Diary Australia

Australian diary

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

In the pretty medieval city of Wroclaw one highlight is the pierogis – the fat, soggy dumplings Poland is famous…

Australian Diary

26 November 2016 9:00 am

A warm muggy November evening in Canberra is threatening rain. At the National Library of Australia, a stone’s throw from…

Australian Diary

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

A warm muggy November evening in Canberra is threatening rain. At the National Library of Australia, a stone’s throw from…

Australian diary

19 November 2016 9:00 am

Hoots of derision greeted me when I began predicting at the beginning of the year that Donald Trump would win…

Australian diary

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

Hoots of derision greeted me when I began predicting at the beginning of the year that Donald Trump would win…

Diary

5 November 2016 9:00 am

Like most Aussies, I don’t rate Canberra high on my To Do List, but for it I will say this:…

Diary

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

Like most Aussies, I don’t rate Canberra high on my To Do List, but for it I will say this:…

Q&A diary

29 October 2016 9:00 am

Spring returned to Sydney for the long weekend, just in time for me to spend three days incarcerated indoors packing…

Q&A diary

27 October 2016 2:00 pm

Spring returned to Sydney for the long weekend, just in time for me to spend three days incarcerated indoors packing…

UK Diary

15 October 2016 9:00 am

Not all words are equal. People who speak or write for a living are more aware than most that some…

UK Diary

13 October 2016 2:00 pm

Not all words are equal. People who speak or write for a living are more aware than most that some…

Riot Woy’s war diary

8 October 2016 9:00 am

It seems just a mere few weeks ago that I was toasting a crumpet in the prefects’ room at St…

Diary

8 October 2016 9:00 am

I arrive at Melbourne airport for my midnight flight with an unfortunately timed cold. My lack of sleep after Canberra’s…

Diary

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

I arrive at Melbourne airport for my midnight flight with an unfortunately timed cold. My lack of sleep after Canberra’s…

Diary of a parliamentary nobody

1 October 2016 9:00 am

Upon debut as a columnist some explanatory notes are surely in order. Like the American columnist George F. Will I…

Diary of a parliamentary nobody

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

Upon debut as a columnist some explanatory notes are surely in order. Like the American columnist George F. Will I…

Diary

3 September 2016 9:00 am

As I was leaving the sweaty Q&A set at the Docklands Studios in Melbourne, a lefty dweeb in the audience…

Diary

1 September 2016 1:00 pm

As I was leaving the sweaty Q&A set at the Docklands Studios in Melbourne, a lefty dweeb in the audience…

Australian diary

27 August 2016 9:00 am

It is always a pleasure to catch up socially with Tony Abbott whose steadfast friendship I have enjoyed for over…

Australian diary

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

It is always a pleasure to catch up socially with Tony Abbott whose steadfast friendship I have enjoyed for over…

Australian diary

12 August 2016 11:00 pm

It is census night and what a controversial thing this census is turning out to be. The twitter feed is…

Australian diary

11 August 2016 1:00 pm

It is census night and what a controversial thing this census is turning out to be. The twitter feed is…

Diary

6 August 2016 9:00 am

I have just one week in London, exchanging the harsh Perth winter for the UK’s summer evenings. I am surprised…

Diary

4 August 2016 1:00 pm

I have just one week in London, exchanging the harsh Perth winter for the UK’s summer evenings. I am surprised…

Australian diary

23 July 2016 9:00 am

Boarding QF1 three days after the federal election with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s shredded Liberals still pondering his bizarre election…