Diary Australia

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…

Dishlicker’s diary

21 July 2016 1:00 pm

Mr Tom, pet greyhound of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-96), shared a bed with her lover, the colossal…

Australian diary

21 July 2016 1:00 pm

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

Cuban diary

16 July 2016 9:00 am

‘Vas bien Fidel’ (going well Fidel) are the words emblazoned across a government building facing the Revolution Square in Havana.…

Cuban diary

14 July 2016 1:00 pm

‘Vas bien Fidel’ (going well Fidel) are the words emblazoned across a government building facing the Revolution Square in Havana.…

Election diary

9 July 2016 9:00 am

As a first time candidate in a volatile election, with a member retiring after 43 years, I was keen to…

Soaking wet at Songkran

9 July 2016 9:00 am

Songkran is not the best time of year to be a correspondent in Pattaya. It’s not that the story you’re…

Soaking wet at Songkran

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

Songkran is not the best time of year to be a correspondent in Pattaya. It’s not that the story you’re…

Election diary

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

As a first time candidate in a volatile election, with a member retiring after 43 years, I was keen to…

Australian diary

2 July 2016 9:00 am

I’m reminded annually when I’ve nothing to wear on St Patricks Day that green is not my colour. Also during…

Australian diary

30 June 2016 1:00 pm

I’m reminded annually when I’ve nothing to wear on St Patricks Day that green is not my colour. Also during…

Campaign diary

18 June 2016 9:00 am

I am encouraged to read my Senate colleague David Leyonhjelm’s Campaign Notes describing his party’s growing support. My experience has…

Campaign diary

16 June 2016 1:00 pm

I am encouraged to read my Senate colleague David Leyonhjelm’s Campaign Notes describing his party’s growing support. My experience has…

Diary

11 June 2016 9:00 am

Around the world in 280 hours for work. Jules Verne would have been proud of me. In Britain, I arrived…

Australian diary

28 May 2016 9:00 am

April 2012. News Limited newshound Steve Lewis and I are hustling to a meeting at the ABC’s headquarters in Ultimo.…

Australian diary

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

April 2012. News Limited newshound Steve Lewis and I are hustling to a meeting at the ABC’s headquarters in Ultimo.…

Australian diary

21 May 2016 9:00 am

I landed back into Canberra at the end of Budget week after a month travelling the Mediterranean with my mother,…

Australian diary

19 May 2016 1:00 pm

I landed back into Canberra at the end of Budget week after a month travelling the Mediterranean with my mother,…

Diary (Part II)

7 May 2016 9:00 am

On the day I left Australia after an enjoyable month at the Centre for Independent Studies, the Guardian newspaper (which…

Diary (Part II)

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

On the day I left Australia after an enjoyable month at the Centre for Independent Studies, the Guardian newspaper (which…

Campus diary

23 April 2016 9:00 am

I have always firmly believed that the role of a university is to foster scholarly pursuits. To those who have…

Campus diary

21 April 2016 1:00 pm

I have always firmly believed that the role of a university is to foster scholarly pursuits. To those who have…

Diary

16 April 2016 9:00 am

On arrival in Sydney for a stint with the Centre for Independent Studies, I am ensconced in the bourgeois bohemia…

Diary

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

On arrival in Sydney for a stint with the Centre for Independent Studies, I am ensconced in the bourgeois bohemia…

Lost in the bush diary

9 April 2016 9:00 am

Not too much should be made of my enforced overnight under the stars, halfway down the western slope of Mt…