALP Launches Anti-Abbott Television Advertisement
- Aug 11, 2013: Kevin Rudd And Tony Abbott National Press Club Debate
- Aug 06, 2013: Bowen And Hockey Spar Over Interest Rate Decision
- Aug 06, 2013: Reserve Bank Cuts Interests Rates By 0.25% To 2.5%; Lowest In Half A Century
- Aug 05, 2013: 2013 Federal Election: Day 1 Media Statements
- Aug 05, 2013: Murdoch News Corporation Newspaper Leads Attack On Rudd
- Aug 04, 2013: 2013 Federal Election Timetable
- Aug 04, 2013: A New Way: ALP Launches First Election Campaign Ad
- Aug 04, 2013: Liberals Propose One Debate And Two Forums During Election
- Aug 04, 2013: A New Way: Kevin Rudd Says Election Is About Who To Trust With The Future
- Aug 04, 2013: RUDD CALLS FEDERAL ELECTION FOR SEPTEMBER 7
- Aug 03, 2013: Rudd Announces Asylum Deal With Nauru
- Aug 02, 2013: Government Releases Updated Economic Outlook; Deficit Up, Growth Slows, $17bn Of Budget Cuts
- Jul 20, 2013: Full Text Of The Asylum Seekers Agreement With Papua New Guinea
- Jul 20, 2013: Alternative Universes And The PNG Solution
- Jul 19, 2013: Rudd’s Boat People Policy: All Asylum Seekers To Be Sent To PNG
- Jul 11, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s National Press Club Address: The Australian Economy In Transition
- Jul 11, 2013: Classic Interview: Lisa Clutterham, Lalor ALP Preselection Candidate
- Jul 08, 2013: Rudd Announces Historic Reform To ALP Leadership Election; Party Members To Have 50% Say
- Jul 07, 2013: ALP Launches Kevin Rudd Television Advertisement
- Jul 06, 2013: The Rudd Ministry: Age, Sex, State And Factional Breakdown
- Jul 04, 2013: Rudd Announces Federal ALP Intervention To Clean Up Corruption In NSW Branch
- Jul 03, 2013: Where Are The Seats Rudd Needs To Win?
- Jul 02, 2013: Reserve Bank Leaves Cash Rate Steady At 2.75%
- Jul 01, 2013: The Second Rudd Ministry
- Jun 29, 2013: Greg Combet To Leave Parliament
- Jun 28, 2013: Rudd Holds First Full-Scale Press Conference After Returning As Prime Minister
- Jun 27, 2013: Stephen Smith Announces His Retirement From Parliament
- Jun 27, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s First Question Time After Returning As Prime Minister
- Jun 27, 2013: ALP National Secretary Pays Tribute To Gillard
- Jun 27, 2013: Kevin Rudd Sworn In For Second Time As Prime Minister Of Australia
- Jun 26, 2013: KEVIN RUDD WINS ALP LEADERSHIP BALLOT
- Mar 21, 2013: ALP Leadership Spill: Live Blog
- Mar 21, 2013: Question Time Ended As Government Wins Technical Victory On Suspension Motion
- Mar 21, 2013: Gillard Calls Leadership Ballot For 4.30pm Today
- Mar 16, 2013: “I Will Challenge” – Kevin Rudd’s St. Patrick’s Day Speech
- Mar 16, 2013: Rudd: We Build The House, They Tear It Down
- Feb 25, 2013: A.L.P. Federal Election Results Since 1910
- Feb 17, 2013: Kevin Rudd Interview On Sky News Australian Agenda
- Feb 16, 2013: Grist To The Sky News Mill
- Feb 13, 2013: Mining Industry Advertising Campaign Starts Again
- Feb 12, 2013: Kevin Rudd Interviewed On Anniversary Of Stolen Generations Apology
- Jan 17, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s Plans For 2013
- Jan 13, 2013: Gillard And Rudd: 935 Days Each As Prime Minister
