Kevin Rudd

Internal damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue after it was firebombed. Photo: Yumi Rosenbaum

December 10, 2024, 4:33 pm

Jews warned against non-essential travel to Australia

In a letter sent to Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has issued a travel advisory for any Jews or Israelis considering travel to Australia.

By AJN STAFF

Kevin Rudd (left) and Mark Leibler celebrating Israel’s 60th birthday at Parliament House in
2008. Photo: Peter Haskin

August 13, 2020, 12:00 am

Challenging my portrayal in The Powerbroker

Kevin Rudd: 'Michael Gawenda is free to criticise me for things I’ve said and done, but his assertions in this account are flatly untrue'.

By Kevin Rudd

July 2, 2020, 12:00 am

Payne concerned over Israel’s annexation plans

FM Marise Payne: 'Australia has raised our concerns with Israel in relation to indications of annexations, and I have done so directly with my Israeli counterpart'.

By Evan Zlatkis

June 29, 2020, 3:44 pm

Rudd urges Israel to reconsider annexation

Kevin Rudd: 'As a longstanding supporter of Israel’s right to exist with peace and security, I urge the Israeli government to urgently reconsider this proposed course of action'.

By AJN STAFF

Kevin Rudd (left) and Mark Leibler in 2011. Photo: Peter Haskin

October 26, 2018, 12:01 am

Leibler refutes Rudd allegations

FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd's account of a meeting with Jewish communal stalwart Mark Leibler during the 2010 passports affair is "completely false", the latter said last week.

By Gareth Narunsky

Warren Mundine. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.

March 9, 2017, 12:00 am

Mundine hits out at Labor grandees

Former Australian Labor Party (ALP) president and Aboriginal leader Nyunggai Warren Mundine has hit out at the Labor leaders who called for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

By Joshua Levi

Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney. Photo: Noel Kessel

February 23, 2017, 12:00 am

History in the making

A sea of security personnel, dignitaries, photographers and police welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s first sitting Prime Minister to step on Australian soil, as he arrived in Sydney in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

By Joshua Levi

April 28, 2016, 12:00 am

Senate considers Iran sanctions

MELBOURNE Ports MP Michael Danby called on the government to explain why it has gone from being a major international critic of Iran to being even more accommodating of the regime than the United States, when he spoke yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s inquiry into the partial suspension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

By Shane Desiatnik and Joshua Levi

September 4, 2013, 2:50 pm

Tony Abbott’s election message

I WELCOME this opportunity to engage directly with readers of The Australian Jewish News. Australia’s relationship with Israel is important.

September 4, 2013, 12:00 am

Kevin Rudd’s election message

THE Australian Labor Party and the Coalition argue over many policy issues, and that is as it should be in a robust and open democracy such as ours. But some issues should be bipartisan, and I am pleased to say that on the subject of support for Israel and for the Middle East peace process, both major parties are in agreement.

August 15, 2013, 2:00 am

Carr’s contentious comments condemned

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr was condemned by communal leaders this week for claiming that the federal Labor government views all Israeli settlements as illegal.

By Gareth Narunsky

August 8, 2013, 12:00 am

Pollies praise poll date move

TRUE to his word that he would reconsider holding an election on Yom Kippur, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd this week announced Australia would go to the polls a week earlier on September 7, a move that has been met with praise by Jewish politicians on both sides of the divide.

By adam kamien

August 8, 2013, 12:00 am

Howard: ‘We wouldn’t have abstained’

AS Australia swings into election mode, former prime minister John Howard has said his government would not have abstained from the United Nations’ vote on Palestinian statehood.

By Gareth Narunsky

July 29, 2013, 12:00 am

Asylum policy concerns

JEWISH groups have voiced concern about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new policy on asylum seekers, which diverts boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea.

By Peter Kohn

July 4, 2013, 12:00 am

The return of Rudd

AS Kevin Rudd returned to The Lodge last week, communal leaders spoke of the strong relationship they had with the Prime Minister during his first term in office from 2007 to 2010.

By Gareth Narunsky