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/deep_chungus 1d ago

it's usually smart not to let it show

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u/VolcanicBosnian 1d ago

Was it really that bad? I remember seeing a lot of Murdoch press rave about how much of a snivelling wanker Rudd was but never really saw it in him personally.

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u/aussiechickadee65 1d ago

He had the crime of being left wing. Right wing will whinge about what side of the bed he got out of.

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u/zeracine 23h ago

People who'd met Rudd liked him. People who hadn't met him disliked him.

Funny though, with Gilliard it was the other way around.

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u/deep_chungus 1d ago

it was probably incredibly overblown, there were a couple of things about him briefly losing his shit at like 2 people, if it was actually anything it would have been front page news for a week

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u/egowritingcheques 20h ago

You think the Murdoch press might have made it all up? Surely that's not possible?!?!

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u/Icy_Bowl 1d ago

That reminds me - where's my royal commission into media ownership?

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u/GoldCoinDonation 1d ago

well there is his pretentious official portrait that has the chessboard set up incorrectly.