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Kevin Rudd
![Tony Abbott: The Unlikely Globalist? Tony Abbott: The Unlikely Globalist?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-07_05-08-40.jpg)
Tony Abbott: The Unlikely Globalist?
By Michael Sheldrick and Akram Azimi
![Will Australia Adopt An Emissions Trading Scheme? Will Australia Adopt An Emissions Trading Scheme?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-17_14-03-30.jpg)
Will Australia Adopt An Emissions Trading Scheme?
By Kevin Placek
![Does Australia Have a Housing Bubble? Does Australia Have a Housing Bubble?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/19755_5285fa8fdb644.jpg)
Does Australia Have a Housing Bubble?
Property prices have surged this year, but some analysts dispute the contention. Also, Kevin Rudd resigns.
Tony Abbott Defeats Kevin Rudd in Australia Election
Abbott now faces a much tougher job running the country, while Labor tries to regroup.
![Tony Abbott Poised to Become Australia’s PM Tony Abbott Poised to Become Australia’s PM](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/12529_525386ac00637.jpg)
Tony Abbott Poised to Become Australia’s PM
Abbott should dispatch Rudd this weekend, but he’s likely to find the job of governing altogether harder.
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Kevin Rudd’s Mission Impossible
Rudd’s return as Australian PM will make the elections more competitive, but Labor still faces a tough challenge.
![Rudd: China Boom Over Rudd: China Boom Over](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/1040_5242ac4dade0e.jpg)
Rudd: China Boom Over
Reinstalled as prime minister, Rudd warns on slowing China growth and calls on Australia to diversify its economy.
![Australian PM Julia Gillard Ousted, Kevin Rudd Back Australian PM Julia Gillard Ousted, Kevin Rudd Back](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/12272_525383a668bb0.jpg)
Australian PM Julia Gillard Ousted, Kevin Rudd Back
Kevin Rudd has successfully challenged Julia Gillard for party leadership. What happens now?
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Will Julia Gillard Resign?
A leading newspaper thinks she should, and it appears the last hope for her party. We have a week to find out.
![An Indo-Pacific Treaty: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? An Indo-Pacific Treaty: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/1312_5242b5716e91f.jpg)
An Indo-Pacific Treaty: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Indonesia’s foreign minister calls for a regional Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. The idea has merit.
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Australia's China Challenge
Australia and its relationship with China will be a subject for scholars and pundits to debate for years to come.
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Australia Under Tony Abbott
With Labor on the ropes, our own Anthony Fensom looks at what Liberal-National Coalition rule could bring.