Former PM Kevin Rudd lashes out at ‘dishonest and defamatory’ Daily Tele headline

October 14, 2019 10:46

Former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has responded to a story that featured on the front page of Saturday’s The Daily Telegraph, stating the headline, ‘Rudd’s Cash-In’, was “dishonest and defamatory”.

The story, written by political editor-at-large Sharri Markson, suggests Rudd used his ability to speak Mandarin to help former NSW Labor general secretary Jamie Clements “woo” a Chinese donor during the 2013 election.

The article alleges that Rudd and then-Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, were invited to the Park Hyatt hotel in Canberra by Clements to discuss a $100,000 donation to the Labor party. The article reference’s Carr’s memoir Diary of a Foreign Minister, in which he recounts the meeting and suggesting that Rudd should tell the donor about his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a free-trade agreement.

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Zoe Wilkinson

Zoe Wilkinson was a reporter at Mumbrella and the producer of the Mumbrellacast from March 2019 to May 2021.

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3 COMMENTS

bernie 14 Oct 19

Lazy Journalism or Biased Journalism? Either way the Tele is ordinary

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Here Come Da Judge 14 Oct 19

I can just see The Tele’s defence … but they all look the same to me.

Is there any way we can vote NewsCorp off the island? Please!

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inq 17 Oct 19

News Corp is just cancer at this point. It’s no wonder Sleeping Giants is ramping up. The planet would be better off without these corrupt propagandists.

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