- Jan 11, 2013: Jenny Macklin Apologises For Comment About The Dole
2012
- Dec 03, 2012: Anniversaries Galore In The First Week Of December
- Nov 24, 2012: Government And Opposition Reflect On Five Years Of Rudd/Gillard
- Nov 24, 2012: Five Years Of Federal Labor Government
- Nov 19, 2012: Rudd And Turnbull On Q&A: Dumped Leaders Discuss Leadership
- Nov 17, 2012: Top 10 Great Labor Speeches
- Oct 27, 2012: Maxine McKew On Rudd’s Overthrow, Political Debate And The ALP
- Sep 11, 2012: Backbencher Kevin Rudd Seeks International Adviser, Preferably Chinese-Speaking
- Sep 09, 2012: Gillard Now Breathing Down Rudd’s Neck
- Aug 28, 2012: Kevin Rudd Launches Whitlam Biography
- Aug 07, 2012: Kevin Rudd: Haven’t Changed A Bit
- Jul 26, 2012: Rudd: Global Challenges, Global Responses And Global Governance
- Apr 24, 2012: Former Prime Minister’s Primary School GFC Lesson
- Apr 17, 2012: Kevin Rudd: Building An Asia-Literate Australia
- Feb 23, 2012: Kevin Rudd’s Second Washington Press Conference After Resigning As Foreign Minister
- Feb 22, 2012: Rudd Resigns From Gillard Ministry; Late Night Move In Washington
- Feb 18, 2012: YouTube Video: “Kevin Rudd Is A Happy Little Vegemite”
2011
- Dec 16, 2011: Gillard And Rudd: Last Lingering Question Of 2011
- Nov 25, 2011: After Four Years, Labor Is Still Buying Time
- Sep 30, 2011: AFL Grand Final: Political Speeches
- Jun 23, 2011: Removing Kevin Rudd: A Year Ago Tonight
- Apr 06, 2011: Prime Minister, It’s Time To Sack Kevin Rudd
- Apr 04, 2011: Kevin Rudd on QandA
- Mar 24, 2011: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Julia?
- Jan 12, 2011: Kevin Rudd and the Brisbane Floods
2010
- Dec 09, 2010: Laurie Oakes Wins Gold Walkley For ALP Leaks Stories
- Nov 25, 2010: Lindsay Tanner in Conversation with George Megalogenis
- Nov 18, 2010: History Is Written By The Winners
- Nov 09, 2010: Karl Bitar Analyses Result Of 2010 Federal Election (Sort Of…)
- Nov 03, 2010: Kevin Rudd Fields Questions About Julia Gillard And Lindsay Tanner
- Oct 07, 2010: The Real Julia: Is That It?
- Sep 15, 2010: The Second Gillard Government: Politics Is Personal
- Aug 22, 2010: Politics Abhors A Vacuum
- Aug 09, 2010: Throwing The Switch To Burlesque
- Jul 29, 2010: Day 12: Peril
- Jul 15, 2010: ‘Moving Forward’, Gillard Addresses Press Club; Laurie Oakes Steals The Show
- Jun 24, 2010: Lindsay Tanner Announces His Retirement
- Jun 24, 2010: Kevin Rudd’s Final Press Conference As Prime Minister
- Jun 24, 2010: Gillard Elected ALP Leader Unopposed; Rudd Does Not Run; Swan New Deputy
- Jun 23, 2010: Lateline: Paul Howes Confirms AWU Has Ditched Rudd For Gillard
- Jun 23, 2010: Rudd Announces ALP Caucus Leadership Ballot; Gillard To Challenge
- Jun 23, 2010: Kevin Rudd’s Leadership Under Challenge
- Jun 23, 2010: June 23, 2010: Calm And Speculation Before The Storm
- Jun 23, 2010: Australia’s Afghanistan Commitment: John Faulkner And Stephen Smith Press Conference
- Jun 22, 2010: Galahs And Polls
- Jun 19, 2010: Penrith By-Election: Victory Speech By Stuart Ayres
- Jun 18, 2010: Six Days Before Rudd Is Deposed, Normality And Predictions
