Posted on May 24, 2011
Last night, in Senate Budget Estimates hearings, the Secretary for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), Mr Andrew Metcalf, confessed ... Read more...
Posted on November 09, 2010
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been dealt another body blow with the Labor Party today following through on an election promise to go... Read more...
Posted on November 05, 2010
Queensland Liberal Senator Russell Trood has rejected Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s comments about a “third way” approach to China as “unoriginal and ... Read more...
Posted on September 10, 2010
Senator Russell Trood, Deputy Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislative Committee, today called on the Prime Minister, Julia ... Read more...
Posted on June 07, 2010
According to David Marr's Quarterly Essay on Kevin Rudd, during tense negotiations at the Copenhagen climate summit late last year, the Prime Minister... Read more...
Posted on June 03, 2010
In response to questions from Queensland Liberal/LNP Senator, Russell Trood, at last night’s Senate Estimates hearings, a legal official from the Depa... Read more...
Yesterday, in Senate Budget Estimates hearings, the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Mr Dennis Richardson, acknowledg... Read more...
Posted on April 19, 2010
Townsville and Cairns are often referred to as the regional capitals of the north, but there’s no reason why Mackay can’t be considered a significant ... Read more...
Posted on February 23, 2010
The Rudd Government’s counter-terrorism white paper reveals little we didn’t already know and is alarmingly thin on strategic detail, the Chair of the... Read more...
Posted on February 19, 2010
Kevin Rudd’s effort to stop Japanese whaling by promising to launch court action against Japan by November is unlikely to achieve its purpose, and rev... Read more...
Posted on February 10, 2010
The death of an East Timorese woman, hit by an ADF vehicle in Dili on 18th December last year went unnoticed by the Australian Defence Force for almos... Read more...
Posted on February 09, 2010
Almost a year and a half since it was promised, the Rudd Government’s Counter-Terrorism White Paper is still nowhere to be seen, and the Department of... Read more...
Posted on February 04, 2010
4 February 2010 Queensland Senator, Russell Trood, has demanded the Government reveal why it has released detailed information about hundreds of susp... Read more...
Posted on December 21, 2009
Student Report 2009 Subject: Foreign Affairs Student Name: Kevin Michael Rudd Overall Grade: C+ Overall Comme... Read more...
Posted on December 15, 2009
Forty three seniors from the Scenic Rim were celebrated for the important contribution they make as volunteers in their local communities at last week... Read more...
Posted on November 19, 2009
A Senate Inquiry into economic challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the countries of the southwest Pacific has expressed serious concerns about the ... Read more...
Posted on November 11, 2009
Media Release Senator Russell Trood 11 November 2009 The Environment Minister’s decision to reject the controversial Traveston Dam is a... Read more...
Posted on November 04, 2009
Media Release - Senator Russell Trood The Government’s decision to cut a further $105.2 million from the already desperately under-funded Department ... Read more...
Posted on October 22, 2009
Media Release Senator Russell Trood 22 October 2009 An exercise in the Prime Minister’s foreign policy vanity is likely to cost the... Read more...
Media Release Senator Russell Trood 21 October 2009 Queensland Senator, Russell Trood, has welcomed the long-overdue apology by the Departm... Read more...
Posted on August 31, 2009
The incoming Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s staunch protectionist views on agriculture are likely to affect the Queensland economy and test ... Read more...
Posted on August 19, 2009
The humiliating, disdainful and provocative treatment of the Australian Government by the Chinese Government is the direct consequence of confused and... Read more...
Posted on August 13, 2009
Queensland Senator Russell Trood has encouraged all Queenslanders to help care for creatures great and small by getting behind the RSPCA Cupca... Read more...
Posted on August 06, 2009
Attorney-General Robert McClelland’s assertions that the Government will take its time developing a Counter-Terrorism White Paper thinly veil the fact... Read more...
Posted on August 04, 2009
Senator Russell Trood has commended the work of combined security agencies in foiling a suicide mission on Australian soil and has again urged Prime M... Read more...
Posted on July 22, 2009
In the aftermath of last week’s horrific terrorist attacks in Jakarta, Senator Russell Trood, the Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Tra... Read more...
Posted on July 16, 2009
Queensland Senator Russell Trood said he was appalled by the treatment of the parents and supporters of the Blackstone State Primary School at... Read more...
Posted on July 14, 2009
Posted on July 01, 2009
The Rudd Labor Government must stop protecting its State counterparts and take strong and decisive action on the under-reporting of the deaths of over... Read more...
Posted on June 04, 2009
In Senate Estimates hearings on Tuesday night, an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) revealed that further rounds ... Read more...
Posted on June 02, 2009
In Senate Estimates hearings last night, an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) revealed that the report co... Read more...
In Senate Estimates hearings yesterday, officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) revealed that Peter Varghese, the current Di... Read more...
Posted on May 27, 2009
A Senate Estimates hearing in the Finance and Public Administration Committee was disrupted late yesterday when the Rudd government prevented an offic... Read more...
Posted on March 18, 2009
Senator Russell Trood (Liberal, Queensland) today welcomed the publication of the Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Australia’s diplomatic deficit: reinvest... Read more...
