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POLITIQUE EXTERIEURE

EUROPE/GLOBAL ECONOMY • Euro zone uncertainty threatens Greek rescue (AGE-World/Une) Karen Kissane, London Greek politicians were racing to implement the savage budget cuts demanded under the terms of the country's emergency bailout as questions emerged over whether the deal could be derailed by arguments over how to fund it. • Greece’s bailout deal fails to convince the markets (AUS-World) Stephen Fidler, WSJ • Nation merits second chance, but EU must ensure it’s the last (AUS-World) John B. Taylor, WSJ • Markets rule on Greek bailout and won't buy into aspirational targets (AGE- Bus/Opinion) Malcolm Maiden DAY two of the brave new world for Greece and Europe saw the market consider the second debt deal for Greece and decide that it had two main flaws. The first is that the Greek government that has pledged more fiscal pain in return for the bailout is headed for the exit.

MIDDLE EAST • US may take heat off Iran (AUS/Opinion) Greg Sheridan WHO leads Labor is not, just now, one of the world's big questions. • Israel cause stronger after boycott (AUS/Opinion) Yuval Rotem, Israeli ambassador. This is an edited extract of a speech given to the NSW Parliamentary Israeli Friendship Group on Tuesday. COMMON sense has defeated detractors of the only democracy in the Middle East. • We must learn to live with Iran (AUS/Opinion) Anatole Kaletsky TAKING on Tehran will harm, not help. • Syria 'ordered murder of western journalists' (SMH-World/Une) Gordon Rayner, Nabila Ramdani and Richard Spencer Marie Colvin, the renowned British war correspondent, was killed by Syrian forces acting on direct orders to murder Western journalists, it was claimed last night. • Attacking Iran would be both criminal and stupid (CAN/Opinion) • Tehran may strike first: Iran general (AGE-World+SMH) Ruth Pollard AN IRANIAN military official has threatened pre-emptive action against any country that threatens Iran's ''national interests'' as the rhetoric around its nuclear program becomes more bellicose.

POLITIQUE INTÉRIEURE

PM/RUDD/ Political parties • One soap opera star must be cast out (AUS/Opinion) Dennis Shanahan, Political editor IN resigning to throw open the Labor leadership, has mortally damaged the .

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] • v Kevin Rudd, part II (AUS/Une) Dennis Shanahan and Sid Maher THE Gillard government faces days of uncertainty until Kevin Rudd declares whether he will challenge Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership, go to the parliamentary backbench or even resign from his Brisbane seat and force a by-election. • How a little briefing lit Labor fuse (AUS/Une) Dennis Shanahan, Sid Maher WITH Kevin Rudd fresh off a plane half a world away, a Julia Gillard supporter moved to deliver the coup de grace. • You want Rudd back? Why? (AFR/Opinion) Luke Malpass Here is a disturbing question: what policies will the government adopt if Kevin Rudd makes a triumphant return to the Lodge? • Revenge-fuelled and clinging to Kevin ’07 (AFR/Opinion) John Black Like the Turkey voting for an early Christmas, our Prime Minister has decided she wants a Caucus meeting to deal with that uppity Queenslander Kevin Rudd and show him who’s boss. • Let Julia get on with the job (AUS/Opinion) THE PM must not be prevented from getting across the benefits of her reforms. • The People’s Prince rides once again (AFR/Opinion) • An Ash Wednesday appeal to the true believers (SMH/Opinion/Une) Peter Hartcher Kevin Rudd will now present the Labor party with a shocking prospect - would it like to be electable? Or would it rather continue indulging its personal distaste for Rudd all the way to electoral defeat? • It's show time now shadow boxing is over (AGE/Opinion/Une) Michelle Grattan KEVIN Rudd is appealing to his desperate and dysfunctional party as its best vote-getter, but he is confronting a seething hatred from his many critics determined to block his resurrection. • Labor colleagues 'sick' of Rudd: Swan (AGE/Opinion/Une) Phillip Coorey The Treasurer, , has torn Kevin Rudd in half. • Labor tears itself apart (AFR/Opinion) Laura Tingle • Enough to go round (AUS/Opinion) Peter Van Onselen BOTH the Rudd and Gillard camps are led by their fair share of powerbrokers. • Never forget those nasty 'faceless men' (AUS/Opinion) Tom Dusevic, National chief reporter THE King of the Heartland has pulled the pin and is heading home to reconnect with the multitude. • End of the phoney war, time for straight talk (SMH/Opinion/Une) Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard now has the chance to do some long-overdue straight talking. • Bosses call for resolution to 'damaging' leadership battle (SMH-Bus/Une) Eric Johnston, Mark Hawthorne 'S business leaders have hit out at the political infighting that has gripped , saying it has sapped consumer confidence and affected the economic management of the country. • Ministers line up to attack Rudd (AUS/Une) Lanai Vasek LABOR'S bitter infighting has intensified, with Kevin Rudd's former cabinet colleagues continuing to dump on him ahead of a leadership showdown next week. Indigenous Affairs • The root of all political evil? (CAN/Opinion) John Warhurst, emeritus professor Politics is influenced both by a lack of money and by too much. Those without much, like most political parties and interest groups, spend a great deal of time and effort raising it. • On world stage, Rudd spoke loudly and carried a small stick (SMH+AGE/Opinion) Sensible countries focus their foreign policy on what's clearly in their national interest. That's why I keep saying that the next Coalition government's foreign policy would have a "Jakarta focus rather than a Geneva one". What happens in our region usually matters more to us than what happens elsewhere. What's more, we can usually better influence what happens in our region. • Promises, promises... our politicians make too many (AGE/Opinion) Josh Gordon Better to explain a broken pledge than persevere with a bad policy.

