Kevin Rudd
News and interviews on Kevin Rudd including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Founders of Smart50 entrant Catch of the Day debut on BRW Rich List with $240 million fortuneThursday, 24 May 2012
The founders of Smart50 entrant Catch of the Day, Gabby and Hezi Leibovich, have been revealed as being among the country's richest people, with a fortune of $240 million, according to the latest figures from BRW. ...
A grim carbon reality for Labor: Kohler
Monday, 11 April 2011
Funny how reality can mug even the best intentions. ...
Shareholders still don’t understand the pain of Wayne Swan’s banking reforms: Gottliebsen
Monday, 10 January 2011
It's amazing what can happen to a treasurer in the space of half a year or so. In the first half of 2010 Wayne Swan announced what I believed to be one of the worst thought out taxes ever imposed on the Australian people – the original mining tax. A half a ...
The Oprah and Wikileaks phenomenons
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Oprah and Wikileaks have dominated the media for the last week. ...
China attacked Google over anti-censorship moves, WikiLeaks cables claim
Monday, 06 December 2010
China's propaganda chief was identified by the United States as the official responsible for leading a hacking attack against internet search giant Google earlier this year, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. ...
Business will keep paying for John Howard’s big IR mistake: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 11 November 2010
John Howard was a good judge of Australian politics for decades. In his KGB interview he reveals two mistakes that have changed the face of Australia. One was made by himself and the other by Kevin Rudd. ...
The RSPT exposed a big flaw in Australia’s system of government: Kohler
Friday, 02 July 2010
After last week's convulsive expulsion of Kevin Rudd, Canberra is now settling back into its normal routines. The common wisdom in the nation's capital now is that Rudd's systematic subversion of federal cabinet was just the work of a rogue individual and that ...
Kevin’s loss is our gain
Thursday, 01 July 2010
It might be bad news for Kevin Rudd as he slinks out of the lodge with his tail between his legs. But guess what? We get the real Therese back. Remember the entrepreneur Therese Rein? That smart, savvy businesswoman who was a pin-up for Australian female entrepreneurs? ...
Why Gillard shouldn’t make Rudd a minister: Gottliebsen
Monday, 28 June 2010
If Julia Gillard appoints Kevin Rudd as Foreign Minister it would mean that she had taken two enormous punts in the first week of her government. The first punt was to make Wayne Swan Deputy Prime Minister given his role in promoting the disastrous mining tax ...
Lindsay Tanner says resignation not due to leadership battle
Friday, 25 June 2010
Finance minster Lindsay Tanner says his decision not to contest the next election was driven by a desire to spend more time with his young family, and had nothing to do with Julia Gillard snatching the Labor leadership from Kevin Rudd. ...
Why Julia Gillard needs a mini-budget to clean up Swan’s mess: Kohler
Friday, 25 June 2010
Julia Gillard's biggest and most immediate problem is her deputy, Wayne Swan, and specifically the budget he brought down six weeks ago. ...
Gillard will call election in the “coming months”, will negotiate on Resources Super Profits Tax
Thursday, 24 June 2010
New Prime Minster Julia Gillard says she will call a Federal election in the "coming months" and says the Government is willing to negotiate on the controversial Resources Super Profits Tax. ...
The execution of Rudd was brutally efficient: Keane
Thursday, 24 June 2010
The execution of Kevin Rudd was done quickly and efficiently overnight. Not since Andrew Peacock's surprise coup against John Howard in 1989 has there been a political assassination this ruthless. ...
Kevin Rudd says he will contest the next election
Thursday, 24 June 2010
An emotional Kevin Rudd says he will stay on and contest the next election and appeared to throw his hat in the ring for a Cabinet role by promising to help the party in "any manner of which I can be of assistance". ...
Labor has shot the messenger – now Gillard must change the message: Bartholomeusz
Thursday, 24 June 2010
It would appear that many in the Labor party attribute the remarkable implosion of Kevin Rudd's brief prime ministership to his inability to communicate the government's policies. Along with shooting the messenger, perhaps the government ought to reconsider ...
10 issues Julia Gillard must address
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Julia Gillard is unlikely to get much time to celebrate becoming Australia's first female Prime Minister - with an election just around the corner, Gillard has a host of burning issues on which she needs to take clear positions. ...
Will SMEs back Gillard?
Thursday, 24 June 2010
While Julia Gillard's decision to challenge for the leadership of the Australian Labor Party has shocked no one, the speed at which support for Kevin Rudd evaporated was staggering. ...
Julia Gillard becomes Prime Minister
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Julia Gillard has become Australia’s first female Prime Minister after Kevin Rudd stood down ahead of a leadership spill in Canberra this morning. ...
Telstra strikes $11 billion deal with Government on National Broadband Network
Monday, 21 June 2010
Telco giant Telstra has finally struck a deal with the Government over the National Broadband Network, agreeing to shut down parts of its copper-based networks and move customers to the NBN in exchange for $11 billion in compensation. ...
Telstra gets its NBN deal – and Rudd get’s a positive story: Kohler
Monday, 21 June 2010
Telstra can thank Australia's mining companies and their ferocious campaign against the planned mining tax for getting $11 billion. ...
