Geoff Kitney
![Geoff Kitney](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/pictures/158141-geoff_kitney_size_two.jpg)
Biography
Publications
Geoff Kitney is a journalist who has covered Australia politics for more than 25 years and spent almost 10 years working as a foreign correspondent in Europe.
![The battle for a Covid vaccine risks losing the “war”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1199129371%20copy.jpg?itok=UWrsKlVN)
The battle for a Covid vaccine risks losing the “war”
A quest to find the “magic bullet” is drawing dangerous political lines. Without cooperation, nobody wins.
![The many prescriptions for isolation](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1213406745%20copy.jpg?itok=ZYH1-AC6)
The many prescriptions for isolation
There may be only one way to slow the virus spread, but every country is coming up with its own interpretation.
![A question of faith: future Coalition foreign policy under Morrison](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1128808579.jpg?itok=CZualL8j)
A question of faith: future Coalition foreign policy under Morrison
If he wins the Australian election, Scott Morrison's evangelical Christian faith may influence foreign policy.
![Kevin Rudd’s script in defence of multilateralism](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/630152.jpg?itok=PEojRR_C)
Kevin Rudd’s script in defence of multilateralism
Rudd’s time as PM covered great global upheaval, and his entreaty for the world to stop and think is worth noting.
![An empty chair vs the risk of a crazy Trump crony](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-926317866-mini.jpg?itok=zZ2koFeX)
An empty chair vs the risk of a crazy Trump crony
A politically stupid choice as next US Ambassador to Australia would hurt public confidence in the relationship.
![Politics and policy meet in new Home Affairs Department](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Dutton.jpg?itok=0C96-1xF)
Politics and policy meet in new Home Affairs Department
The Dutton appointment has given an element of domestic political intrigue to the Prime Minister’s announcement.
![US-style Homeland Security: Back on Australia’s agenda?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/20170302ran8118679_251.t58c21771.m2048.x530cf0dc.jpg?itok=YcVC-xqA)
US-style Homeland Security: Back on Australia’s agenda?
There are some ideas in politics that turn a lot of laps before they find favour. Few have done the distance that a super national security department has.
![Spycatcher revisited](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/cropped%20turnbull-min.jpg?itok=4UrvRQu1)
Spycatcher revisited
More than 30 years after the Spycatcher case, espionage is back on Prime Minister Turnbull’s agenda – albeit in an utterly different form.
![Gillard and Clinton: The pull of an old friendship](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Clinton_gillard_crop_two.jpg?itok=1qy93XYn)
Gillard and Clinton: The pull of an old friendship
Clinton is said to have been impressed, in the time that Gillard was Australian Prime Minister, with her toughness on policy issues.
Pagination