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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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spy fearsWorld

Emese Fajk has turned up in Ukraine where she claims to work as a communications director.

Ukraine alert over Block bid reneger

A member of Ukraine’s parliament has directed the country’s security agency to investigate alleged ‘international con woman’ Emese Abigail Fajk.

Nicholas Jensen

streamingReview

Matthew Macfadyen as John Stonehouse. (Joss Barratt/ITV)

Stonehouse affair stranger than fiction

The story of a British Labour MP who faked his own death only to be found living at Melbourne’s Flinders Street station shows the truth has a funny way of catching up.

Nicholas Jensen

obesityPolitics

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 9, 2014 shows various soda bottles on display at a supermarket in Paris. In a report to be unveiled on June 22, 2016, French lawmakers are suggesting to overtax sugary drinks to offset the suppression of other small taxes on food products, in the name of the simplification of the tax system, but also for public health reasons. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

Doctors step up calls for tax on fizzy drinks

The nation’s peak medical body has reignited calls for a sugar tax to combat spiralling obesity rates.

Nicholas Jensen

healthMedical

Kids living in 'extra clean' homes are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma.

Gas groups challenge report’s asthma alert

The country’s leading gas organisations have questioned fresh research by Asthma Australia claiming gas cooktops pose as much risk to household occupants as second-hand smoking.

Nicholas Jensen

The Australian’s Australian of the YearNation

Portraits of of Sean Turnell at Barangaroo enjoying life outside prison. Picture - Chris Pavlich for The Australian

Brave coup survivor who stood up to tyranny

In the two months since his release, Sean Turnell had expected all manner of mental demons and nightmares to visit him — but they never came.

Nicholas Jensen

Politics

Executive Director, Australian Association ofPsychologists. Picture supplied by Tegan Carrison.

Fear of psychologists’ exodus after cut back

The nation’s peak psychologist body says slashing Medicare’s subsidised mental health sessions has forced clinicians to consider leaving the profession.

Nicholas Jensen

Nation

Library’s treasured Trove short of funds

National Library boss Marie-Louise Ayres has warned the future of its digital archive, Trove, remains uncertain without government funding beyond July.

Nicholas Jensen

PODCASTSReview

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. A painting by Francis Hayman. National Portrait Gallery.

Empires strike back: charging through centuries of murky history

In Empire, listeners are not presented with a stiff ledger of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ or a rap sheet of historical injustices to ponder – it’s left to them to consider.

Nicholas Jensen

Summer CookbookNation

6/1/23: Writer Anna Funder at her home in Glebe. Anna is a contributor to The Australian's summer cookbook. John Feder/The Australian.

Recipe cooks up memories of mum – and a hearty feed

Anna Funder has cooked the meal a hundred times before, but she can never quite remember how to make minestrone soup without her mother’s recipe in front of her.

Nicholas Jensen

The Australian’s Australian of the YearPolitics

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong attends a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Parliament House in Canberra on October 18, 2022. (Photo by LUKAS COCH / POOL / AFP)

A true Australian working for all Australians

After she has undertaken diplomatic visits to 24 countries since Labor’s election victory in May, no one could question Penny Wong’s work ethic, talent and commitment.

Nicholas Jensen

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