Diary Australia

Intern’s diary

15 January 2015 2:00 pm

Four months in Washington D.C., interning on Capitol Hill sounded pretty good to a kid who was addicted to The…

Holiday diary

10 January 2015 9:00 am

Holidays are a time to abandon the comfort zone and try new things. So when my mate Adam Brereton, an…

Holiday diary

8 January 2015 2:00 pm

Holidays are a time to abandon the comfort zone and try new things. So when my mate Adam Brereton, an…

Lima diary

3 January 2015 9:00 am

Peru is a delight to the senses, from its fusion of ancient native and European, principally Spanish, cultures. This is…

Lima diary

1 January 2015 2:00 pm

Peru is a delight to the senses, from its fusion of ancient native and European, principally Spanish, cultures. This is…

Diary

13 December 2014 9:00 am

I’ve been to Kirribilli House only twice. John Howard had little time for the Melbourne media, and I suspect did…

Diary

11 December 2014 3:00 pm

I’ve been to Kirribilli House only twice. John Howard had little time for the Melbourne media, and I suspect did…

Islamic diary

6 December 2014 9:00 am

Australia originally appeared to me in the form of a boyfriend. A fellow student brought him home one evening without…

Australian diary

29 November 2014 9:00 am

The Israeli’s and I didn’t get off to the best start. Maybe they just didn’t like the cut of my…

Australian diary

27 November 2014 3:00 pm

The Israeli’s and I didn’t get off to the best start. Maybe they just didn’t like the cut of my…

Indian diary

22 November 2014 9:00 am

Not your usual welcome. The duty manager at New Delhi’s Taj Palace Hotel greets me on arrival. Two sari-clad and…

Indian diary

20 November 2014 3:00 pm

Not your usual welcome. The duty manager at New Delhi’s Taj Palace Hotel greets me on arrival. Two sari-clad and…

Australian Diary

15 November 2014 9:00 am

‘Australia – love it and leave it’ says my t-shirt. The good news is that kindly sponsors are flying me…

Australian Diary

13 November 2014 3:00 pm

‘Australia – love it and leave it’ says my t-shirt. The good news is that kindly sponsors are flying me…

Medical diary

8 November 2014 9:00 am

Among the delusions I use to warm myself in the bleak midwinter, channeling Dr Who is not one. But as…

Medical diary

6 November 2014 3:00 pm

Among the delusions I use to warm myself in the bleak midwinter, channeling Dr Who is not one. But as…

Diary

1 November 2014 9:00 am

The last week in parliament has been the political equivalent of a burger with the lot. The PM’s whistle-stop tour…

Diary

30 October 2014 3:00 pm

The last week in parliament has been the political equivalent of a burger with the lot. The PM’s whistle-stop tour…

Diary

25 October 2014 9:00 am

I am an atheist, not one of those leftie agro ones. I respect people who have faith; I just don’t…

Diary

23 October 2014 2:00 pm

I am an atheist, not one of those leftie agro ones. I respect people who have faith; I just don’t…

Austro-Sino diary

11 October 2014 9:00 am

Austria is one of those nations which is known by everybody, but visited by few. Though considered to be within…

Diary Australia

4 October 2014 9:00 am

Riding to work just seems obvious from this range: an easy 15 minutes from Fitzroy to the Southbank home of…

Diary Australia

2 October 2014 1:00 pm

Riding to work just seems obvious from this range: an easy 15 minutes from Fitzroy to the Southbank home of…

Diary Australia

27 September 2014 9:00 am

Every three years in New Zealand, incumbent politicians must hit the campaign trail. Since 2008, I have chased votes in…

Diary Australia

25 September 2014 1:00 pm

Every three years in New Zealand, incumbent politicians must hit the campaign trail. Since 2008, I have chased votes in…