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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 07 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Rudd pins down cause of Richo syndrome Jeremy Thompson Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a bitter attack on former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson, saying he is suffering from "relevance deprivation syndrome". Mr Rudd, who Mr Richardson says is working to seize the prime ministership from Julia Gillard, went on to accuse him of "taking hundreds of thousands of dollars" to "bag" the ALP. On Wednesday Mr Richardson, who previously claimed Ms Gillard was "finished" as prime minister, named two ALP backbenchers he said were behind the push to have Mr Rudd reinstalled as leader. More » Police sting 'likely' behind teen's Bali arrest Afghans mark 10 years since invasion Actress Diane Cilento dies Police make 'significant' finds in Morcombe search Race horses dead amid poisoning fears Asylum centre firm short-listed to run Sydney Ferries Footage offers glimpse of N Korea hunger crisis Putin scuba stunt a set-up Study shines new light on damaging UV rays More Analysis » Ken Henry, patience and the right change It can't be very easy, being Ken Henry. Having thrown himself in earnest at the task of dreaming up a new tax system most of his ideas were greeted with cold silence and the Resources Super Profits Tax was butchered. Outside the tax summit this week, Australian politics was giving a fairly robust demonstration of why when it comes to tax reform, Dr Henry is, as they say, dreaming. More » Government communications: online but out of touch Palestinian statehood alone no road to peace My friend, Diana Gribble, died the other night ... Speech regulation: a linguistic sewerage system Occupy Wall Street will not come to our utopia 10 years in Afghanistan: where to from here? Meatloaf, horsey drunks and the dog that ate my grand final Testing the world's resolve to save the Amazon The predictable and pointless tax forum Just In More Just In » Lawyer slams Canberra over Bali boy drug arrest Allyson Horn A Northern Territory barrister has accused the Federal Government of double standards in asking the Indonesian Government to release a 14 year-old Australian boy being held in Bali on alleged drug charges. More » Suing downloaders won't solve piracy: expert Rudd pins down cause of Richo syndrome National Library unveils treasure trove Asylum centre firm short-listed to run Sydney Ferries Woman found guilty of plotting to kill husband Bushfires disaster fund fraudster in custody 'New wave' chardonnay a wine show champion Race horses dead amid poisoning fears Bank denies investment duty to suing councils World More World » Footage offers glimpse of N Korea hunger crisis North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy Rare new TV footage shows North Korean children slowly starving as the secretive state again faces failed harvests. More » Afghans mark 10 years since invasion UN says 2,900 killed in Syrian violence Anti-corporate protests spread to Washington NATO sets out goals to end Libya mission Business More Business » Obama issues stern warning on eurozone crisis Jane Cowan and Peter Ryan US president Barack Obama warns of a weakening American economy and urges Europe to act fast on a potentially devastating debt crisis. More » Local market building on yesterday's gains US stocks up for third day running Delays expected despite Qantas staff calling off strike Bank denies investment duty to suing councils Politics More Politics » Rudd pins down cause of Richo syndrome Jeremy Thompson Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a bitter attack on former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson, saying he is suffering from "relevance deprivation syndrome". Mr Rudd, who Mr Richardson says is working to seize the prime ministership from Julia Gillard, went on to accuse him of "taking hundreds of thousands of dollars" to "bag" the ALP. On Wednesday Mr Richardson, who previously claimed Ms Gillard was "finished" as prime minister, named two ALP backbenchers he said were behind the push to have Mr Rudd reinstalled as leader. More » Abbott, unions welcome manufacturing plan Australian-made plan closes jobs forum Abbott won't commit to repealing pokies laws Occupy Wall Street stages biggest protest yet Sport More Sport » Wallabies welcome back big guns Full-back Kurtley Beale, winger Digby Ioane and centre Pat McCabe have all returned to the Wallabies' starting line-up for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against South Africa in Wellington. More » Hasler to coach Dogs from 2013 Bogut's NBL deal called off Titans offer lifeline to Carney Kewell out to surprise in A-League debut Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Mirror group denies phone hacking claims Europe correspondent Emma Alberici, wires The Mirror Group in Britain has denied phone hacking allegations made by a former journalist. More » Study shines new light on damaging UV rays Space 'snakes' revealed in first images Steve Jobs: titan who drove a tech revolution Summer bushfires risk rivals the 1970s Environment More Environment » Study shines new light on damaging UV rays Lexi Metherell There is new evidence that the sun's UV rays are even more damaging than once thought. More » Meeting to review global tuna catch quotas Japanese whaling may put 'lives at risk' Japan commits to Southern Ocean whale hunt Farmers, miners competing for water About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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