Jakarta spurns Abbott's turn-back-boats plan
MICHAEL BACHELARD Indonesia delivers a rebuke to Tony Abbott's turn-back-the-boats policy, with Indonesia's President and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signing a communique warning against unilateral action.
Victims' families call on Rudd to open his wallet
Jonathan Swan, Judith IrelandFamilies of the young men electrocuted in the government's disastrous home insulation scheme call on Kevin Rudd to apologise personally and ''open his wallet'' to compensate victims.
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Stephanie Peatling
Gillard claims 'first' bond shared with Obama
Julia Gillard has revealed she discussed race and gender with US President Barack Obama, saying they shared a bond based on their unique understanding of what it was like to reach high office.
Mark Kenny
Rudd attacks on two fronts in war for re-election
Clearly Kevin Rudd 2.0 believes he must outgun two long-standing enemies in 2013, both of whom are well dug in on the electoral battlefield: Tony Abbott, and the ALP.
David Wroe
Abbott launches 'green army' but with $100m budget cut
The Coalition has launched a revamped version of its ''green army'' of young environmental volunteers but has significantly cut funding for the project.
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Peter Hartcher
At last we have a contest
Tony Abbott has repeatedly said the election will be a referendum on the carbon tax. But what if there is no carbon tax?
Michael Gordon
No advantage in allowing Carr to fan asylum flames
A couple of hours after Kevin Rudd became prime minister again, Bob Carr lobbed a grenade into the fraught debate on asylum seekers, asserting that recent arrivals were not fleeing persecution but, rather, were economic migrants. What was the basis of his claim?
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Uneasy Truth
What would a quick transition to ETS really mean?
A lower carbon price may bring short-term political gain, but credibility on global warming would go up in smoke.
Global Opinion
Politico
Obama's climate change agenda
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Wendy 's 13-hour filibuster
