Steve Waterson is a senior writer at The Australian. He studied Spanish and French at Oxford University, where he obtained a BA (Hons) and MA, before beginning his journalism career. He reported for various British newspapers, including London’s Evening Standard and the Sunday Times, then joined The Australian in 1993, where he worked as a columnist and senior editor before moving to TIME magazine three years later. He was editor of TIME’s Australian and New Zealand editions until 2009, when he rejoined The Australian. He is a former editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and executive features editor of the paper.