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Cameron StewartChief International Correspondent

Cameron Stewart is the Chief International Correspondent at The Australian, combining investigative reporting on foreign affairs, defence and national security with feature writing for the Weekend Australian Magazine. He was previously the paper’s Washington Correspondent covering North America from 2017 until early 2021. He was also the New York correspondent during the late 1990s. Cameron is a former winner of the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22 : Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives the thumbs up after the Senate passed a procedural vote for a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are continuing to seek a deal to end the government shutdown, now in day three. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

US votes to end shutdown

US Senate votes to end three-day government shutdown after Republicans pledge to debate a key immigration bill.

Cameron Stewart

The World

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Pro DACA supporters protest outside the Capitol Hill on January 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government is shut down after the Senate failed to pass a resolution to temporarily fund the government through February 16 on January 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Senate inching towards a deal

The US Senate was due to vote early today on a temporary funding bill to reopen the US government.

Cameron Stewart

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POTSDAM, GERMANY - JANUARY 20: Bill Gates attends the official opening of the Barberini Museum on January 20, 2017 in Potsdam, Germany. The Barberini, patronized by billionaire Hasso Plattner, features works by Monet, Renoir and Caillebotte among others. (Photo by Axel Schmidt - Pool/Getty Images)

Gates, Bishop in malaria push

Bill Gates calls on Australia to become the regional champion of a historic drive to eradicate malaria from Asia within 10 years.

Cameron Stewart

The World

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 18, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump speaking about his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on his opponents ahead of a new effort in the bitterly divided US Congress to end a budget impasse before hundreds of thousands of federal workers are forced to start the workweek at home without pay. The impact of the shutdown that began at midnight on January 19, 2018 has been largely limited so far, closing sites like New York's Statue of Liberty, but the effect will start to become acute if the stalemate runs into the start of the following week. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Shutdown enters second day

Donald Trump calls for the “nuclear option’’ to change Senate rules to allow solve the finding impasse that’s shutdown the US government.

Cameron Stewart

US politics

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 20, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump holding a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump marked the first anniversary of his inauguration on January 20, 2017 with his government in shutdown, lashing out at Democrats over the collapse of budget negotiations as lawmakers seek to thrash out a deal. When the clock struck midnight, federal services began to halt or be scaled back in the absence of an agreed spending plan. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Trump Davos trip faces shutdown

Donald Trump’s attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week is in doubt because of the US shutdown.

Cameron Stewart

CommentOpinion

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: A staffer sets up a sign quoting Chuck Schumer for a presser for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Capitol Hill on January 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government is shut down after the Senate failed to pass a resolution to temporarily fund the government through February 16. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Democrats to blame for shutdown

The blame game has started between the warring sides of US politics but make no mistake the shutdown is the Democrats’ doing.

Cameron Stewart

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US President Donald Trump looks at the empty chair of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (L), D-New York, after Schumer cancelled their meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

‘Elect a clown, expect a circus’

Chaos and division grips the US as politicians trade blows over a government shutdown while mass demonstrations erupt in cities.

Cameron Stewart

The World

This picture taken on October 13, 2017, shows a man (R, wearing blue tie) identified by local Hong Kong media as former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee standing in front of a member of security at the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' painting at the Christie's showroom in Hong Kong. US authorities said January 16, 2018 they had arrested a former CIA agent, Hong Kong resident Jerry Chun Shing Lee, after discovering he had an unauthorized notebook that had the identities of undercover US spies. Lee, a naturalized US citizen also known as Zhen Cheng Li, was arrested late Monday after he arrived at JFK International Airport in New York. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE

Mole who fell into a honey trap

Almost eight years ago the CIA noticed that its people on the ground in China were starting to disappear without explanation.

Cameron Stewart

Inquirer

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump dance during the Freedom Ball at the Washington Convention Center January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. The ball is part of the celebrations following Trump's inauguration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

He did it his way

Donald Trump’s behaviour obscures the fact that in just one year, he has achieved more for conservatives than even he expected.

Cameron Stewart

National Affairs

Fwd: New cruise to four Australian wine regions in 3 states - March 2018 - Mini-Suite Upgrade -pr

‘Winners’ in wine dispute

The wine industry has hailed the Turnbull government’s ‘very clear shot across the bow’ to Canada.

Rosie Lewis and Cameron Stewart

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