A recent poll has shown that crossbenchers will continue to hold the balance of power in the Senate after the next Federal election. That...

This week I was honoured to join a panel discussion on the challenges of managing geopolitical risks in an increasingly uncertain and...

Former Liberal Party leader, foreign minister and Ambassador to the United States The Hon. Andrew Peacock AC GCL passed away in Austin,...

In my more than 30 years career it has never ceased amazing me how many companies let a bad situation get worse by failing to engage a...

I cannot help but be amused by the furore surrounding MinterEllison’s CEO Annette Kimmit’s apology to the law firm’s staff for the “pain...

It’s that time of year again – when the previous financial year’s political donations are published by the Federal Electoral Commission,...

So far polls coming out of the US suggest that Democrat candidate Joe Biden will win this year's presidential election hands down. But...

Since two Australian journalists fled China earlier this week after being called in for questioning by the country's state security...

I was asked today by a journalist at the South China Morning Post for my thoughts on the proposed new foreign deals legislation that is...

It is always nice to be proven right, even if that proof comes nearly four years later. Back in 2016 - on 18 October 2016 to be precise -...

I was asked by the South China Morning Post whether Foreign Minister Marise Payne's remarks during her joint press conference with US...

According to today’s Australian Financial Review, Australia is coming under pressure to “join an international coalition of countries to...

I was pleased to be involved in the development of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC)'s report on inbound tourism from China,...

Everyone seemed to be expecting a Kennedy in Berlin moment in the lead up to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “safe haven” visa...

Much of the discussion at China’s annual Lianghui (or “Two Sessions” as it is known in English) last week went unreported by the Western...

As I've been saying for sometime, Australia needs to "press the re-set button" on the bilateral relationship with China. I made the point...

As readers of this blog know, I have long been concerned that the "megaphone" approach to diplomacy taken by many of our politicians has...

Yesterday afternoon I was interviewed by Kylie Merritt and David Koch on Ausbiz TV's The Pulse. I was invited to speak about the folly of...

An article I penned for the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter blog on the Australian government's calls for an independent international...

An opinion piece I co-authored was quoted in an article published by the Griffith Asia Insights blog: "The battle begins for the shape of...