The Australian  THE Australian-led intervention in Solomon Islands shows no signs of ending even after six years and $1 billion spent. The fir... Read more...

Senator TROOD (Queensland) (4:23 PM) —It is a great pleasure to be able to participate in this matter of public importance because this is a spectacul... Read more...

Listen to Radio National's Pacific Beat program on Senator Trood's speech on the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Report... Read more...

Brisbane Times: Australia's aid intervention in the Pacific doesn't always reach its mark, contributing to stunted economic growth in some island... Read more...

Senator TROOD —I move: That the Senate take note of the report.   In its report on the island states of the south-west Pacific, the commit... Read more...

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...

Media Release Senator Russell Trood  11 November 2009  The Environment Minister’s decision to reject the controversial Traveston Dam is a... Read more...

Address to Conference on The Afghanistan Conflict: Australia's Role The Australian National University Senator Russell Trood 23 October 2009
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Australian Financial Review - The opposition has accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of making "sneaky and underhanded" cuts to the Department of Forei... Read more...

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...

AAP - The federal government has cut more than $100 million from the foreign affairs and trade budget. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ... Read more...

Torres News The head of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has repeated saying “sorry” about the Malu Sara. Andrew Metcalfe, Secr... Read more...

TORRES NEWS - The Department of Immigration (DIAC) has taken the first steps to adhere to its recent undertakings to achieve a quick and fair resoluti... Read more...