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“Such A Bastard”: Nicola Roxon Condemns Rudd In Button Memorial Lecture

Oct 16, 2013

Nicola Roxon, Health Minister throughout the first Rudd government and Attorney-General during the Gillard government, has condemned Kevin Rudd, whilst delivering the John Button Memorial Lecture, in Melbourne.

Roxon called on Rudd to leave the Parliament, “otherwise the action of any Labor leader will always be tested through the prism of popularity compared to him”.

The now retired member for Gellibrand said the removal of Rudd in 2010 was the right thing to do but was handled “very poorly”. She described Rudd’s government as one of “dysfunctional decision-making” with a “lack of strategy”. [Read more…]

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Land Of Hope And Dreams: Wayne Swan’s John Button Oration

Aug 01, 2012

This is Treasurer Wayne Swan’s John Button Oration, delivered tonight.

Wayne Swan [Read more…]

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FuelWatch Launched By Kevin Rudd And Chris Bowen

Mar 15, 2008

The Rudd government today launched FuelWatch, a national scheme to promote competition and transparency in the petrol market.

The scheme was announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen at the Penrith Council Chambers in western Sydney.

Petrol stations in metropolitan and major regional centres will now be required to notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of their next day’s prices by 2.00pm the day before. They will be required to maintain this price for 24 hours. [Read more…]

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Quotes From The 2001 Federal Election

Nov 13, 2001

This page provides a collection of extended quotations gathered during the 2001 Federal Election campaign.

The quotes cover the campaign period and the election’s aftermath.

How A Single-Issue Party Held Onto Power

We shall never know for certain that the Tampa would have been, by itself, sufficient to ensure the Howard Government a third term or whether it was the combination of the Tampa “crisis” and September 11 that the Howard Government required. What we do know, however, is that when the now retired Defence Minister, Peter Reith, suggested that al-Qaeda terrorists might be found among the Afghan and Iraqi asylum seekers on the leaky vessels travelling to Australia, a politically decisive connection between border control and the terrorist threat to Australia was conjured in the public’s mind. [Read more…]

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