Removing PMs hardly ever ends well
As Tory MPs appear to descend into a panic of buyers’ remorse over the election of Liz Truss, they would…
Diary
What a difference a few months makes. At the close of last year, all the talk in the United Kingdom…
A golden century
Lord Carrington, who died last week in his hundredth year, witnessed and shaped much of the international politics of the…
Diary
The great moment arrives: my audience with The Queen. Foreign ambassadors are received by Her Majesty with elaborate ceremony, which…
Diary
For the past three weeks, London has been experiencing a glorious early summer: piercing blue skies, long warm evenings, the…
Australian diary
After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…
Australian diary
After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…
Reds in our beds?
John Blaxland and Rhys Crawley’s The Secret Cold War is the third and – at least for the time being…
Australian diary
What a long Parliamentary year it has been. But at last, as the Senate clock approaches midnight on the last…
Australian diary
What a long Parliamentary year it has been. But at last, as the Senate clock approaches midnight on the last…
Unsung hero
Between the defeat of the government of Digby Denham in 1915 and the election of Campbell Newman in 2012, Queensland…
On books and pollies
I am a lover of books. Reading has been one of the great pleasures of my life. In some ways,…
Diary
The last Parliamentary fortnight before the winter recess begins with the focus on national security, amid claims that the Abbott…
Diary
The last Parliamentary fortnight before the winter recess begins with the focus on national security, amid claims that the Abbott…
Diary
The first week of September marks not only the first anniversary of the election of the Abbott Government, but the…
Diary
The first week of September marks not only the first anniversary of the election of the Abbott Government, but the…
Good night, sweet prince
Hamlet Belvoir, Sydney, until 1 December While the actual Prince of Denmark was charming Sydney crowds during his visit to…
Diary
The first time I met Quentin Bryce, I was a scruffy 17-year-old law student decked out in the obligatory undergraduate…
