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When he emerged as Australia's 30th Prime Minister in 2018, Scott Morrison was not known for his diplomatic credentials and had never made foreign policy a big feature of his political career. Yet he has presided over one of the most consequential periods in Australia's international relations: from a recalibration of ties with China, Australia's primary trade partner, to the announcement of the AUKUS agreement. In this episode, Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program Sam Roggeveen speaks to journalist and political commentator Paul Kelly about the factors and influences that have shaped Scott Morrison's approach to foreign policy, which are detailed in Kelly's new Lowy Institute Paper, Morrison's Mission: How a Beginner Reshaped Australian foreign policy. Paul Kelly is Editor-at-Large at The Australian. He writes on politics, public policy and international relations and is a former Editor-in-Chief at the paper. He has written or co-authored 12 books on Australian politics and history including The End of Certainty (1992) on the politics and economic reforms of the Hawke-Keating era, The March of Patriots (2009), offering a re-interpretation of the Keating and Howard prime ministerships, and Triumph and Demise (2014), an account of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd era. Morrison's Mission follows his 2006 book for the Lowy Institute on John Howard's foreign policy, Howard's Decade.
When he emerged as Australia's 30th Prime Minister in 2018, Scott Morrison was not known for his diplomatic credentials and had never made foreign policy a big feature of his political career. Yet he has presided over one of the most consequential periods in Australia's international relations: from a recalibration of ties with China, Australia's primary trade partner, to the announcement of the AUKUS agreement. In this episode, Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program Sam Roggeveen speaks to journalist and political commentator Paul Kelly about the factors and influences that have shaped Scott Morrison's approach to foreign policy, which are detailed in Kelly's new Lowy Institute Paper, Morrison's Mission: How a Beginner Reshaped Australian foreign policy.Paul Kelly is Editor-at-Large at The Australian. He writes on politics, public policy and international relations and is a former Editor-in-Chief at the paper. He has written or co-authored 12 books on Australian politics and history including The End of Certainty (1992) on the politics and economic reforms of the Hawke-Keating era, The March of Patriots (2009), offering a re-interpretation of the Keating and Howard prime ministerships, and Triumph and Demise (2014), an account of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd era. Morrison's Mission follows his 2006 book for the Lowy Institute on John Howard's foreign policy, Howard's Decade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The official campaign post-mortem has been completed by Jay Weatherill and Craig Emerson, but will it set a new trajectory for Labor or simply mark another lost election? Katharine Murphy sits down with Weatherill to discuss the findings of the ‘warts-and-all’ review. Was Bill Shorten found untrustworthy by voters? Will the party continue to be overshadowed by the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years? How will they combat disinformation in the future?
Eliza surprises Geraldine with a declaration of love for her new city. It’s only taken nine months. But Eliza has finally got past the chaos and misery of Beirut to fall for its beauty, charm and fascinating history. It’s a relationship she was never able to build during her previous posting to Jakarta, Indonesia. In the final days before the election the women discuss the possibility of a new Labor Government and the legacy of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years. They talk books before Geraldine rushes off to the Opera House to watch Jonathan Biggins being Paul Keating. Ronnie Chatah Walking Tour of Beirut https://www.bebeirut.org/walk.html Mohamad Chatah murdered https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mohamad-chatah-lebanons-man-of-dialogue-is-murdered-in-beirut-9027578.html Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack Saudi Oil Facilities https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/world/middleeast/saudi-oil-attack.html The NYT Daily Podcast: John Bolton’s Plan for Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/podcasts/the-daily/bolton-iran-nuclear-deal.html Hotel Mumbai - movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5461944/ Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know – Colm Toibin https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mad-Bad-Dangerous-to-Know/Colm-Toibin/9781476785172 The President in Missing – James Patterson & Bill Clinton https://www.amazon.com/President-Missing-Novel-James-Patterson/dp/0316412694 Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian Civil War – Marwam Hisham https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Gun-Memoir-Syrian-War/dp/0399590625 Inside Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/world/middleeast/syria-torture-prisons.html?fbclid=IwAR1BryXMyYJbqWRe9H3GJFbV8Xpfm6gr87rTh0tWeY99u-GArtzUZkwx7SA The Gospel According to Paul https://www.artsontour.com.au/tours/gospel-according-paul/ Keating on Dutton – ABC Radio https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-14/paul-keating-peter-dutton-political-stake-through-dark-heart/11110814
Jamila Rizvi is a writer, commentator, former Labor staffer and political junkie. She was raised in Canberra by her immigrant public service parents, joined the Labor Party at 18 and has worked for the Rudd and Gillard governments. In this frank and funny chat, Jamila reflects on her political pragmatism, the "Labor tragedy" that was the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd years and what her passionate exchange with Steve Price on The Project revealed to her about trolls, debate and PC. The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd First Contact series 2 starts Tuesday November 29th on SBS jamilarizvi.com.au @jamilarizvi Jamila's writing on Mamamia Jamila's writing on news.com.au change.org petition: Call for The Project to apologise to Steve Price live on air A message to Steve Price and his supporters: grow up and get over it by Clementine Ford Cause of the Week: CARE Australia (care.org.au)
'Albanese: Telling it Straight' is Karen Middleton's new biography of Anthony Albanese. Through interviews with more than 70 friends, relatives, colleagues, associates and adversaries, and more than 40 interviews with Albanese himself, respected political journalist Karen Middleton has gained unprecedented insight into the man behind the politician; a beloved son brought-up with a strong sense of social justice, a political activist with a firebrand reputation; a charismatic young leader; an independent thinker who antagonized both the soft-left and the right of his own party; a strategist with a remarkable memory and an uncanny knack for numbers. Middleton charts the trajectory of Albanese's political career detailing the student shenanigans and factional power-plays of his rise through Young Labor; the influence of his mentor, Tom Uren; the manoeuvring ahead of his preselection - and eventual election - as Member for Grayndler in Sydney's inner west; his years in Opposition, and finally, the role he played in the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd leadership spills. But above all, it is the deeply moving story of one man's search for answers to the universal questions of identity and belonging. Middleton reveals family secrets as Albanese, until his teenage years, believed his mother had been widowed before his birth. This is the story - revealed for the first time - of the random events and extraordinary coincidences that finally led to an emotional family reunion. Middleton will also reflect on the complexities of writing a biography when the subject is still active in public life. Karen Middleton is Chief Political Correspondent for The Saturday Paper. Karen has worked in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1989 and previously, she was Chief Political Correspondent for SBS Television. Karen appears on ABC TV's political talk show Insidersand is a contributor to ABC radio, Monocle24 Radio UK and Radio New Zealand. Alex Sloan is the host of the Afternoons program on 666 ABC Canberra.
As a veteran of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years, former treasurer Wayne Swan is a politician with a great deal of experience with parliamentary instability. With the outcome of the election still uncertain, Swan tells Michelle Grattan Labor should approach the next period ahead in a very positive way. “We put [forward] a comprehensive agenda for inclusive growth. What you saw at this election was the defeat of the Abbott-Turnbull agenda of trickle-down economics,” he says. Swan says Malcolm Turnbull's authority has been “shattered” and that he will find it very hard to assert any authority in his partyroom. “His glass jaw-shattering speech after midnight on election night I think effectively ended his authority not just in his party but I think in the country.” Swan says he wants to continue to speak about issues he is passionate about from the position of a backbencher rather than from the shadow cabinet. “I want to use my time as treasurer to add to critical national debates and speak about them in a much more open way than I would otherwise if I had some form of executive responsibility,” he says.