Diary Australia

US Diary

29 July 2017 9:00 am

It was a somewhat surreal experience to be standing with my partner and two children in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square,…

Myanmar diary

22 July 2017 9:00 am

From time to time, a political leader embodies the past, present and future of their nation. Such is Aung San…

Warsaw Diary

24 June 2017 9:00 am

When one first lands in Warsaw, it’s easy to dismiss the prevailing Soviet realist architecture. The endless blocks of flats…

Bermuda diary

10 June 2017 9:00 am

Want to stop the world and get off? Try spending some time on a yacht with extremely limited communications racing…

Taiwan diary

3 June 2017 9:00 am

First impressions are telling. When I first visited Taipei 25 years ago, the roads were crowded with bicycles. A decade…

Moroccan diary

27 May 2017 9:00 am

‘I will call this a KKK meeting’, he announced, triumphantly. Perhaps seeing my bewilderment, my garrulous Moroccan host pointed to…

Venice diary

20 May 2017 9:00 am

The Biennale The Venice Biennale has been a rite of every second spring since 1895. The oldest biennial art fair…

New York diary

22 April 2017 9:00 am

The Brexit symposium I am here in New York City thanks to New York University, and in particular to the…

Pollie pedal diary

22 April 2017 9:00 am

It is a 550 km drive from Albury to Sydney along the Hume Freeway. Travelling at 110 kph, you can…

Terrorism diary

14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Tommy Robinson, Caolan Robertson and I were filming in a Chelsea studio for Rebel Media. We were recording videos about…

Australian Diary

18 March 2017 9:00 am

Last week, I was on a Brexit road show with the UK Euro-parliamentarian Dan Hannan. Hannan, who has written superbly…

Australian diary

18 February 2017 9:00 am

After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…

DC diary

18 February 2017 9:00 am

The Trump presidency is less than 48 hours old as I wing my way from Los Angeles to Washington DC,…

DC diary

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

The Trump presidency is less than 48 hours old as I wing my way from Los Angeles to Washington DC,…

Australian diary

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…

Roman diary

28 January 2017 9:00 am

I sat down with my father at a supposedly authentic Roman trattoria, anticipating a gluttonous, gluten-rich payload. Two Irish women…

Roman diary

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

I sat down with my father at a supposedly authentic Roman trattoria, anticipating a gluttonous, gluten-rich payload. Two Irish women…

Diary

14 January 2017 9:00 am

My two sons, aged 16 and 14, are at the wonderful stage where, in the sharp-humoured traditions of Australian larrikinism,…

Java diary

7 January 2017 9:00 am

Outdoors, Jakarta’s heat and humidity were oppressive. Inside the 6th World Peace Forum (WPF), most delegates were in heated agreement…

Java diary

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Outdoors, Jakarta’s heat and humidity were oppressive. Inside the 6th World Peace Forum (WPF), most delegates were in heated agreement…

Beijing diary

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Standing next to the large lobby Christmas tree in ‘Sunjoy Mansion’ where the Australian has its modest office in Beijing,…

Beijing diary

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Standing next to the large lobby Christmas tree in ‘Sunjoy Mansion’ where the Australian has its modest office in Beijing,…

Christmas diary

10 December 2016 9:00 am

I couldn’t ask for a present this Christmas. First, what’s left for a conservative to wish for after this astonishing…

Christmas diary

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

I couldn’t ask for a present this Christmas. First, what’s left for a conservative to wish for after this astonishing…

European diary

3 December 2016 9:00 am

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