http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/tom_bentley en http://www.newstatesman.com/australasia/2007/08/rudd-australia-labor-prime http://www.newstatesman.com/australasia/2007/08/rudd-australia-labor-prime Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tom Bentley A studious Christian who speaks fluent Mandarin is an unlikely political hero. But Kevin Rudd looks set to be next prime minister.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200105280016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200105280016 Mon, 28 May 2001 12:00:00 GMT Tom Bentley Generation Next - Tom Bentley finds that our young people are not Naomi Klein. But nor are they Beavis and Butthead

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200103190014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200103190014 Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:00:00 GMT Tom Bentley Generation Next - Tom Bentley introduces our unique survey of what 15- to 21-year-olds say about the great issues of our time

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200103120017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200103120017 Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:00:00 GMT Tom Bentley Why has new Labour found it so difficult to deliver on so many of its promises? Because it relies on centralised power, argues Tom Bentley

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