AFR misses Kevin Rudd's resignation EARLY deadlines at The Australian Financial Review have meant the newspaper missed covering the resignation of former prime minister Kevin Rudd even though it broke just after 8pm on Wednesday night. And this was despite The AFRs political correspondent Phillip Coorey reporting his resignation online at 8.29pm and political editor Laura Tingle publishing commentary at 9.41pm. The Australian filed its first report at 8.16pm and it was online soon after.