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The article discusses the administration of Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. The author notes how Australian attorney general Robert McClelland's proposed revisions to anti-terrorism laws regarding the psychological harm of terrorism reflects Ruddism, an ideology based on the values of the Australian and British Labour parties. He compares British Labour policies regarding crime and social decay to the Rudd administration's policies.

The article discusses the ebbing popularity of socialism around the world in 1950, which became popular in the immediate postwar years led by the triumphant Labor Party of Great Britain. It says that the socialist Labor Party in New Zealand lost to the free-enterprising National Party last November 1949. The author adds that the socialist Labor Party in Australia also lost in the elections after eight years in power last December 1949. The split among Socialists in Italy and how socialist parties faded in Austria, Denmark and Norway are also discussed.

The article focuses on the return of the impact agenda in Great Britain in 2009 identifying the research quality framework (RFQ) approach as the best by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce). The impact agenda by the Group of Eight universities, it says, was shelved by opposition Labor Party shadow minister Kim Carr in 2007. It also notes the RFQ in Australia that was renamed to Excellence Research for Australia (ERA) and the Excellence in Innovation for Australia (EIA).

In this article the author discusses miscellaneous topics. Topics discussed include Great Britain's political party Labour's by-election victory in Oldham. England, the worse problems with changing climate faced by Australia and the U.S., and the folly of mortgaging the future of hospitals and schools through public-private partnerships in Great Britain.

The article discusses aspects of Australian politics in light of an election to be held in that country on August 21, 2010. The central focus of the article is on Julia Gillard, the prime minister of the country, and the role of women in Australian political life. The author discusses her own experiences as a British Labour Party politician.

The article discusses the impact of the August 21, 2010 general election in Australia, which resulted to a hung parliament, on the proposed introduction of a cap-and-trade carbon trading scheme for the country. Prime Minister Julia Gillard plans to introduce the scheme but her Labour Party failed to secure the 76 seats needed for a second term. Tony Abbott, leader of the coalition consisting of the Liberal Party and the National Party, opposes the scheme and is in favor of reducing carbon emission.

The article focuses on the hopes of Australian Prime Minister John Howard that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney would reverse his fortunes. With an election scheduled for the end of 2007, Howard's liberal party is trailing the opposition Labor party in opinion polls, and his association with U.S. President George W. Bush isn't helping his poll ratings.