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Putting the national interest first
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
In the first week of next month, the nations of the Pacific Islands Forum will meet in Vanuatu.
Australia will not be represented, as it is understood that neither the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, nor the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, will attend.Julia in Blunderland
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
One of the defining features of Kevin Rudd’s prime ministership was the extent to which he was prepared to risk our international relations for domestic political gain.
Overall our foreign relations went backwards under Rudd.
Among the worst of Rudd’s diplomatic blunders during his troubled tenure as prime minister was his decision to leak a false version of a private conversation with the then president of the United States, George Bush.Whatever it takes
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
One of the many brutal lessons that Kevin Rudd should take from his short tenure as Prime Minister is that the style of political management adopted by Labor Premiers is not suited to national government.Same book, different cover
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website The swearing-in of a woman as Prime Minister of Australia is a milestone for women in this country, however a number of woman leaders in our region have contacted me in recent days expressing a degree of puzzlement over the "novelty factor" in response to the change of leader.Wake-up call on education
Written by Julie Bishop Monday, 28 June 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
While there have been significant concerns raised in recent weeks over the fate of Australia’s mining and resource sector, in particular our two major export earners coal and iron ore, as a result of the Labor Government's proposed 40 per cent mining super tax, the fate of our third largest export earner – education services – is also under pressure.A matter of trust
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
The celebrated psychoanalyst Carl Jung once observed that “The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing.”
Jung could well have used Kevin Rudd as a clinical study.Risks and unintended consequences
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
The impact of the Rudd Government's announcement of an additional 40 per cent tax on mining is starting to be felt across the community.Say good-bye to Dubai
Written by Julie Bishop Friday, 04 June 2010
Published on www.wangle.com.au
Amid all the disagreement about the Rudd Government’s proposed new super tax on mining, there has been relatively little focus on the long term implications for WA state development.
If the Rudd Government is allowed to impose this punitive tax on mining, it would largely spell the end of the dream held by many West Australians of larger population centres in the north.The Wall of Ruddspeak
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 02 June 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
George Orwell's novel 1984 depicts a futuristic totalitarian regime characterised by wars, oppression and public mind control.Effectiveness matters in aid debate
Written by Julie Bishop Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Published on Fairfax's National Times website
Our foreign aid programs should be subject to the same tests of value for money and effectiveness as every other program in the Federal Budget, including cost-benefit analyses.
This year Australia will spend around $4 billion on foreign aid.
This week, there have been a number of newspaper articles raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of aid delivery - questioning the priorities in Australia’s international development assistance program.Page 1 of 6