- Mar 23, 2010: Rudd And Abbott Debate Health Reform At National Press Club
- Mar 03, 2010: Hospital Reform: Kevin Rudd Address The National Press Club
- Mar 01, 2010: Rudd And Gillard Promote National Education Curriculum
- Feb 19, 2010: Peter Garrett Announces End Of Home Insulation Program
- Feb 08, 2010: Turnbull Says He Will Cross The Floor To Support Rudd Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Jan 27, 2010: Treasurer Wayne Swan Comments On Inflation Figures
- Jan 25, 2010: Kevin Rudd Praises Spirit of ‘Fair Go’ And ‘Can Do’ In Speech To Australian Of The Year Nominees
- Jan 24, 2010: Kevin Rudd’s Australia Day Speech
- Jan 20, 2010: Joe Hockey Accuses Kevin Rudd Of Rewriting Economic History
- Jan 20, 2010: Kevin Rudd’s Speech To Community Cabinet In Magill
2009
- Sep 09, 2009: Pyne and Gillard Debate Waste in the BER Program
- Jun 04, 2009: Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon Resigns From Rudd Ministry
- May 27, 2009: A Guide To The 2009 Defence White Paper
- Mar 04, 2009: Economic Growth Declines 0.5% In December Quarter
- Feb 22, 2009: National Day Of Mourning Service For Bushfire Victims
- Feb 09, 2009: Black Saturday Bushfires: Moving Speeches In Parliament For Victims
- Feb 03, 2009: Stimulus Package: PM Kevin Rudd Address To The Nation
- Feb 03, 2009: Rudd Announces $42 Billion Stimulus Package
- Jan 05, 2009: Rudd Offers Condolences On Death Of Australian Soldier
2008
- Dec 21, 2008: Tanya Plibersek Discusses Homeless Initiative
- Nov 17, 2008: Kevin Rudd Comments On The G20 Summit
- Nov 12, 2008: Ken Henry’s Address To The National Press Club
- Nov 12, 2008: Rudd Launches “KevinPM” Website
- Nov 12, 2008: Shell-Shocked: Rudd Ruminates On Australia And War
- Nov 11, 2008: Kevin Rudd’s Remembrance Day Address
- Nov 07, 2008: Liberals Focus On Swan’s Embarrassing Press Conference
- Nov 07, 2008: New Conversation About Equality Needed, Says Plibersek
- Nov 05, 2008: Rudd Congratulates Obama On Election Win
- Nov 04, 2008: Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rates Another 0.75%
- Oct 23, 2008: Government Approves Westpac Takeover Of St George Bank
- Oct 22, 2008: Inflation Hits 13-Year High
- Oct 15, 2008: Rudd Addresses National Press Club On Global Financial Crisis
- Oct 14, 2008: Financial Crisis: Kevin Rudd Address To The Nation
- Oct 14, 2008: Details Of Rudd Government’s ‘Economic Security Strategy’
- Oct 14, 2008: Rudd Announces $10.4 Billion Economic Stimulus Package
- Oct 13, 2008: Rudd Meets With Vietnamese Prime Minister
- Oct 12, 2008: Details Of Rudd Government Actions To Deal With Financial Crisis
- Oct 12, 2008: Global Financial Crisis: Federal Government Guarantees All Deposits For 3 Years
- Oct 10, 2008: Swan Lauds Australia’s Economic Reforms
- Oct 09, 2008: “It’s Really Bad, But Economy In Strong Shape,” Says Rudd
- Oct 07, 2008: Rudd And Swan Comment On Interest Rate Cut
- Oct 02, 2008: COAG Meets In Shadow Of Global Financial Crisis
- Sep 27, 2008: Gillard Sledges Turnbull At Grand Final Breakfast
- Sep 26, 2008: Kevin Rudd Addresses the United Nations General Assembly
- Sep 01, 2008: Senator David Feeney: First Speech
