Kevin Rudd

Chinese FM: President Hu's participation at G20 summit bears "practical significance"

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has attended the weekend summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) aimed at tackling the world financial crisis, and his participation at the meeting has "practical...

Public supports response to financial crisis: Gillard

Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard says an opinion poll released this morning suggests the public has endorsed the Government's response to the world financial crisis. The Herald Nielsen poll finds Labor ahead in the two party...

Rudd Has Exceptional Rating in Australia

Public support for Kevin Rudd remains high in Australia, according to a poll by Newspoll published in The Australian. 65 per cent of respondents are satisfied with the performance of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader and...

Libs 'expected more' from G20 summit

The Federal Opposition says it is disappointed with the outcomes from the meeting of G20 nations in Washington. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other world leaders agreed to tighten financial regulation and renew their commitment...

Australia and China Agree to Move Faster on FTA

WASHINGTON—Australia and China will move to further speed up negotiations on a free trade deal but they haven't set a deadline to reach a final agreement. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met Chinese President Hu Jintao for an...

South Africa: Keynes a Beacon in the Fog of War

Posted to the web 17 November 2008 Johannesburg WHEN you are standing in the middle of a battlefield, it's impossible to know what the greater significance of the war will be. It must be said the leaders themselves looked a bit...

PM announces Geelong community Cabinet

The Federal Cabinet will travel to the Victorian city of Geelong next month. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a community Cabinet meeting will be held there. There have been community Cabinet meetings in all the other...

Rudd left out of Bush snaps

FIRST there was the cool personal reception -- now Kevin Rudd has been left out of the official White House photograph album. Snaps on the White House website show George W Bush greeting 17 world leaders at the weekend G20...

Lee Meets Key Figures in Obama Camp

President Lee Myung-bak met with the U.S. delegation to the G20 financial summit in Washington on Friday afternoon. U.S. president-elect Barack Obama sent former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Jim Leach, former...

NZ eyes single capital market with Australia -paper

CANBERRA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - New Zealand's new conservative government hopes to widen a free-trade deal with Australia and develop a single capital market between the two neighbours, Prime Minister-elect John Key said on...