Australian Perspective
AUSMIN 2014: What are we getting ourselves into?
Here's The Australian's Greg Sheridan on this week's AUSMIN talks:
...the two governments committed to establish a working group on integrating their efforts on ballistic…
Great Australian foreign policy speeches: Howard on 9/11 and the US alliance
Michael Fullilove began our series on great speeches about Australia's place in the world with a selection of ten speeches, here and here. Graeme Dobell's first pick in this…
Fighting Islamist terrorism: Communities the key
There is an obvious connection between what is happening in Iraq at the moment and the Abbott Government's announcement last week of new measures to fight terrorism at home.
A…
At AUSMIN 2014, let's talk about naval force posture
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrives in Sydney, 11 August 2014. (Department of Defence.)
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel touched down in Sydney today for the annual…
Commentary
Books that changed me
Books that changed meMichael FulliloveThe Sydney Morning Herald10 August 2014Please click here for the online text.Michael Fullilove
Credit rating agencies must do better
Standard and Poors' credit ratings. (Wikipedia.)
Foreign investors learn about the Australian economy from a variety of sources, but the credit rating agencies (CRAs) have a…
Ten speeches on Australia's place in the world (part 2)
Part 1 of this series reviewed great speeches on Australia's place in the world, from Federation to Vietnam. In this post, I look at the period from Vietnam to Malaysia Airlines…
Ten speeches on Australia's place in the world (part 1)
As readers of The Interpreter may have heard, I've just launched a revised second edition of Men and Women of Australia! Our Greatest Modern Speeches.
Most of the speeches in…
Inside a consular crisis
There will be many people in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) right now who are not getting enough sleep. The conflict in the Middle East involving Israel and…
Radio Australia cuts hurt the Pacific and Australia
Pacific Island leaders will meet at the annual Pacific Islands Forum meeting next week in Palau. Prime Minister Abbott has cancelled his travel plans in order to focus on the…