FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Amy remeikis - Caught on Camera

Blame John Howard for our housing and migration woes, says Amy Remeikis – but is he due some credit too?

Almost exactly 30 years ago, John Howard ended Labor’s 13 years of federal government. He sent then prime minister Paul Keating packing – along with his vision of a culturally renovated Australia that reconciled with Indigenous Australians, became a republic, and learned to live comfortably and productively with Asia.

The Conversation · Feb 27

Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah

Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9

Australia’s election will show if PM Anthony Albanese has won back voters

Australians will decide if they want to give Labor another chance as local and global issues weigh on voters’ minds.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2025

Morning Mail: Houthi missile hits US ship, Cairns watch house ‘inhumane’, De Minaur through in Open

Fears of escalation in Middle East crisis; young people facing ‘horrendous’ conditions in Queensland lockup; Australian Open action heats up

The Guardian - AU · Jan 15, 2024

Through heartbreak, joy and Covid, a 2,450-day Snapchat streak sustained our friendship across the globe

For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and US – many prosaic but each whispering: I love you

The Guardian - AU · Jan 15, 2024

Amy Remeikis: ‘The MP called and said “You have turned the town of Texas on its head”’

When the political reporter wrote a love letter to Queensland country shows, she accidentally set off a war within the Country Women’s Association

The Guardian - AU · Jan 4, 2024

Australians told ‘do not travel’ to Lebanon – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023

Dutton accuses Albanese of misrepresenting Yunupingu comments – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2023

Afternoon Update: Asio urges all parties to tone it down on Middle East; UN staff among those killed in Gaza; and factchecking voice misinformation

Security agency says it has seen direct connections between inflamed language and inflamed community tensions

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

Morning Mail: Albanese’s vow to Jewish community, Gaza power failure, Cheng Lei’s joyous homecoming

The prime minister says ‘hateful prejudice’ has no place in Australia, and committed to keep Australian Jews safe

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023