Tag Archives: prime minister
Australian internet filter to be compulsory
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson: The Courier Mail | October 29, 2008 THE Federal Government plans to make internet censorship compulsory, putting Australia in the same league as China, Iran and North Korea. The Government will not let users opt out of the proposed national internet filter, which could ban controversial websites on such subject as euthanasia or [...]
KRudd Nearly Halves Australian Dollar in Record Time
It might have a lot to do with global financial events, but the value of the Australian dollar has dropped from US98c several months ago to US64c http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=AUD&to=USD&amt=1&t=2y, and it’s all in line with my own predictions if Labor was to win the last election. And it did. Now, I didn’t and don’t like Prime [...]
KRudd Continues Keating's Asianisation of Australia
Rudd’s plan for Asian Australia Samantha Maiden, Online political editor: The Australian | August 12, 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24169710-601,00.html KEVIN RUDD has unveiled his vision for Australia to become the most “Asia-literate country” in the West. In a speech in Singapore today, the Prime Minister pledged to boost the investment in the study of Asian languages and [...]
Rudd won't share our pain with climate tax
Glenn Milne, Canberra: The Advertiser | July 06, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23974940-5006301,00.html KEVIN Rudd wants all Australians to pay more for power and petrol to help save the planet – except himself. The Prime Minister has revealed he will continue to allow taxpayers to pick up his power and petrol bills, despite saying everyone must share the [...]
UN condemns denials of Nazi Holocaust
Reuters | January 27, 2007 UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly adopted a US-drafted resolution today condemning denials of the Holocaust, weeks after Iran sponsored a meeting dominated by speakers questioning the Nazis’ extermination of 6 million Jews in World War 2. The resolution, co-sponsored by more than 100 countries, including all Western nations, was [...]



