Read more Kevin Rudd stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11836/kevin-rudd.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:33:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74104/aussies-sorry-for-abused-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian government has apologized—again—this time for abusing thousands of children forced to migrate to the nation. Some 500,000 "forgotten Australians" were abused or neglected in orphanages and children's work homes from 1930 to 1970. "We are sorry," Australian Prime Minister Devin Rudd told some 1,000...http://www.newser.com/story/74104/aussies-sorry-for-abused-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 4:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69517/aussies-stop-asylum-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian navy stopped a vessel carrying 58 suspected asylum-seekers off the country's northwest coast today, the BBC reports. It was the fourth such boat stopped in the area in under a week. The passengers will be sent to a detention center on Christmas Island, 1,600 miles west of...http://www.newser.com/story/69517/aussies-stop-asylum-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 6:06:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68187/aussies-sorry-for-10k-kids-shipped-for-slave-labor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian prime minister will apologize to generations of British migrants shipped to Australia as children and subjected to abuse, hunger, and slave labor. Between the 1920s and 1960s the UK sent about 10,000 children to provide Australia with "good white stock," but when they arrived they were put...http://www.newser.com/story/68187/aussies-sorry-for-10k-kids-shipped-for-slave-labor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 6:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66228/australia-grieves-for-sam-the-koala.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe koala bear that became a symbol of hope after Australia's devastating wildfires earlier this year died before surgery today, the Melbourne Herald-Sun reports. Sam was saved by a firefighter who found her moving through the scorched landscape on badly burnt paws, and her image was broadcast around the world....http://www.newser.com/story/66228/australia-grieves-for-sam-the-koala.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 5:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65349/aussie-aerial-shoot-could-cull-1m-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian officials are debating how to cull more than 1 million camels currently munching across the outback and irritating Aboriginals, the Independent reports. Some experts support an aerial shoot to save the desert ecosystem, but say it must be thorough; killing 80,000 would only match their birth rate. Estimated...http://www.newser.com/story/65349/aussie-aerial-shoot-could-cull-1m-camels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 19:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63113/britney-ellen-alive-but-hacked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNever fear: Britney Spears is alive. A post from her Twitter account claiming she had died is false, the AP reports, a result of the hacking of her Twitpic account. Ellen DeGeneres’ account with Twitpic—a program not owned by Twitter—was also hacked. Elsewhere: Rumors continue to fly that...http://www.newser.com/story/63113/britney-ellen-alive-but-hacked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62450/aussie-pm-refuses-to-quit-in-car-dealer-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is refusing to resign in the first major crisis of his 19 months in office, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Dubbed "Utegate"—after a popular SUV—the scandal centers on whether Rudd gave special treatment to a friend's car dealership. Critics say Rudd prompted the...http://www.newser.com/story/62450/aussie-pm-refuses-to-quit-in-car-dealer-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Jun 2009 16:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51480/aussies-mourn-fire-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs bells tolled, mourners throughout Australia prayed at services today for the 209 people killed in wildfires and those still missing, CNN reports. “House is gone, friends are gone. This is total destruction,” said one resident. Rescue teams continue to search through the devastation as firefighters still battled blazes in...http://www.newser.com/story/51480/aussies-mourn-fire-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 7:45:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50291/aussie-toll-hits-171-pm-cites-mass-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe death toll from angry bushfires in Australia jumped to 171 today, reports Reuters, as the country's prime minister, fighting back tears, accused suspected arsonists of "mass murder." Up to 5,000 people have been left homeless; at one relief center, boards covered with Post-It notes beg for news of...http://www.newser.com/story/50291/aussie-toll-hits-171-pm-cites-mass-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 9:25:31 CST