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Next US ambassador will have 'no simple task'

Former Labor ministers are emerging as the frontrunners to replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US after he chose to retire a year early.

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View from The Hill: Kevin Rudd, a controversial energy ball as ambassador to US, quits early

Kevin Rudd’s premature departure in March from his post of Australia’s ambassador to the United States is a surprise, but perhaps not as unexpected as it might initially appear.

The Conversation

Return to familiar turf for departing ambassador Rudd

Australia's departing ambassador to the US is returning to familiar territory in a think-tank role that plays to his strength as a long-time expert on Asia.

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Kevin Rudd Is Stepping Down As Australia’s US Ambassador A Year Early

Kevin Rudd will finish up as Australia’s ambassador to the United States at the end of March 2026, a year earlier than intended.

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Labor figures jostle for plum post as Rudd marks exit

As Kevin Rudd prepares to finish his time as ambassador to the US, the government is likely to pick another Labor figure to replace him.

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Kevin Rudd will step down as ambassador to the US a year early

Anthony Albanese thanked the former Labor PM, who will step down in March, for his service to Australia

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Lessons from another time in secret cabinet documents

Freshly released documents from John Howard's cabinet shine a light on critical decisions from industrial relations to counter-terrorism.

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Is the UK headed for a new prime minister?

These are troubled times for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In July 2024, Starmer’s government swept to power on the back on a landslide win.

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Over 100 issues, Quarterly Essay has generated news, controversy – and the occasional explosive scene

Perhaps the most profane opening paragraph in the history of Australian journalism can be found in one of Black Inc.’s avowedly highbrow Quarterly Essays. “Those Chinese fuckers are trying to rat-fuck us,” Kevin Rudd is quoted as saying, in David Marr’s June 2010 edition of the essay series. Profane, yes,…

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Albanese Calls Trump An ‘Obvious Performer’ Who ‘Loves The Camera’ In New Interview

In other news, water is wet.

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Rudd hails Australia's 'first-class' ties with Trump

Former PM turned ambassador Kevin Rudd says Australia's strong links with the US under Donald Trump have deepened as critical minerals open up a new front.

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'Fake media': PM brushes off latest Trump gibe at Rudd

Focus on Donald Trump's sledge of Kevin Rudd is being dismissed as "fake media" by Anthony Albanese as the US president reignites the issue.

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The world dropped the ball on critical minerals and China pounced. Is it too late for Australia and the US to close the gap?

In the wake of Covid, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s assertion in global markets, western countries have realised they can’t afford such concentrated supply chains

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

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Not jumping ship: rogue Liberal MP clarifies his future

Andrew Hastie says he's deliberately avoided generating publicity after spectacularly walking away from the Liberal front bench.

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Australian prime minister dismisses Trump’s remarks to ambassador as ‘banter’

Anthony Albanese publicly backs ambassador Kevin Rudd and says exchange with US president ‘wasn’t a significant moment’

The Guardian - AU

‘Prime minister’s choice’: Sussan Ley walks back call for Kevin Rudd to be sacked as US ambassador

Liberal senator Jane Hume earlier described calls for the former prime minister to be removed as ambassador as a ‘little bit churlish’

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View from The Hill: Liberals are now squabbling among themselves over Kevin Rudd

The Liberals’ ability to find things to fight about among themselves has no bounds. Now they are squabbling over Kevin Rudd.

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Anthony Albanese Praises Kevin Rudd As ‘Outstanding’ After That Awkward Trump Moment

Anthony Albanese has come to Kevin Rudd’s defence after he copped that infamous “I don’t like you” sledge from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Australia's great timing in mega-deal with Donald Trump

Australia's critical minerals deal could be a boon for local miners but the timing is also to US President Donald Trump's advantage as he tangles with China.

The Independent UK

Trump tells Australian ambassador to his face: ‘I don’t like you either’

In an earlier interview that resurfaced in 2024 when he was confirmed as ambassador, Rudd had called Trump ‘a village idiot’ and ‘not a leading intellectual force’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: praise for Rudd after Trump meeting; Papua New Guinea’s first saint; and Christopher Nolan’s most-loved film

Despite Trump’s ‘I don’t like you’ quip, the Australian ambassador has been praised for his role in Anthony Albanese’s White House meeting

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Can Albanese claim ‘success’ with Trump? Beyond the banter, the vague commitments should be viewed with scepticism

By all the usual diplomatic measures, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was a great success.

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Albanese’s first meeting with Trump goes well, apart from clip over the ear for Kevin Rudd

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first formal face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump has landed a major deal on critical minerals and secured a positive response from the president on the future of AUKUS.

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'I don't like you either': Trump hits back at Rudd

Snarky remarks from Donald Trump directed at ambassador Kevin Rudd have been dismissed as 'tongue in cheek' humour following crucial talks at the White House.

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