August 2023
How big business busted a lobbying bureaucracy
The founding CEO of the Business Council of Australia explains how the lobby group was created 40 years ago, and its influence on public policy.
October 2022
Labor must tell a good story on climate
The Hawke and Keating governments created a reforming narrative of banana republic turned clever country. Anthony Albanese could do the same with the climate revolution.
April 2021
The executions behind Andrew Peacock’s Cambodia crusade
The late politician’s principled stand against murderous dictator Pol Pot in the late 1970s would forever change the way Australia deals with foreign regimes.
Andrew Peacock: the glamorous achiever
He may have been dubbed a show pony and the Colt from Kooyong, but Andrew Peacock proved over 40 years in public life that he was an original, and a highly effective minister and diplomat.
Peacock, but no ghost
Unlike some of those who actually made it to The Lodge, Andrew Peacock was never haunted by his “failure” to achieve what once seemed to be his destiny.
Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock dies
The former Australian foreign minister, who twice led the Liberal Party, has died in the United States at the age of 82.
May 2020
Former top diplomat reveals what Asia really thinks about us
Former ambassador and high commissioner John McCarthy holds strong opinions on the state of Australia's 'extraordinarily ill-considered' foreign policy.