Rudd offers to team up with Abbott on Indigenous recognition

  • 📰 abcnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 33 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 16%
  • Publisher: 83%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

Former PM Kevin Rudd says he's willing to work with the man who deposed him in 2013 in pursuit of delivering constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians.

Key points:

Appearing at the Canberra Writers' Festival, he said:"Use [Tony] Abbott, use me, use anybody who's previously been prime minister"The former Labor prime minister has urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to conscript him into a campaign to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution. "Use [Tony] Abbott, use me, use anybody who's previously been prime minister to go and fashion a consensus for Indigenous Australians and with the other constituencies in this country, and bring something forward which can work, for Indigenous people first and foremost but also the community at large," he said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Labor considered dumping Shorten before election: Rudd | Sky News AustraliaKevin Rudd has revealed Labor considered dumping Bill Shorten as leader before the party’s surprise election defeat in May.\n \nSpeaking at the National Press Club on Friday, the former prime minister said “the Australian people didn’t warm to Bill, they didn’t particularly like him, they didn’t trust him”.\n\n“That’s where you require senior leadership within the party, after a certain period of time, to say to the leader we should think this through.”\n\nMr Rudd attributes the Coalition’s win to Mr Shorten’s unpopularity, Labor’s controversial tax reform agenda and News Corp media coverage. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Thank God they didn't, we might have ended up with Labor. Ouch x 3
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

‘Absolutely nuts’: Kevin Rudd rebukes ShortenFormer Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has bluntly rebuked his own party’s strategy at the election, saying it was particularly unwise for Bill Shorten to campaign on changes to negative gearing and franking credits.
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »

Basketball promoter offers refunds over Boomers v Team USA advertisingThe ACCC says it is aware refunds were being paid to fans for the games after complaints about the use in promotional material of players not involved in the matches.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Cook's 250th: Epic Indigenous stories to tell a different storyThe 250th anniversary of James Cook's voyage down the East coast of Australia in 2020 is going to marked by truth telling, highlighting Indigenous stories of the first encounters. The 250th anniversary of James Cook's voyage down the East coast of Australia in 2020 is going to 'be' marked by truth telling, highlighting Indigenous stories of the first encounters. Someone needs to get spell checked prior to posting....
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

‘Absolutely nuts’: Kevin Rudd rebukes ShortenFormer Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has bluntly rebuked his own party’s strategy at the election, saying it was particularly unwise for Bill Shorten to campaign on changes to negative gearing and franking credits.
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »

Labor considered dumping Shorten before election: Rudd | Sky News AustraliaKevin Rudd has revealed Labor considered dumping Bill Shorten as leader before the party’s surprise election defeat in May.\n \nSpeaking at the National Press Club on Friday, the former prime minister said “the Australian people didn’t warm to Bill, they didn’t particularly like him, they didn’t trust him”.\n\n“That’s where you require senior leadership within the party, after a certain period of time, to say to the leader we should think this through.”\n\nMr Rudd attributes the Coalition’s win to Mr Shorten’s unpopularity, Labor’s controversial tax reform agenda and News Corp media coverage. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Thank God they didn't, we might have ended up with Labor. Ouch x 3
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »