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Life update: I'm now based in Melbourne as a freelance journalist 🇦🇺💻📻
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statem…
From a US defence official:
'The Department is reviewing AUKUS as part of ensuring that this initiative of the previous Administration is aligned with the President’s America First agenda. '
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It's been nearly a year since I set off on the Camino de Santiago.
800km in 44 days.
Beyond quest-like anecdotes, putting the entire experience into words is tricky but I thought it was time I gave it a go.
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A large blaze that engulfed a synagogue in Glen Eira, Melbourne, is being treated as suspicious by police.
The City of Glen Eira is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in Victoria with 25,585 people.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
A lot of reaction from community leaders and politicians including from PM @AlboMP
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Wrote for @thetimes about @J_L_Partners 🇺🇸 election call, that Iowa poll and the women that Harris that didn’t win
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Australian and UK governments will be pivoting their approach to relations, particularly with AUKUS keystone in their "special relationships"
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch calls on Sir Keir Starmer to apologise for Foreign Secretary David Lammy's previous comments about President-Elect Donald Trump.
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.@crikey_news also had reports of Kevin Rudd preemptively working the room at the Republican convention
crikey.com.au/2024/07/18/kev…
On his end, David Lammy has already put in the work with a "charm offensive".
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"We're going to help our country heal, we have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly"
Donald Trump addresses his supporters as he stands on the cusp of election victory
Follow US election results live: bbc.in/3YC9wNh
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We’ve just gone behind the scenes of ballot processing in Maricopa County, Arizona.
There’s also webcams running 24/7 to show the world there’s no tampering with postal votes as they are received and stored.
It’s designed to assuage claims of election denialism.
Democracy day with @charliepick
He's hosting a USA Votes special on ABC Radio Melbourne, hopping across the US.
Tune in to hear from trusted voices like: @rameswaram @antjuansea @MaryAnnaMancuso @CarolynVOA @dlippman @Sarakshi
abc.net.au/listen/live/melbo…
Shout out to @StephenJ_Caruso who managed to speak to us from Pennsylvania despite his car breaking down 15 minutes before coming to air
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UK exit polls: bing bong, here’s the prime minister
US exit polls: is it better to be loved or feared? Give your answer to the nearest cubit
I read Unleashed for @crikey_news so you didn't have to.
"Over its nearly 800 pages, Boris Johnson often repeats the mantra that, yes, the former prime minister made a few “blunders”, but actually he was right all along."
"A political memoir is ego and gossip shrouded with a glossy headshot, and Boris Johnson’s new memoir Unleashed is a perfect example," writes @caitlinlpowell. crikey.com.au/2024/10/14/bor…
Reporting yesterday from Melbourne CBD:
A small group with Hezbollah flags - some holding what appeared to be framed photos of the terror group's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah - joined the Melbourne event as speeches ended and people began to march.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
"Ain't no party like the Reform Party" - Nigel Farage, 2024
Thrilled to be back writing for @crikey_news about the madness of party conferences in the UK.
It’s officially party conference season in the UK, conventions that sit somewhere between political cult gatherings and corporate getaways, writes @CaitlinLPowell. crikey.com.au/2024/09/23/nig…
