Whatever happened to Australian tennis?
Following the elimination of Lleyton Hewitt and a couple of compatriots in the first round of this year's Wimbledon, there is no Australian man in the second round of the men's singles. This is the...
View ArticleJulia Gillard on modern misogyny in Australia
In parliament on Tuesday, Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, launched into a lacerating tirade against the leader of the opposition, accusing him of misogyny and hypocrisy. Continue reading »
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View from Australia: Abbott’s “innocent comments”
Opposition leader Tony Abbott with his two daughers (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Earlier this year Australia’s prime minister couldn’t catch a break. From the Australia Day “riot” to the scandal that...
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Desperate remedies for Australia’s Labor party
Julia Gillard addresses parliament (Getty) Just a couple of days ago, Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former communications chief, tweeted that he had met Julia Gillard and that the then Australian...
View ArticleSmart Reads July 15, 2013
♦ The ‘Vicar of Baghdad’ talks to the FT about dividing his time between the UK and Iraq. ♦ Edward Snowden has managed to stir up “the biggest bout of anti-Americanism since the Iraq war.” ♦ Edward...
View ArticleSmart Reads September 16, 2013
By David Gallerano ♦ Edward Luce argues that Lawrence Summers has done everyone a favour by taking himself out of the running to be the next Fed chair. ♦ Alec Russell interviews Nobel Peace laureate...
View ArticleSmart Reads February 11, 2014
The United Arab Emirates is hoping to deliver public services using drones. Mitochondrial replacement was developed in the UK, but it might be lost to the US because of government procrastination....
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Australia media sink teeth into Packer punch up
Media wars have regularly made great front page news down under, but Australia’s latest dust-up has been more personal than corporate. James Packer, son of the late media magnate Kerry, and his old...
View ArticleStrewth! Australia takes centre stage at Eurovision
Russian Babushki have invited Europeans to a “Party for Everyone”, four Swedes found their “Waterloo”, British airline attendants camped it up when “Flying the Flag”, and a girl band from the Former...
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Britain and Australia seek common ground in Asia
Satellite image of man-made islands in the South China Sea This week I have had the pleasure of escaping from Europe’s obsession with the Greek crisis and travelling to Sydney for the Australia-UK Asia...
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Turnbull’s Australia and shifting alliances in Asia
Australian politics is so cut-throat and brutal that it is easy to treat it simply as a spectator sport – without much wider international significance. But that would be a mistake. The fall of Tony...
View ArticleFT column: Why Australia’s luck may be running out
By Gideon Rachman Australians of a nervous disposition should probably avoid reading the Chinese press and social media at the moment. A combination of tensions over the South China Sea and the...
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