The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is the military alliance which binds Australia and New Zealand and, separately, Australia and the United States to cooperate on defence matters in the Pacific Ocean area, though today the treaty is understood to relate to attacks worldwide.
The treaty was previously a full three-way defense pact, but following a dispute between New Zealand and the United States in 1984 over visiting rights for nuclear-armed or nuclear-powered ships of the US Navy to New Zealand ports, the treaty may have lapsed between the United States and New Zealand, although it remains separately in force between both those countries and Australia.
The Australia–US alliance under the ANZUS Treaty remains in full force. Heads of defense of one or both nations often have joined the annual ministerial meetings, which are supplemented by consultations between the US Combatant Commander Pacific and the Australian Chief of Defence Force. There are also regular civilian and military consultations between the two governments at lower levels. Annual meetings to discuss ANZUS defense matters take place between the United States Secretary of State and the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (AUSMIN). The most recent AUSMIN meeting took place in San Francisco in September 2011.
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He also served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2012. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Rudd has served in the House of Representatives since the 1998 federal election, representing Griffith, Queensland.
Rudd was born in Queensland and grew up on a dairy farm. He joined the Australian Labor Party at the age of 15 and was dux of Nambour State High School in 1974. He studied an arts degree in Asian studies at the Australian National University, majoring in Chinese language and Chinese history. In 1981, he married Thérèse Rein and they have three children. He worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1981 and from 1988 he was Chief of Staff to the Queensland Labor Opposition Leader and later Premier, Wayne Goss. After the Goss government lost office in 1995, Rudd was hired as a Senior China Consultant by the accounting firm KPMG Australia.
it’s an ordinary day
and my anger’s on its way
though i’m still looking back on my past life
the curtain is falling down
it’s a bitter taste in mouth
all those tears i’m drowning in
though i’m still going on the road
this world is spinning around me
i guess all the reasons you had to give up
everything is done and you’re wasting my time
‘cause this love suffocates me
this silence between us
this sorrow that i need
this world i only know
empty room, burning memories
no more goodbye
take what you want
i’ve always been true
lost within you, lost within me
i stand alone but now i’m free to be
because of you i lost everything
(torn my pride and put me down)
tell me what’s beyond this hollow dream
(turned the water into sand)
because of you i mix up what’s real
(torn my world and put me down)
i can’t stand this pain
this love suffocates me
because of you i lost everything
(torn my pride and put me down)
tell me what’s beyond this hollow dream
(turned the water into sand)
because of you i mix up what’s real
(torn my world and put me down)
i can’t stand this pain
this love suffocates me
it’s an ordinary day
but my anger is on its way
i’m still falling, i cannot breathing
there’s no reason i waste my life for you
ain’t a reason to step aside and let you do
i must go on but can’t hold on
all this blood is spilling from my crying soul
still no reason, for the pain you put me through
many reasons to fake this smile and not tell you
you’re the reason, ain’t a reason
it won’t be a reason to act as you’ve ever done
there’s no reason i waste my life for you
many reasons to fake this smile and not tell you
you’re the reason, ain’t a reason
all this blood is spilling from my dying soul
‘cause this love suffocates me
i’ve been waiting until the day begins
am i dreaming, or livin’ in a dream
and when i try to reach the shore
but if i have to reach the shore
will she try to teach me more
because i cannot reach the shore
leave me swimming in a teardrop ocean
what does she feel, when my heart is going on
back to the day, when she walked out by the door
leaving a world, where she told me i’ll be safe
but i’m not safe
but when she finally found a cure
out of my plans, far from the shore
i burned the pictures, all the memories
i guess i shouldn’t have opened the door
afraid of sunlight, ashes in mouth
i hope that i can breathe, i still can’t fight
and when i try again to reach the shore
i know that you stand there and love me more
this world keeps spinnin’ around me
well it’s time to face the truth
my loneliness so friendly
there were those blank pages full of pain
lucid dream
walking in a dark road
followed by an angel
falling from a ba dream
where everything seems real
