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Australian ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd has listened to international Jewish concerns about pro-Palestinian protests in Melbourne.

Rabbi pleads with Rudd in Washington to help end Melbourne’s pro-Palestinian CBD protests

At a meeting in the US with Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the former PM agreed to make representations to Canberra on whether the rallies could be shifted away from the CBD streets.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Here to help, Mr President! Wong, Rudd launch Australia’s mission to Trump

Foreign Minister Penny Wong revealed ahead of the inauguration that ambassador Kevin Rudd was granted a quick meeting at Trump’s Florida golf course.

  • Farrah Tomazin
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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?

  • George Megalogenis
Kevin Rudd (right), Ambassador of Australia to the United States, hosting members of the US Congress at the annual Friends of Australia Caucus Dinner in Washington DC. Credit: Kevin Rudd/X

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.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Year 6 students in class at Reddam House in Bondi.

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.

  • Lucy Carroll
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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.

  • Peter Hartcher
A big grin for the final haircut before the valedictory speech.

‘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.

  • Tony Wright
Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd and US President-elect Donald Trump.

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.

  • Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
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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.

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