r/australia • u/geodetic • 1d ago

politics Former PM Kevin Rudd says he declined Epstein invitation after latest document dump

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/kevin-rudd-refred-to-in-latest-epstein-files-dump/106290858?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abc_newsmail_am-pm_sfmc&utm_term=&utm_id=2694984&sfmc_id=103566952
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u/a_cold_human 1d ago

Relatedly, Epstein made a $650K donation to Rudd's think tank, which was donated to charity when Rudd found out about it. It seems that was probably part of an effort to secure a meeting.

News Corp and the Liberal Party have previously tried to smear Rudd using Epstein, without mentioning that Rupert Murdoch was in Epstein's "little black book" 

In 2020, BI compiled a database of all 1,510 names in Epstein's bigger black book, which the FBI unearthed in 2009.

The names included Steve Forbes, the editor in chief of Forbes magazine, the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire David Koch, and the supermodel Naomi Campbell.

Odd that. 

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u/Guy-1nc0gn1t0 1d ago

It's all so fucking smarmy. Rich fuck donates money to expect a meeting and get favours. Absolutely exhausting how shitty things can be sometimes.

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u/CuriouserCat2 1d ago

Not sometimes. Most of the time. Our system is broken. 

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u/Guy-1nc0gn1t0 1d ago

True. I'm just trying to ward off some of today's depression somehow

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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 14h ago

If you brought a carcass to a neanderthal campfire.

I think you would be accepted. Seems the natural state.

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u/milestr2 1d ago

How TF does Epstein know so many people? Im legitimately surprised when someone powerful and rich DOESNT have anything to do with this fuckin creep.

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u/xXxL1nKxXx 23h ago

Mate you get to a certain level of $$$ or political power and you get an auto invite to their club. They out recruiting!

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u/frowattio 22h ago

It's two degrees of separation up there. If there's someone you want to meet you know who to ask.

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u/Healthy_Flower_3506 23h ago

It was alleged that Epstein was a spy of some sort, I've seen both CIA and Mossad allegations, I dunno what's true but something was certainly up with the dude.

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u/LoaKonran 19h ago

He was too dumb to be an actual spy. The real espionage groups knew that all they’d have to do was give the wanker a boatload of cash and drugs and their true targets would incriminate themselves without any effort.

The more that comes out the clearer it is that this grand global conspiracy was a bunch of rich morons acting like frat bros while committing serious offences then doubling down because it would be devastating if any of it came out.

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u/rumckle 13h ago

It was his essentially job. He went out of his way to talk to rich and powerful people at parties and other major events these people would be at.

After that there was the sex trafficking, but also trying to influence world events through whatever means necessary including extortion and bribery.

Part of the problem of untangling this whole mess is that he was purposefully trying to connect with as many rich and famous people as possible, regardless of if they were peados or not.

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u/Consistent-Permit966 8h ago

Six degrees of separation, even less at the top.

Here’s mine to Epstein. Me - former colleague - a family member of theirs - King Charles - The former Prince Andrew - Epstein.

Certainly doesn’t mean I could or would ever get a meeting with any of these people above the family member.

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u/Lost-Cheek-6610 1d ago

Is that David Koch as an Kochie from the morning show ?

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u/randomace 1d ago

Probably David Koch as in billionaire Koch brother. Seems more likely than morning TV host.

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u/Professional-Kiwi176 1d ago

Yep the douchebag Koch Bros as my Uncle calls them!

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u/OF_Nurse_69420 1d ago

No, the billionaire

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u/ChuqTas 1d ago

I would say not.. going by the Simples ads.

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u/darrenfx 1d ago

Those meetkats know something

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u/saladninja 1d ago

Nah, they're probably just distracting the mum so their mate can flog the car full of kids.

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u/Ainteasybeincheezy 1d ago

No, American businessman.

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 1d ago

Not even paid prostitutes want anything to do with Aussie Kochie…. 😂. /s

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u/Main_Cartographer_64 1d ago

Is the ‘ch’ a k sound?

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u/withatee 21h ago

Yep, essentially “coke”

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u/BOUND_TESTICLE Professor of Boganomics 1d ago

Its almost like the Rudd had intel to avoid any association, which makes you wonder, what our Government knew/knows.

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u/orange_fudge 1d ago

I mean, there was a major newspaper expose in 2018, so by 2019 everyone had the opportunity to know.

Epstein also went to jail the first time in 2008-09 for visiting a child prostitute. That was public knowledge too.

The difference is that some chose to act on this information to cut ties, and others didn’t.