standing at the crossroads
i’m running out of breath
lost within this underworld
i cannot wake up
i break the mirror
still can see my face
no way to get out of that place
searching a lost key that can take me off this wasteland
the clock is ticking in my head
i beg this shape, give me a break
but i can’t find the path
that’s leading out of my mind
i’ve nowhere to go
but i can fight somehow
free me from my sins
i’m trapped into my dream
with nowhere to go
but i can fight somehow
teach me how
tell me how
i’ll break those walls that stick my mind
hold me now
leave me now
falling down, down
down in the deep of the night
waiting for a sign to come, i’m so alone
dusk is on its way, i’m going home alone
maybe anything could happen
waiting for a sign, praying for a sign to come
first strike, when everyone thought they had found a cure
all the sadness of the world will wash away my pain
it ain’t a fate, as i’m trapped into a century of tears
while i’m waiting for a sign, praying for this world
will you be there, when the dusk will turn into bad dreams
i can’t find my way, i’m a blindman, i’m lost in the haze
moment’s gone, time to run
i can’t hide myself forever and a day
i must face them, i must fight ‘till the end of the world
as i’m trapped into a century of tears
will you be there, i’m the last man
moment’s gone, time to run
i can’t hide myself forever and a day
i must face them, i must fight them
as i’m trapped into a century of tears
i’m alone so alone, i’m a oldman who’s waiting for a sign
Game over, I'€™m an old soul into this land
With my back against the wall
I could dig but I do not dare
Let the show begins, this life ain'€™t real
I must burn the evidence
Lost and found, there'€™s a whole world within my mind
Chaos in my eyes, have to try but I do not care (I do not dare)
Let the hunt begins, this time it'€™s real
Hope I survive '€˜till the end
Mr twilight'€™s comin'€™
I wake up in my bed, where'€™s the light shinin'€™ over me
Almost touch the void, there'€™s a door leadin'€™out of here
If I cross the line and stand beside you
Will I find my way back home again
I break the mirror, am I conscious, maybe dead
Once again, addicted to the pills
Pull the trigger with this empty gun and fear the consequences
Am I cursed
Mr twilight runs through my head
I'€™m compromised, I'€™m scarred to die
I feel my heartbeat through my hands are tied
I scream out loud, the monster is breathing
I feed him everydays and nights
Will I find my life back home again
Mr twilight'€™s comin'€™
Running, mr twilight runs through my head
Seeking, everybody seeks revenge again
Burning, mr twilight burns out my brain
Turning, I can'€™t reach the turning point again
But I can stop the game, you cannot stop this game
Mr twilight is not a game, no way
Running, mr twilight runs through my head
Seeking, everybody seeks revenge again
Burning, mr twilight burns out my brain
Turning, I can'€™t reach the turning point again
I have to stop this game
You can'€™t stop this game, there'€™s no shame
I entertain you, slave to the machine
A new era has come back in the dark
I robbed your mind, I'€™ll dig your body
What has become of the world we known
Darkened skies, when a storm is gathering
Cities on fire, are we lost into our dreams
Would you try to understand
Hopes and fears, on the wreckage of our wars
Burning battlefields, these dying memories
And when the rain is pouring down
It will not wash our sins away
Maybe one day we'€™ll realize
That we are poisoning this world
I hope it'€™s not too late
Another day for us to justify
Is it time for us to justify
I could drift away
But it'€™s time for us to justify, justify
Wait here now, let'€™s try to figure out
We have messed everything up
We'€™re not alone, but we act as if we were
Nevermore, are we lost into our dreams
Don'€™t look back, it'€™s time to build tomorrow
No way I just want to let you know
Nevermore, innocence is sacrificed
For the money for the fame, and still nobody'€™s fault
And when the rain stops falling down
Will you forgive us for our sins
Are we too blind to see it clear
We are poisoning this world
Maybe it'€™s not too late
Another day for us to justify
Is it time for us to justify
I could drift away
But it'€™s time for us to justify, justify
Another day for us to justify
Is it time for us to justify
I could drift away
Guess it'€™s time for us to justify, justify
Are you ready for a change
Will you learn from your mistakes
People are getting selfish, something never changes
This world's collapsing, it'€™s dying
And as the world is going down
I feel ashamed of what we are
Are we too blind to understand
That we are poisoning our world
Maybe it'€™s not to late
Another day for us to justify
Is it time for us to justify
I could drift away
But it'€™s time for us to justify, justify
Another day for us to justify
Is it time for us to justify
I could drift away
Guess it'€™s time for us to justify, justify
Justify your sin, the world is getting sick