Impact Of Kevin Rudd On Australian Society

Introduction:
Kevin Michael Rudd was Australia’s 26th Prime Minister who held office for two and a half years. Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in 2007. He is the first former Prime Minister to return to the office since Robert Menzies in 1949, and only the second Labor Prime Minister to do so. Kevin Rudd is one of the most significant Australian Prime Ministers of his time. Kevin Rudd made many contributions to Australia’s post-war development after WWll some of the contributions include Environmental policies, taxation policies and Defense policies. Kevin Rudd had a significant contribution to the Australian society as he had implemented a policy which helped decrease greenhouse gases, a policy which aided in counterbalancing tax rates, and a policy that altered our defense force however the Rudd government had failed to accomplish some policies such as the criticism made about greenhouse gases and the loss of jobs by the taxation drop. An analysis will be provided for the discussion of these contributions.
First contribution (Domestic): ‘Climate change policy’ One of the contributions Kevin Rudd has implemented in Australia is the ‘Environmental policy’ also known as the ‘Climate change Policy’. This policy had an aim to reduce greenhouse gases and other environmental issues that
(The Australian, AUGUST 23, 2013)
The proposal was highly controversial, and following the appointment of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister, was replaced by a Mineral Resource Rent Tax. Even though this policy held some disadvantages the advantages were greater to Australia. Therefore Kevin Rudd had brought forward a very important taxation policy which changed many issues.
Third contribution (Foreign): ‘Force 2030 policy’ and other defense