Australians should deeply question the PM's appointment of Rudd to such a critically-important diplomatic role, given he gave this country some of the most useless and wasteful government programs we have ever seen, writes Caroline Di Russo.
During the press conference this announcement was wedged between Albanese discussing Senator Wong’s historic visit to Beijing and the appointment of Heather Ridout AO as the Consul General in New York.
It’s hard to forget what his own colleagues had to say about him - comments that were broadly reported at the time: he was a narcissist, a micro-manager, erratic, an impulsive control freak and someone who treated people poorly and even contemptuously. Kevin Rudd and Anthony Albanese touring Brisbane's Southbank in February 2021. We should deeply question the PM's appointment of Rudd as the next US ambassador - given he gave Australia some of the most useless and wasteful government programs we have ever seen, writes Caroline Di Russo. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
Ironically, Australia is basically wall-to-wall Labor, so query his analysis and that he conveniently omits the fact that the News Corp press backed him in for PM in 2007.
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