Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax

<p>Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/03/australia-politics-live-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-liberal-coalition-nationals-rba-interest-rates-decision-cost-of-living-leadership-spill-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A former UK Labour minister supported a campaign to undermine the Rudd Labor government’s proposed mining super profits tax in Australia, a document published in the latest tranche of the Epstein files reveals.</p><p>Lord Peter Mandelson, once one of British Labour’s most powerful figures, was sacked last year as the UK’s ambassador to the US over his links with the disgraced financier, rapist and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-files-peter-mandelson-kevin-rudd-mining-super-profits-tax">Continue reading...</a>

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