Kevin Rudd

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...

PM to announce $300m for projects

THE Rudd Government will pump $300 million into local infrastructure projects to breathe new life into regional cities and country towns — just as the nation's biggest trading partner, Japan, slips into recession. Prime...

Leaders don't have a clue

WELL, that's all right then. Our biggest state NSW has been in recession since at least mid-year and indeed its recession is getting worse. The rest of Australia taken as a whole was not in recession, is not in recession, and...

Cash register bells not jingling

Clinton Porteous and John McCarthy THE danger of Australia slipping into recession has increased dramatically with worse-than-expected retail sales leading up to Christmas. Data released yesterday showed Australian consumers...

Fuel still fires up motorists

A NEW poll has revealed that motorists are venting their anger at the Federal Government over petrol prices - even though the price of fuel is plunging. An exclusive Courier-Mail/Galaxy poll shows 60 per cent of Australians are...

The Cold Facts Vs Global Warming Fantasy

November 16, 2008 Once again theories of global warming smack into the fact of cooling: Here's a clash between an Age and Guardian fantasy and the cool facts: SO WHAT do you do if you are the newly elected president of a small,...

Australians could ditch Queen: Irish Independent (Nov 12) - Bonnie Malkin

By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Wednesday November 12 2008 Australia could vote within two years on whether the country should drop Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic. Senator Bob Brown, of the Green Party, has...

Emerging economic nations underline status at G20 summit

The growing status of emerging nations in the new economic world order was underlined at the G20 summit. By James Quinn in Washington Western nations began to cede some control as countries including Brazil, India and China –...

Australia govt open to 2nd stimulus, no deficit

By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Australia is open to a second round of spending to stimulate the economy and ward off recession as the global financial crisis continues, but its budget should remain in surplus, said...

Rudd's popularity strong, despite economic woes: polls

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's standing with voters remains solid in the latest opinion polls despite the fallout from the global financial crisis. The Nielsen poll published in the Melbourne Age shows 68 per cent of voters...