The Australian – Labor MP slates Rudd’s asylum solution
The above was on the front page of the Weekend Australian (21/11)
AAP – PM’s bungles ‘kill chance of UNSC seat’
Australia has no chance of scoring a UN Security Council seat thanks to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s diplomatic bungling, a former Australian diplomat and Indonesia expert says.
Mr Rudd’s “ambition outweighing ability” has eroded Australia’s credibility in the region, especially with his recent failed plan to have Indonesia deal with 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, former diplomat Bruce Haigh says.
“Rudd’s cooked his goose as far as getting meaningful votes at the Security Council,” said Mr Haigh, who served with the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1994 and wrote on Indonesia in The Great Australian Blight and Pillars of Fear. More
ABC Video – Chris Evans – ‘no special deals’ offered to Oceanic Viking
Herald Sun – Don’t dump your boat people on us
Sydney Morning Herald – Share asylum burden, Indonesians plead
Voice of America – Amnesty International Chief Blasts Australia’s ‘Panic’ Over Asylum Seekers
NineMSN – Authorities find 44th boat off Australia
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