Former Press Gallery journalist, foreign correspondent.
Canberra
Joined April 2010
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What drove the attack on Haines is not known. There is certainly rage and anger among people who feel powerless but few acknowledge that a great cause of feeling powerless is the imbalance between renters and landlords. An issue Labor governments have ignored.
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Now, why would anyone heap cigars and champagne on an Israeli politician widely vilified? And transfer more than a million dollars in cash to his lawyer? Good Q @smh smh.com.au/world/middle-east…
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Israel's election hardly less consequential in some ways for a diasporic Jewish community trapped between its loyalty to the Zionist project and disgust over what Israel has become under the Netanyahu regime. Gifted @nytimes
nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world…
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Slate on the shameful Biden Gaza mess thanks to a morally corrupt circle of close advisers whose inaction coloured the behavior of an Australian government cowed into not speaking up @Slate slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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I cannot wrap my head around the endgame here. If you destroy the planet, crash the global economy, and leave ordinary people too broke to buy anything, what exactly are billionaires planning to do with all that money? Sit in underground bunkers staring at bank balances while the world falls apart? Wealth is only valuable when there's a functioning society around it. So what exactly are they trying to win?
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The disastrous prospect of another four years of Butcher Bibi. A scorching cry of despair from that courageous, brilliant Israeli journalist Gideon Levy.
Opinion | Four more years of Netanyahu will bring Israel to its knees | Gideon Levy haaretz.com/opinion/2026-10-…
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The worst most hateful propaganda started with the campaign against The Voice..
Netanyahu’s security strategy can only succeed when he has either killed or driven away every Palestinian because while ever he continues to use force to achieve his aims there will be young Palestinians who will respond with force. It is a zero sum game and the world knows it.
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Oh dear..talk about alternative reality..I thought Tom Switzer was saner than this.
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If you don't read anything else today, certainly not contributions from unscrupulous players seeking to politicise the issue, access Cathy McGowan on the Helen Haines tragedy for a country for decent people like her @SatPaper thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
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Jenny has been a very long-time dear friend and mentor to me. She's the best of the best. I recommend reading this today.
What wonderful optimism in the face of such shocking news.
From airport queue to sudden diagnosis: Jennifer Hewett on facing brain cancer afr.com/policy/health-and-ed…
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If you do one thing today, listen to this please. Australia cannot stand by and let this happen.
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Mr Netanyahu 'cannot be part of the healing process: it is from Netanyahu that Israel must be healed'. David Horovitz, editor of the Times of Israel has a point @TimesofIsrael
Blistering editorial from the editor of the Times of Israel, calling for Israeli voters to dethrone Benjamin Netanyahu.
Titled: "For Israel's sake, Netanyahu has to go". Ends by saying that Netanyahu cannot heal his nation, when he is the person from whom Israel needs to be healed.
timesofisrael.com/for-israel…
Credlin has worked so hard to be seen as a tough political warrior for the conservative side of politics that she has turned herself into a caricature of a political operative. It is impossible to take her seriously any more.
