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Jamie Walker is a senior staff writer, based in Brisbane, who covers national affairs, politics, technology and special interest issues. He is a former Europe correspondent (1999-2001) and Middle East correspondent (2015-16) for The Australian, and earlier in his career wrote for The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. He has held a range of other senior positions on the paper including Victoria Editor and ran domestic bureaux in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide; he is also a former assistant editor of The Courier-Mail. He has won numerous journalism awards in Australia and overseas, and is the author of a biography of the late former Queensland premier, Wayne Goss. In addition to contributing regularly for the news and Inquirer sections, he is a staff writer for The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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Mining & Energy

SA reviews Santos cap

PREMIER Mike Rann has fuelled expectations that South Australia is preparing to lift its long-standing shareholding cap on energy producer Santos.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Last chance to stop psychiatrists’ walkout

THE PEAK body for psychiatrists in Australia has weighed into an industrial dispute in South Australia, warning that the state’s mental health system will be “irreversibly damaged” if psychiatrists follow through with a threat to resign en-masse.

Andrew McGarry and Jamie Walker

The Nation

Surgeons fined for operating closed shop

TWO of the country’s top heart surgeons have admitted breaching competition law by attempting to blackball one colleague from private practice and enticing another into a “no-compete” agreement.

Jeremy Roberts and Jamie Walker

The Nation

Physical checks played down

INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Mal Brough last night shied away from detailing whether children in troubled Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory would be routinely examined for signs of sexual abuse.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Pedophiles may face customary law

A FRESH investigation into child sex abuse on closed Aboriginal lands will explore whether customary law should be used against pedophiles.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Obstetrician turns to substitute for RU486

A BRISBANE obstetrician, denied access to the abortion pill RU486 by federal regulators, is performing an average of one drug-induced termination a week without it.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Doctors’ use of RU486 delayed

DOCTORS are agitating to use the controversial abortion pill RU486 later during pregnancies despite strong indications that the national drugs regulator has slammed the brakes on its rollout.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Amanda a hard act to follow, says Mary Jo

THE woman chosen by the South Australian Liberal Party to take Rome-bound Amanda Vanstone’s seat in the Senate isn’t keen on comparisons being drawn between them just yet.

Jamie Walker

The Nation

Hicks home to a chilly reception

IF David Hicks expected the welcome mat to be rolled out when he finally made it home yesterday, it wasn’t to be. The reception was frostier than the wintry morning he dropped into. Video: Hicks returns

Jamie Walker and Verity Edwards

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