Posted on February 26, 2009
Serious doubts have been raised about the value of the Rudd Government’s appointment of a resident Ambassador to the Holy See.In Senate Estimate heari... Read more...
Posted on February 23, 2009
Blackstone State School is a culturally significant education facility that must be saved from closure, Queensland Senator, Russell Trood, said today.... Read more...
Posted on February 18, 2009
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, is expecting an energetic debate at the Wide Bay- Burnett Zone Schools Constitutional Convention tomorrow, ... Read more...
Posted on February 10, 2009
Kevin Rudd’s spending package will burden generations of Australians with debt, and could weaken Australia’s ability to respond to growing internation... Read more...
Posted on January 14, 2009
Queensland Senator, Russell Trood, today called for the Bligh Government to stop sidelining the Centaur Association from representing friends and fami... Read more...
Posted on December 05, 2008
Senator Russell Trood (Liberal, Queensland) said today that while the Rudd government’s first National Security Statement was a start towards Australi... Read more...
Posted on December 04, 2008
On the eve of International Volunteer Day, Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, has urged individuals and businesses to volunteer their time and... Read more...
Posted on November 26, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, has today welcomed Premier Bligh’s announcement that the Queensland Government will delay construction of t... Read more...
Posted on November 06, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, has called for the Rudd Government to consider the needs of remote communities when delivering broadband in... Read more...
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, met with locals in south west Queensland last week, and they are not happy about being the State’s forgotte... Read more...
Posted on November 05, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, has called for improved funding for Queensland’s regions after visiting the Barcoo and Diamantina Shires la... Read more...
Posted on October 21, 2008
More proof of inertia in the Rudd Government’s decision-making processes has been exposed during the Supplementary Budget Estimates hearings of the Se... Read more...
Posted on September 25, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, today added his voice to calls for the Rudd Government to fund a search to locate the wreckage of the A.H.S... Read more...
Posted on September 24, 2008
Following the success of last year’s Recognition Awards for seniors, Senator Russell Trood is again asking locals to nominate people aged over 60 who ... Read more...
Posted on September 03, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, has expressed surprise at the salvo launched against him by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Smith, aft... Read more...
Posted on July 30, 2008
Liberal Senator for Queensland, Russell Trood, finally caught up with bilby expert Peter McRae when he visited Charleville last week.Senator Trood was... Read more...
Posted on July 28, 2008
Liberal Senator for Queensland, Russell Trood, learnt about the challenges facing the Charleville community when he visited the town last week.“The pu... Read more...
Posted on July 24, 2008
As part of his ongoing commitment to rural and regional Queensland, Liberal Senator, Russell Trood, will visit Charleville this coming Thursday and Fr... Read more...
Posted on June 16, 2008
Senator Russell Trood (Liberal Queensland) has welcomed the comments of the official hand-picked by Kevin Rudd to sell his vision for an Asia Pacific ... Read more...
Posted on June 12, 2008
Queensland Senator Russell Trood predicts that the Rudd foreign policy agenda may leave Australia red-faced on the international stage, as its ambitio... Read more...
Posted on June 06, 2008
Queensland Liberal Senator Russell Trood is alarmed that Kevin Rudd has put free-trade agreement negotiations between Australia and its two most impor... Read more...
Senator Russell Trood (Liberal Queensland) said today that the Rudd government’s 24/7 work agenda might lead to an increasing number of departmental h... Read more...
The Rudd Government should brace itself for some cool reactions from Australia's Asian neighbours if it intends to make the EU-style Asia-Pacific Comm... Read more...
Posted on June 04, 2008
The Rudd government’s populist promise of enhanced diplomatic and trade engagement with Europe appears to be empty rhetoric, according to Queensland L... Read more...
Posted on May 30, 2008
QUEENSLAND Liberal Senator Russell Trood encourages local community groups to apply for the Australian Government’s Community Heritage Grants before t... Read more...
Posted on May 24, 2008
The wounds from Kevin Rudd’s razor gang attack on the CSIRO will be felt beyond the region’s border over the coming months.Queensland Senator Russell ... Read more...
Posted on May 14, 2008
Queensland Liberal, Senator Russell Trood, said today that the first Rudd Budget fails completely to satisfy the fiscal needs of his own expanded dema... Read more...
Posted on April 15, 2008
The Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Queensland Liberal, Senator Russell Trood, has today welcomed... Read more...
Posted on April 13, 2008
Senator Russell Trood (Liberal, Queensland) today welcomed the forthright way in which the Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, had raised concerns about human ri... Read more...
Posted on March 27, 2008
Queensland Senator Russell Trood has welcomed the Prime Minister’s long overdue address on the direction of Australia’s foreign policy and is reassure... Read more...
Posted on March 17, 2008
Australia must be better prepared to meet the growing challenges of an increasingly unstable global strategic environment, Senator Russell Trood said ... Read more...
Posted on February 21, 2008
The Rudd Government needs to give details on how it plans to advance Australia’s interests internationally after cutting $57 million from the Departme... Read more...