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Editor on the @Guardian's foreign desk in Sydney. Formerly: Senior Indonesia correspondent @Reuters.

Sydney, Australia
Joined December 2009
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*** Some personal news: Thrilled to report that I have taken up a new position working as an editor on the Guardian's foreign desk in Sydney!! First day today!
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“In the past, actors always had to respect democracy and the rules of the elections and the rights of opponents in parliament. None of that exists now,” he says. “Prabowo has a free hand. And so it’s very ugly and very unpredictable, volatile.”
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AB is a new blockchain network that recently partnered with the Trump family’s crypto firm. But an investigation by OCCRP and Guardian Australia found that one of the projects AB has promoted — a proposed crypto technology resort in Southeast Asia — involved people sanctioned by the U.S. last year for ties to the Prince Group, an alleged multi-billion dollar fraud syndicate. Read more: occrp.org/en/investigation/p…
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When April 2/3 becomes April Fool's Day. Just sickening. Trump's Reciprocal tariffs hit Southeast Asia countries hard, especially poorer countries. Cambodia (49%), Laos (48%), Myanmar (44%) Vietnam (46%), Indonesia (32%), Malaysia (24%), Philippines (17%) & Singapore (10%)
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“Some of the supplies of aid, well most of it, was not given to the people who need it. In some areas in Mandalay the aid did not arrive. The aid was confiscated by the military junta." theguardian.com/world/2025/a…
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Apocalyptic scenes from Mandalay, MM. Only seeing small snippets of what is happening, given minimal internet or electricity. Supplies of food and water running scarce. Lack of machinery or govt support to find people under buildings. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MyanmarEarthquake
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“We cannot and should not stay silent. We know what this appointment means. It means more platforms for anti-vaxxers and less funding for vaccines and health programmes,” said Samoa’s director general of health. “It must be treated as a threat to our health security.”
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This is quite the exchange between the leader and leader-to-be of the world's two most populous presidential democracies . Trump tells Prabowo "your English is so good" and Prabowo replies: "Yes sir, all my training is American."
Glad to be connected directly with President Elect @realDonaldTrump to extend my heartfelt congratulations on his election as the 47th President of the United States. I am looking forward to enhance the collaboration between our two great nations and to more productive discussions in the future.
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