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Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s failure to launch after Canberra tour
Joyce experienced a frustration familiar to the great unwashed – he was forced to wait around for his plane to take off on Thursday.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Rudd warns risk of war in our region is ‘not a theory’
In a sweeping speech while unveiling his official portrait, the former PM also urged Australians to resist fearmongering about a Voice to parliament.
- by Matthew Knott
Former NSW premier Bob Carr tees off on Sydney golf course
NSW’s longest-serving premier is reigniting the squabble over prized green space in the city’s densely populated eastern suburbs.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Australia on track for exemption to accelerate AUKUS nuclear subs deal
In a boost for the Albanese government, the $368 billion plan to bolster Australia’s defences in the Indo-Pacific has moved a step closer to reality.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Deeming beating Pesutto in the fame game
Exiled Liberal Moira Deeming has popped up on talkback radio in Sydney, where some say she’s more famous than her former boss.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Shocked and dismayed: Rudd speaks out on the ‘ugly truth’ of Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes
Former PM Kevin Rudd praised Australia’s democratic system for confronting “hard and ugly truths” when many other countries would have “swept them under the rug”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Kevin Rudd shows Pride as dark clouds shadow rainbow celebrations
Just as Stonewall marked a turning point for LGBTQ civil rights in the US, the country now faces what President Joe Biden describes as “another inflection point”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
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Australia’s pleas to release Assange could fall on deaf American ears
Anthony Albanese and others have made impassioned statements pressing the US for the Wikileaks founder’s release. But the political landscape in Washington remains daunting.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Note from Washington: Forget Mr Ambassador – call him Kevin Everywhere
Kevin Rudd has wasted no time making his mark since starting as Australia’s ambassador to the US two weeks ago.
- by Farrah Tomazin
It’s official: Rudd visits Biden, starting his role as our man in Washington
Rudd’s appointment marks the first time a former Australian prime minister has taken the post of US ambassador, in a move likely to boost Canberra’s standing.
- by Farrah Tomazin