by Sean Reilly | Feb 14, 2008
A festival atmosphere was evident on the lawns outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. Thousands of people celebrated outside in the wake of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations. That much was evident from the television broadcast and the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
The first opening of the Australian Parliament after the election of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labour Government has proved a historic moment in the history of Australia – with an apology finally being made to indigenous people – write Doug Hynd and Simon...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 25, 2007
In commenting on the significance of the defeat of John Howard and the Coalition Liberal/National Party government less than twenty-four hours after the election, and assessing the victory of the Australian Labor Party and Kevin Rudd, one needs to bear in mind that...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 25, 2007
Well, the election results have been declared and Australia has a new Prime Minister. Kevin Rudd is a practicing Anglican, of the Queensland kind, so alive to the tradition of Christian generosity rather than the moralistic parsimony that has overrun other parts of...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 25, 2007
Kevin Rudd, a man who has been described by the media as “a bookish, intellectual Christian” and “a self-confessed nerd” has triumphed in the Australian general election against long term right-wing incumbent John Howard. Mr Rudd’s Labor...
