Pressure on Kevin Rudd over Olympics steps up a level

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Pressure on Kevin Rudd to boycott the Olympic Opening Ceremony stepped up today with former Olympic champion, Dawn Fraser, announcing her decision not to attend. Australian organisations GetUp and The Australia Tibet Council are trying to get the P-M to ask China to abandon the planned Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay, saying it would only add fuel to the already bright political fire in the country.

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