- Aug 27, 2008: Education Revolution: Rudd And Gillard Launch Quality Education Plan
- Aug 27, 2008: An Education Revolution In Our Schools: Rudd And Gillard Announce School Reform Agenda
- Jul 16, 2008: Wong Releases Climate Change Green Paper
- Jul 16, 2008: Penny Wong Addresses National Press Club On Climate Change Green Paper
- Jul 15, 2008: Rudd Says Religion And Reason Co-Exist
- Jul 03, 2008: COAG Chief Ministers’ Press Conference
- May 28, 2008: FuelWatch: Wayne Swan And Chris Bowen Respond To Petrol Leak
- May 14, 2008: Wayne Swan’s 2008 Post-Budget Address to the National Press Club
- May 13, 2008: 2008-09 Federal Budget: Full Text Of Treasurer’s Speech
- Apr 19, 2008: Kevin Rudd’s Opening Address to the 2020 Summit
- Mar 15, 2008: FuelWatch Launched By Kevin Rudd And Chris Bowen
- Mar 04, 2008: Interest Rates Up Again
- Feb 13, 2008: Rudd Government Faces First Question Time
- Feb 13, 2008: Apology: British Media Praises Rudd
- Feb 13, 2008: Kevin Rudd’s Speech On The Apology To The Stolen Generations
- Feb 12, 2008: Full Text Of Official Apology To Stolen Generations
- Feb 11, 2008: Rudd Sends More Peacekeepers To East Timor
- Feb 05, 2008: Reserve Bank Increases Interest Rates
- Jan 20, 2008: Rudd Rules Out Beazley As Governor-General
2007
- Dec 28, 2007: Kevin Rudd Condemns Benazir Bhutto Assassination
- Dec 20, 2007: Seats Changing Hands At The 2007 Federal Election
- Dec 12, 2007: Kevin Rudd’s Address To UN Bali Conference On Climate Change
- Dec 07, 2007: 2007 Election: Update On Doubtful Seats
- Dec 07, 2007: Labor Lead Dwindling; Majority Of 16 Likely; 8 Seats Still Undecided
- Dec 06, 2007: Rudd Government Strengthens Independence Of The Reserve Bank
- Dec 06, 2007: U.S.-Australian Relations In A New Era: Nicholas Burns
- Dec 05, 2007: Prime Minister Rudd Eulogises Bernie Banton
- Dec 05, 2007: Reserve Bank Holds Interest Rates But Still Concerned About Inflation
- Dec 04, 2007: Oppositions Do Win Elections: Gartrell Analyses ALP Election Victory
- Dec 03, 2007: The First Rudd Ministry
- Dec 03, 2007: Rudd Government Ratifies Kyoto Protocol: First Official Decision
- Dec 03, 2007: The Rudd Ministry: Who Does What
- Dec 03, 2007: Kevin Rudd Sworn In As Australia’s 26th Prime Minister
- Nov 29, 2007: Rudd Announces New Labor Government Ministry
- Nov 29, 2007: UN, USA, Asia: Three Pillars Of Labor’s Foreign Policy, Says Smith
- Nov 27, 2007: Rudd Pays Tribute To Bernie Banton At Brisbane Press Conference
- Nov 25, 2007: Prime Minister-Elect Rudd Holds Press Conference
- Nov 25, 2007: The Morning After: ABC Radio News Reports The 2007 Federal Election
- Nov 24, 2007: 2007 Federal Election Night Reports
- Oct 14, 2007: Rudd Offers “New Leadership”
- Sep 26, 2007: “Don’t Risk Rudd” – Roadside Billboard In La Trobe
- Sep 10, 2007: Beattie Retires; Kevin Rudd Comments On Queensland Policies
- Sep 07, 2007: Kevin Rudd On Discussion With Chinese President Hu
- Aug 08, 2007: Rudd And Swan Respond To Interest Rate Increase
- Aug 06, 2007: Rudd Says Climate Change Is The Great Moral Challenge Of Our Generation
- Jan 24, 2007: ALP Launches Rudd TV Advertisement for Australia Day
- Jan 23, 2007: Rudd Calls For An “Education Revolution”
