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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Kevin Rudd to shed media disclosure obligations as ambassador to US

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has maintained an active public profile as head of the Asia Society over the past few years. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

For years, the former prime minister Kevin Rudd has disclosed details of state-linked media interviews – including with the BBC and Radio NZ – and other public speaking commitments on the Australian government’s foreign influence register.

His prolific postings are based on what the former Labor leader once labelled an “absurd interpretation” of his obligations by government officials.

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