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Sebastian Strangio is a journalist and author focusing on Southeast Asia. Since 2008, his reporting from across the region has appeared in more than 30 leading publications in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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Posts tagged "John Howard"

A Step Backwards?

Looks like ALP campaign manager Tim Gartrell is out for more Liberal blood. He didn’t waste any time getting this website up, skewering newly-elected opposition leader Brendan Nelson’s positions on education, workplace reform and climate change. After Saturday’s rout, the new Liberal skipper is in for a rough ride. Here is Nelson on nuclear power:...

Federal Election ’07

Fireworks were set off in the street as John Howard mounted the podium for the last time, the ABC telecast symbolically interrupting Peter Costello’s own smirk-filled victory speech. But after Saturday night’s ‘Ruddslide’ even the treasurer’s smirk, that island in the sea of change that is Australian politics, is no more. With Liberal MPs falling...