Who is Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia, from December 2007 to June 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party.Born in Nambour, Queensland, Rudd graduated from the Australian National University with honours in Chinese studies, and is fluent in Mandarin. Before entering politics, he worked as a diplomat and public servant for the Goss Ministry. Rudd was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election, as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Griffith. He was promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2001 as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. In December 2006, he defeated Kim Bea...
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- By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.
- Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff.
- Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.
- These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister of the country I am proud of each and every one of these achievements.
- But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability.
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Wizepenguin: democracy overboard: rupert murdoch's long war on australian politics | kevin ruddGunthereagleman: alright kevin, you have been speaker for a few months… how about starting the process of getting january 6th detainees released, quickly.
Jensterq: "now treasurer jim chalmers has pumped frydenberg’s target to 235,000 (october 2022), then 300,000 (january 2023), and now 350,000 (march 2023). that latest estimate for net overseas migration this financial year even obliterates kevin rudd’s record of 316,000 from 2008."
Kimmarielucas: kevin rudd: understanding how china sees the world
Madammiaow: 1) when the trump tsunami of covid "reparations" disinfo hits, remember: i) us blood samples dec2019-jan20 indicates initial infection around aug19. earlier samples remain unexamined. ii) trump closed us pandemic team & cdc beijing office by july 2019 >
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