About the author Graeme Dobell is a journalist fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. He has reported on Australian and international politics, foreign affairs and defence and the Asia Pacific since 1975.
‘Not always diplomatic: an Australian woman’s journey through international affairs’ March 24, 2021 By Graeme Dobell Careers Making a program on the emerging feminine side of Oz diplomacy 33 years ago, 60 Minutes is interviewing one of those women, Sue Boyd, Australia’s high commissioner
The big beast that is the Defence Department September 30, 2019 By Graeme Dobell Defence All Australian governments come to office with a deep admiration for the Oz military and some apprehension about the Department of Defence. Politicians embrace the
Lukewarm, tepid, chilly? Australia's foreign policy temperature August 15, 2017 By Graeme Dobell Features The snow on the Brindabella Range was icing Canberra’s wind as I slipped into Old Parliament House to take the temperature of Oz international policy
The power of a public servant: Dennis Richardson May 1, 2017 By Graeme Dobell Features Like the World War One 9.2-inch siege howitzer, Dennis Richardson has been a mobile weapon, deployed across many fields of battle, able to deliver a
Mind the rise — and ever rise — of ministerial advisers February 24, 2016 By Graeme Dobell Features Minder (noun): Body guard; staffer working for a politician/minister. Derived from London West End slang for a muscle man who protects a criminal or shady