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] • Phoney war over but way forward not clear (AGE/Opinion) Michael Gordon In the end, the stalker cast himself as the one being stalked. The man who stands accused of waging a relentless, covert campaign to win back the prime ministership charged Julia Gillard with the overt disloyalty. • Gillard brings on showdown (AGE/Opinion/Une) Michelle Grattan JULIA Gillard this morning will announce a Monday ballot for the Labor leadership, after Kevin Rudd quit as foreign minister in a sensational bid to wrest back the prime ministership. • Bloody battle to the death as Rudd makes his stand (AGE/Opinion) Shaun Carney His shock resignation leaves him free to marshal the troops against Julia Gillard. • It's on: Rudd strikes first (SMH/Opinion/Une) Phillip Coorey The Labor Party will undergo a leadership ballot on Monday morning after Kevin Rudd quit his post and flew back to Australia to challenge Julia Gillard for the job she took from him 20 months ago. • Smart bomb crosses continents for a direct hit (AGE/Opinion) Tony Wright It was the most audacious stealth attack in modern Australian political history. • Perfect day ends with civil war declared in historic hotel (AGE/Opinion) Nick Miller IT WOULD have been a foreign minister's idea of a perfect day. • Plausible deniability for man in the shadows (SMH) Deborah Snow Trying to pin down irrefutable evidence of Kevin Rudd's till-now covert campaign to seize back the Labor leadership has been like playing hide-and-seek in the dark. Hear a rustle in the bushes, swing the torch in that direction and there's nothing there. Nothing visible, at any rate. • All bets are off if PM goes, says Windsor (SMH) Richard Willingham The king-making independent MP has thrown open the possibility of a fresh federal election if a Kevin Rudd challenge to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is successful. • A sad performance for the grandstand (SMH) Nick Miller, Washington It would have been a foreign minister's idea of a perfect Washington visit. A meeting at the Pentagon with the Secretary of Defence and, the next day, guest of honour at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, giving a speech titled: ''Toward a Pax Pacifica: Perspectives on a Common Security for Asia'', a speech only the wonkiest of wonky DC wonks could love. • Rudd's Kevenge the talk of Twittersphere (SMH+AGE) Jacqueline Maley ''EFFING proud of you, Dad. xxxx,'' tweeted Jessica Rudd, the former foreign minister's daughter, just after the announcement. • Twice the man: changing the record books (SMH) Mark Metherell, Research By Marija Taflaga Kevin Rudd could now achieve what no Australian has done before - become prime minister of the same government twice. • Emerson takes foreign reins (AGE+SMH) Daniel Flitton will take over as Australia's Foreign Minister after the shock resignation of Kevin Rudd.

Immigration • New boat arrivals blow out mental health budget (AGE/Une) Kirsty Needham THE Immigration Department expects to spend an extra $452 million on health for asylum seekers, after renegotiating contracts with private company International Health and Medical Services that are now worth $769.3 million.

Economy • Silver lining in Eastern Star clouds (AUS/Opinion) Barry Fitzgerald THERE is good news in the bad news from Santos about its $720 million November acquisition, Eastern Star Gas. • Banks make most of looming spectre of Scullin (CAN/Opinion) Alex Millmow • Education, Treasury to shed 650 jobs (CAN/Une) Markus Mannheim Departments told to reduce workforces to deal with government budget cuts.

Mining/Gas

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] • Brazil eyes move on Australian iron ore (AFR/Une/Exclusive) Jamie Freed Brazilian miner Vale is examining investment in iron ore assets in to help overcome the disadvantage of the distance between Brazil and China relative to Australia and China. • Brown renews push for wider mining tax (AUS) Lauren Wilson • China absent at rare-earth parley (AUS) Robyn Bromby

Defence /Security • US subs buy best option: Dick Smith (AFR) Dick Smith

Education • School culture the big problem (AUS/Opinion) INNOVATIVE funding models will not address the real malaise in Australian classrooms • Winning idea subject to a scare (AUS/Opinion) Justine Ferrari, National education correspondent. WHO'S running the scare campaign anyway? • Private schools are about choice (CAN/Opinion) , Nationals’ Senate Leader.

FRANCE

• 'Nothing is impossible': Frenchwoman sets off to windsurf across Atlantic (SMH/Une) AFP A Frenchwoman on Wednesday set off from Senegal to windsurf across the Atlantic Ocean, six years after she was fitted with a pacemaker to control a potentially-fatal heart condition.

EDITORIAUX DU JOUR

The Australian • Red hair vs silver top but policies the same GILLARD and Rudd must put substance in leadership battle. • Forestry conflict needs to end TIME for industry and conservationists to broker a deal. • Delay or brace for big carbon fight GILLARD and Rudd should consider adjusting the climate tax.

Financial Review • Tax concessions for ships will sink The recently announced extraordinary tax concession for shipping and the shipbuilding industry set a bad example of tax concessions supposedly to encourage an individual industry. • Cash only part of schools fix The Gonski review of education funding has taken a long overdue step towards de-cluttering the way schools are funded and focusing more on the needs of individual students than the schools themselves.

Sydney morning Herald • Take school plans to the election FROM one perspective, the Gillard government's release of the Gonski report into school funding without immediately taking a position on its recommendations is a good one. Two years ago the Henry report on the tax system was published simultaneously with the announcement its proposed mining super-profits tax would be applied. When big, complex reforms are tackled, it is good to have the expert findings out for all interested parties to study and criticise before any action.

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The Melbourne Age • Too many men just keep playing the woman The sexist put-down says it all about the men who still use it.

The Canberra Times • Euro zone faces austerity fatigue • Kids' smart start

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