Kevin Rudd
Editorial
Antisemitism
Sydney antisemitic attacks call for united front against inherent evil
The latest crime designed to strike fear into Australia’s Jewish community must be dealt with by unity, not division.
- The Herald's View
Latest
When trust goes bust: how we bind during a crisis and break in the aftermath
Australians back their governments at times of national peril, then dump them when it’s over. Who will they blame in 2025?
- by George Megalogenis
Meet Australia’s best friend in Washington... no, not Kevin Rudd
A man known as “Two Sub Joe” has become Canberra’s can-do contact with Washington’s powerbrokers.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Top-performing Sydney schools are limiting screens in class. Here’s why
Several high schools that regularly rank among the state’s top schools keep screen and device use to a minimum in classrooms.
- by Lucy Carroll
Opinion
Political leadership
Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics
As the former Labor leader leaves the political stage, he admits to having regrets but “too few to mention”. He should reconsider.
- by Peter Hartcher
Exclusive
Political leadership
‘I’ve evolved from factional operative’: Shorten says retirement is not retreat
Bill Shorten, for six years leader of the Labor Party before being denied the nation’s leadership, muses about life in politics and his future in academia.
- by Tony Wright
Rudd operates as ‘foreign minister’ in DC: Top Biden adviser
US President Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia has strongly backed Kevin Rudd, after the former PM made his first public comments since Donald Trump’s election victory.
- by Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
McClymont deserves all plaudits over Jones probe
Congratulations to Kate McClymont for the seminal role her thorough, principled investigations played in the apprehending of Alan Jones.
Opinion
Opinion
Please don’t send Kevin Rudd home, Mr Trump. He’s our favourite export
Donald Trump, Your Elective Majesty, you have much in common with our man in Washington. You just need to consider the “detailed programmatic specificity”.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Foreign relations
Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin
News Corp wants Kevin Rudd removed from his Washington post, but the envoy has already built a network within the Trump 2.0 White House.
- by Peter Hartcher
Under fire from Trump-world, Rudd highlights his networking abilities
The former golf caddy who sent an ominous social media post about Australia’s top diplomat has been described as “the ultimate insider” in Donald Trump’s entourage.
- by Matthew Knott and David Crowe
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