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Kevin Rudd Interview On Sky News Australian Agenda

Feb 17, 2013

As speculation about the Labor leadership grows, Kevin Rudd has given an extensive interview to Sky News.

Rudd

The interview with Paul Kelly and Peter van Onselen caps off a week in which Rudd significantly lifted his media profile.

Rudd categorically denies that he will challenge Julia Gillard and dismisses the idea of being drafted to the position.

He says: “A couple of weeks ago I said everyone should take a cold shower. Last Friday I said they should have an ice bath. It’s time this debate was put into cryogenic storage. Frankly, it ‘aint happening.”

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1980 Cabinet Papers Released

Jan 01, 2011

The 1980 Cabinet Papers of the Fraser Government have been released by the National Archives of Australia.

The Liberal/National Party coalition government was in its fifth year in office. It won its third and final election on October 18.

The Fourth Fraser Ministry after being sworn in by the Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowan

The Cabinet papers are released under the 30-year-rule. This has now been reduced to 20 years, to be phased in over the next ten years with two years of documents to be released each year. Because of the workload involved in the releases, Cabinet documents from 1981 will be released periodically during 2011.

An embargoed media briefing was held in early December.

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Jim Stokes, from the National Archives, talks about 1980 and the release of Cabinet papers under the 30-year rule. A transcript of Stokes’s remarks is here.

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Journalist Paul Kelly gives his views on the significance of events in 1980. A transcript of Kelly’s comments is available here.

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Kelly and Stokes take questions from the media about the 1980 Cabinet Papers.

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John Howard Takes Liberal Leadership As Andrew Peacock Miscalculates

Sep 05, 1985

John Howard became leader of the Liberal Party for the first time at a bizarre meeting of the parliamentary party called to remove him as deputy leader.

The party meeting was called by leader Andrew Peacock in an attempt to remove Howard from the deputy leadership. Peacock had demanded an assurance from Howard that he would not challenge for the leadership but Howard refused to give one.

A contest between Howard and John Moore saw Howard re-elected deputy leader by 38 votes to 31. Peacock then resigned and Howard was elected leader, defeating Jim Carlton by 57 votes to 6. Neil Brown became deputy leader. [Read more…]

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