Kevin Rudd

Australian PM says sorry to Britons forcibly shipped to Australia as children Adam Gabbatt The Guardian 11/15/2009	Australia PM seeks migrant help BBC News 10/13/2009
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, today apologised to the surviving British children who were forcibly shipped to Australia during the last century. More than 150,000 British children, most of them from deprived backgrounds, were sent to Commonwealth countries with the promise of a better life – but the reality was often very different, with many facing abuse and a regime of unpaid labour.	Australia's prime minister has made a personal plea to the Indonesian president to prevent a boatload of Sri Lankan migrants reaching Australia.
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Australian PM says China relations 'challenging' AFP 08/19/2009	Australian PM Says No Intention to Call Snap Poll The New York Times 08/13/2009
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described relations with China as challenging Thursday, after a series of bruising rows strained diplomatic ties between the major trading partners.	Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday he had no intention of calling a snap election, despite parliament's rejection of his government's promised plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate change deal crucial for Pacific island nations: Australian PM David Brooks The Age 08/05/2009	Inquiry clears Australian PM of influence peddling AFP 08/04/2009
Striking a new global deal to reduce the impact of climate change is crucial to the future of vulnerable Pacific island nations, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.	SYDNEY — An official inquiry on Tuesday cleared Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of influence peddling as a top civil servant reportedly admitted forging the email that sparked the allegations.
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Australia row over 'fake' e-mail 06/21/2009	Australian PM urges calm amid attacks against Indian students 06/09/2009
Australian MPs are locked in a fiery debate over claims that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tried to help a car-dealer friend get a government loan. The debate is focusing on an e-mail purportedly from the prime minister's office asking the Treasury to deal with the loan request "asap".	Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm and Indian students led "vigilante" patrols on Wednesday after a second night of protests in the wake of attacks on foreign students in Sydney and Melbourne.
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John Faulkner named new Australian Defence Minister 06/04/2009	Australian PM condemns 'scum' people smugglers TANALEE SMITH AP 04/16/2009
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday appointed Special Minister for State John Faulkner as the new defense minister of his government to replaces Joel Fitzgibbon who resigned from the cabinet on Thursday.	SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's prime minister denounced people smugglers who set hopeful refugees adrift in rickety boats as "scum" and pledged Friday to step up efforts to thwart them, after one vessel exploded at sea and killed three people.
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God help us get integrity back in our government..appalling! We his salary to preach this?! idiots Get out! I'M SICK OF THESE UNGRATEFUL EMPTY HEADS WITH SH-T FOR BRAINS hello people Georgia and Idiod congresscritters how stupid can one be? justice...

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