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Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US
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Anthony Albanese told reporters the appointment would be seen within the US as a significant one
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed ambassador to the US. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
Tue 20 Dec 2022 11.48 AEDT
First published on Tue 20 Dec 2022 11.07 AEDT
Anthony Albanese has appointed the former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd .. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/kevin-rudd .. as the next Australian ambassador to the United States.
The prime minister made the announcement in Canberra on Tuesday, confirming months of speculation that Rudd was a frontrunner for Australia’s key diplomatic post in Washington DC.
Albanese said Australia would be well served with a representative of Rudd’s standing “at a time when our region is being reshaped by strategic competition” between the US and China.
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Albanese told reporters the appointment would be seen within the US as a “very significant” one, given Rudd’s stature as a former prime minister and former foreign affairs minister. Albanese also cited Rudd’s extensive contacts in the US.
In recent years, Rudd has served as global president and chief executive of the international relations institute the Asia Society.
He has also been an outspoken critic of former US president Donald Trump and has led a campaign for a royal commission .. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/11/kevin-rudd-petition-royal-commission-news-corp-media-domination-australia .. into News Corp’s dominance of the Australian media.
Rudd told a Senate inquiry last year that .. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/19/kevin-rudd-says-australian-politicians-frightened-of-murdoch-media-beast-in-senate-inquiry .. Australian politicians were frightened of Rupert Murdoch and that the “Murdoch mob” was seeking “compliant politicians”.
On Tuesday, Albanese was asked about the previous criticisms of Rudd levelled by some of his Labor party colleagues during the internal upheaval during its last term of government – including descriptions of him as a micromanager.
Albanese responded by saying Rudd was “an outstanding appointment” who brought “a great deal of credit to Australia by agreeing to take up this position”.
Albanese added that Rudd would be “a major asset” to assist the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong.
“I am very pleased that Kevin Rudd is prepared to do this. He’s doing it out of a part of what he sees as his service obligation to the country that he loves – and I am sure that he will serve very well.”
Rudd ‘greatly honoured’
Rudd said on Tuesday he was “greatly honoured” by the government’s decision to nominate him as the next ambassador.
In a statement, Rudd said Australia faced its most challenging security and diplomatic environment for decades, and its national interest would be served by “the deepest and most effective strategic engagement of the United States in our region”.
Despite his past criticism of Republicans .. https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/1498426251026989057 .. who wanted to “avoid upsetting Trump”, Rudd said he had had the pleasure over the past decade of “building relationships with Republicans and Democrats across politics”.
He said he looked forward to “strengthening the bonds between our two countries”.
Rudd replaces the former Liberal minister Arthur Sinodinos, who is due to complete his term as ambassador to the US early next year.
Albanese, who is personally close to Rudd, briefly served as his deputy prime minister after Julia Gillard was ousted as prime minister shortly before the 2013 election that the Coalition went on to win.
The Coalition’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Simon Birmingham, did not criticise Rudd’s appointment, but noted Albanese had “personally chosen a friend and confidant” for the position.
Birmingham said the delivery of the Aukus partnership .. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/australias-first-nuclear-submarines-should-be-built-in-the-us-andrew-hastie-says .. and the response to strategic challenges would “discipline, sensitivity and drive” from the new ambassador.
“Above all else, the Coalition looks to Mr Rudd and all of the new appointments to deliver on Australia’s national interests first and foremost,” Birmingham said.
Rudd’s potential appointment as ambassador has been the subject of renewed speculation over the past few months, after the claims were dismissed before the election.
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He faces four US charges, including conspiracy to export defence services to China, conspiracy to launder money and violating the Arms Export Control Act.
P - Duggan is now an Australian citizen who had been working in China since 2014 and renounced his US citizenship in 2017.
P - Days before his arrest, the UK said it is changing its national security law to stop former
military pilots working with a South African flying school to train Chinese pilots.]
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/17/us-asks-australia-for-extradition-of-former-marines-pilot-daniel-duggan
The Australian newspaper [Murdoch's Australian flagship] reported in April .. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/kevin-rudd-to-be-us-ambassador-if-anthony-albanese-wins-election/news-story/82af09e3b76160d273bc3736e5bb861a .. that Albanese had told some senior colleagues he favoured appointing Rudd as the ambassador to the US if Labor won the election.
That report prompted Albanese to say he had had “no discussions about anyone being an ambassador to any place” and the story was “complete nonsense” – but he did not rule out appointing Rudd.
At the time, Rudd had also branded that claim as “total garbage” and said he had sent a letter to “the toothless Australian Press Council” seeking a correction and apology from the Australian.
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The government announced a range of other diplomatic appointments on Tuesday, including the former Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout as Australia’s consul general in New York.
The outgoing ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bronte Moules, will take up the newly created position of Australian ambassador for human rights.
Wong said the appointments aimed to “restore Australia’s commitment to human rights around the world”.
Six career diplomats were also named as ambassadors or high commissioners to Brazil, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, Croatia and the Cook Islands.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/20/former-labor-prime-minister-kevin-rudd-appointed-ambassador-to-the-us
"Xi Jinping the gambler’s greatest fear isn’t war
P - "Putin’s War in Ukraine Is a Watershed. Time for America to Get Real.
"Chomsky: Let’s Focus on Preventing Nuclear War, Rather Than Debating “Just War"
P - Rudd is a former Australian PM. Speaks Chinese and is a considered China expert .. he gets some plaudits near bottom here ..
AUSTRALIAN election soon. At this gravest of times the Coalition has served up an election budget designed simply to keep itself in power
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=168377534
By Kevin Rudd
March 26, 2022 — 8.30am "
Related:
Thankfully no. Labor's win no surprise. As Trump's character caught up to him, so did Morrison's. Unity and optimism beat
fear and division. Women's issues. Gender differences. Climate. Played important roles. Humility edged arrogance aside.
