December 2022
- Opinion
- NBN
NBN bet could have paid off if the Coalition hadn’t messed it up
We’ll never know if the national broadband network could have broken even, because of a catastrophic decision to detonate the original 2009 business and technology model.
June 2022
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Rudd: the war in Ukraine won’t change Xi’s plans for Taiwan
For China’s Communist Party, the existence of a Taiwanese administration outside the control of the government in Beijing is a raw, festering wound.
April 2022
- Opinion
- Defence
A decade of Solomons blunders rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping
The question now is what needs to be done to reverse the erosion of Australia’s credibility in the Pacific.
February 2022
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
How Ukraine fits into China’s long game
All eyes are on Ukraine, but there is a broader geopolitical challenge to the international order now coalescing between Moscow and Beijing.
December 2021
- Opinion
- Federal budget
PM’s reckless spending puts Australia in inflation firing line
The Morrison government’s fiscal indiscipline is grossly irresponsible and budget repair needs to start now.
October 2021
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Glasgow wants to hear Morrison talk about 2030
There is no point in the Prime Minister talking about 2050 when emissions must be halved over the next critical decade to halt catastrophic warming.
- Opinion
- Global economy
Evergrande dilemma has repercussions far beyond China
Beijing could let the property behemoth go bankrupt, but that risks shockwaves at home and abroad.
March 2021
- Opinion
- China relations
The history behind who killed the Quad
Contrary to Alexander Downer’s claims, it was the Howard government that shut the door on the first iteration of the Quadilateral Security Dialogue.
February 2021
- Opinion
- Rupert Murdoch
Rod Sims’ big tech fixation blinds him to Murdoch’s monopoly
News Corp’s market power will grow under the ACCC boss’ media bargaining code by forcing Google and Facebook to pay for Fox News-style clickbait.
August 2020
- Opinion
- Mitch Hooke
How Mitch Hooke axed the mining tax and climate action
The ex-Mineral Council's boss pretends to be a lifelong carbon price evangelist. But his real legacy is the destruction of the Rudd government's emission trading scheme and profits-based mineral tax.
July 2020
- Opinion
- Global economy
Seven questions Scott Morrison must answer on this crisis
The PM has been forced to drop all the old Liberal rhetoric about 'debt and deficit' and become a social democrat instead.
June 2020
- Opinion
- Kevin Rudd
Faceless men want power in Labor, not Labor in power
Don't be fooled by the factional thugs' brazen rewriting of history 10 years later, says Australia's 26th prime minister.
March 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Crisis calls for a double guarantee covering wages and loans
The measures being taken are now inexcusably late, resulting in rushed cabinet processes with scant attention to implementation, writes Kevin Rudd.
- Opinion
- Business Summit
Tardy Scotty protests too much about my government's stimulus
Demonising the crisis response that saved Australia from recession during the GFC may come back to bite the PM as the coronavirus storm hits the economy.
February 2020
- Opinion
- Emissions
Morrison must use fires to pivot on climate change
The policy path for Australia is clear: renewable energy target, carbon price, and international agreement. What's missing is political leadership.
January 2020
- Opinion
- Trade deals
Trade deal will not stop US and China drifting apart
This deal kicks the hard stuff down the road. But the 'phase one' trade deal is as good as it gets under Donald Trump. And Australia may be collateral damage, writes Kevin Rudd.
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Blame Howard, Murdoch, Bush and Blair for handing Iraq to Iran
The responsibility for the current crisis in the Middle East lies with the supporters of the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam, writes Kevin Rudd.
October 2019
- Opinion
- NBN
The myth making around the NBN is finally exposed
Telstra's bullying prompted the government to step in to build a broadband network. Then the Coalition made a mess of that too.
Do we want to be a little Australia?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's speech railing against the international order offered no proof of the case he made against 'evil globalism'.
September 2019
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trade war enters the end game
The hard heads in Washington and Beijing have recognised that trade war is a disastrous path. But there are five steps needed to secure a deal by November, writes Kevin Rudd.