Diary Australia

New kid’s diary

2 April 2016 9:00 am

One of the advantages of filling a casual vacancy in the Senate is the short lead time between being chosen…

New kid’s diary

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

One of the advantages of filling a casual vacancy in the Senate is the short lead time between being chosen…

Stop the presses!

26 March 2016 9:00 am

For seasoned consumers of Australian media, watching what are surely the last chapters of Fairfax as we know it be…

Stop the presses!

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

For seasoned consumers of Australian media, watching what are surely the last chapters of Fairfax as we know it be…

Indonesian diary

19 March 2016 9:00 am

On a flight to Indonesia, I am seized by trepidation. In a previous life my flights north were often rushed…

Indonesian diary

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

On a flight to Indonesia, I am seized by trepidation. In a previous life my flights north were often rushed…

Roman Diary

12 March 2016 9:00 am

I love Rome. I love how the old is woven into the new, so the ruins of some dead medieval…

Roman Diary

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

I love Rome. I love how the old is woven into the new, so the ruins of some dead medieval…

Pink ball diary

30 January 2016 9:00 am

As a lover of cricket and history, the chance to witness the first-ever day-night Test match was something I was…

Pink ball diary

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

As a lover of cricket and history, the chance to witness the first-ever day-night Test match was something I was…

Australian diary

23 January 2016 9:00 am

‘We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.’ As ever, Oscar Wilde was right. Block…

Australian diary

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

‘We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.’ As ever, Oscar Wilde was right. Block…

Australian diary

16 January 2016 9:00 am

The final sitting week of parliament before Christmas is, well, very Christmassy. Drinks, lunches and dinners are happening everywhere. Meanwhile,…

Australian diary

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

The final sitting week of parliament before Christmas is, well, very Christmassy. Drinks, lunches and dinners are happening everywhere. Meanwhile,…

Australian diary

9 January 2016 9:00 am

What a long Parliamentary year it has been. But at last, as the Senate clock approaches midnight on the last…

Australian diary

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

What a long Parliamentary year it has been. But at last, as the Senate clock approaches midnight on the last…

Australian diary

2 January 2016 9:00 am

The Paris climate conference venue is a sight to behold. Over 40,000 people crowd into the temporary venue created using…

Australian diary

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

The Paris climate conference venue is a sight to behold. Over 40,000 people crowd into the temporary venue created using…

Australian diary

12 December 2015 9:00 am

Turnbull the blackbird has been obsessing me, stealing what’s not his. He’s hovering by a nest right outside my study…

Australian diary

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

Turnbull the blackbird has been obsessing me, stealing what’s not his. He’s hovering by a nest right outside my study…

Australian diary

5 December 2015 9:00 am

It is not often that I feel sorry for a politician however Bill Leak’s portrait of Bill Shorten as a…

Australian diary

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

It is not often that I feel sorry for a politician however Bill Leak’s portrait of Bill Shorten as a…

Migration diary

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Two days after the Paris attacks I arrive in Vienna for a United Nations meeting on human trafficking. Every one…

Migration diary

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Two days after the Paris attacks I arrive in Vienna for a United Nations meeting on human trafficking. Every one…

Paris diary

21 November 2015 9:00 am

Earlier in the week I’d been in London, Oxford, Dublin and Brussels for a series of meetings and speaking commitments.…