P - "Was this a surprise?...
AUSTRALIA OUSTS PM SCOTT MORRISON, ENDING YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP"
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=168934733
Aussie conservatives have moved too far right too. Turnbull encourages voters to back independents to ‘thwart’ Liberal factions
P - "AUSTRALIAN election soon. At this gravest of times the Coalition has
served up an election budget designed simply to keep itself in power"
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=168766962
Anthony Albanese told reporters the appointment would be seen within the US as a significant one
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed ambassador to the US. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
Tue 20 Dec 2022 11.48 AEDT
First published on Tue 20 Dec 2022 11.07 AEDT
Anthony Albanese has appointed the former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd .. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/kevin-rudd .. as the next Australian ambassador to the United States.
The prime minister made the announcement in Canberra on Tuesday, confirming months of speculation that Rudd was a frontrunner for Australia’s key diplomatic post in Washington DC.
Albanese said Australia would be well served with a representative of Rudd’s standing “at a time when our region is being reshaped by strategic competition” between the US and China.
Penny Wong to travel to China this week for 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/19/penny-wong-to-travel-to-china-this-week-for-50th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-relations
Albanese told reporters the appointment would be seen within the US as a “very significant” one, given Rudd’s stature as a former prime minister and former foreign affairs minister. Albanese also cited Rudd’s extensive contacts in the US.
In recent years, Rudd has served as global president and chief executive of the international relations institute the Asia Society.
He has also been an outspoken critic of former US president Donald Trump and has led a campaign for a royal commission .. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/11/kevin-rudd-petition-royal-commission-news-corp-media-domination-australia .. into News Corp’s dominance of the Australian media.
Rudd told a Senate inquiry last year that .. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/19/kevin-rudd-says-australian-politicians-frightened-of-murdoch-media-beast-in-senate-inquiry .. Australian politicians were frightened of Rupert Murdoch and that the “Murdoch mob” was seeking “compliant politicians”.
On Tuesday, Albanese was asked about the previous criticisms of Rudd levelled by some of his Labor party colleagues during the internal upheaval during its last term of government – including descriptions of him as a micromanager.
Albanese responded by saying Rudd was “an outstanding appointment” who brought “a great deal of credit to Australia by agreeing to take up this position”.
Albanese added that Rudd would be “a major asset” to assist the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong.
“I am very pleased that Kevin Rudd is prepared to do this. He’s doing it out of a part of what he sees as his service obligation to the country that he loves – and I am sure that he will serve very well.”
Rudd ‘greatly honoured’
Rudd said on Tuesday he was “greatly honoured” by the government’s decision to nominate him as the next ambassador.
In a statement, Rudd said Australia faced its most challenging security and diplomatic environment for decades, and its national interest would be served by “the deepest and most effective strategic engagement of the United States in our region”.
Despite his past criticism of Republicans .. https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/1498426251026989057 .. who wanted to “avoid upsetting Trump”, Rudd said he had had the pleasure over the past decade of “building relationships with Republicans and Democrats across politics”.
He said he looked forward to “strengthening the bonds between our two countries”.
Rudd replaces the former Liberal minister Arthur Sinodinos, who is due to complete his term as ambassador to the US early next year.
Albanese, who is personally close to Rudd, briefly served as his deputy prime minister after Julia Gillard was ousted as prime minister shortly before the 2013 election that the Coalition went on to win.
The Coalition’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Simon Birmingham, did not criticise Rudd’s appointment, but noted Albanese had “personally chosen a friend and confidant” for the position.
Birmingham said the delivery of the Aukus partnership .. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/06/australias-first-nuclear-submarines-should-be-built-in-the-us-andrew-hastie-says .. and the response to strategic challenges would “discipline, sensitivity and drive” from the new ambassador.
“Above all else, the Coalition looks to Mr Rudd and all of the new appointments to deliver on Australia’s national interests first and foremost,” Birmingham said.
Rudd’s potential appointment as ambassador has been the subject of renewed speculation over the past few months, after the claims were dismissed before the election.
US asks Australia for extradition of former Marines pilot Daniel Duggan
[-- excerpt outed here ..
He faces four US charges, including conspiracy to export defence services to China, conspiracy to launder money and violating the Arms Export Control Act.
P - Duggan is now an Australian citizen who had been working in China since 2014 and renounced his US citizenship in 2017.
P - Days before his arrest, the UK said it is changing its national security law to stop former
military pilots working with a South African flying school to train Chinese pilots.]
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/17/us-asks-australia-for-extradition-of-former-marines-pilot-daniel-duggan
The Australian newspaper [Murdoch's Australian flagship] reported in April .. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/kevin-rudd-to-be-us-ambassador-if-anthony-albanese-wins-election/news-story/82af09e3b76160d273bc3736e5bb861a .. that Albanese had told some senior colleagues he favoured appointing Rudd as the ambassador to the US if Labor won the election.
That report prompted Albanese to say he had had “no discussions about anyone being an ambassador to any place” and the story was “complete nonsense” – but he did not rule out appointing Rudd.
At the time, Rudd had also branded that claim as “total garbage” and said he had sent a letter to “the toothless Australian Press Council” seeking a correction and apology from the Australian.
Tweet
The government announced a range of other diplomatic appointments on Tuesday, including the former Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout as Australia’s consul general in New York.
The outgoing ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bronte Moules, will take up the newly created position of Australian ambassador for human rights.
Wong said the appointments aimed to “restore Australia’s commitment to human rights around the world”.
Six career diplomats were also named as ambassadors or high commissioners to Brazil, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, Croatia and the Cook Islands.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/20/former-labor-prime-minister-kevin-rudd-appointed-ambassador-to-the-us
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