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Thrilled to be at the Australian book industry awards where The Forever War is up for non-fiction book of the year. And honored to be on shortlist of great authors.

ABC Saturday Extra - Gaza war with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert; an American pope - Scott Stephens ABC Religion&Ethics; Indo-Pakistan - Michael Kugelman; historical roots of Donald Trump - Sarah Churchwell; Australian election fallout Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social Jane Norman abc.net.au/listen/program…

Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest. smh.com.au/national/spook…

From Donald Trump we get ‘the weave.’ From Peter Dutton we got the unraveling. Voters rejected Americanisation and carried out a collective act of Australianisation.

A packed Saturday Extra - Donald Trump with Thomas Friedman; Middle East Randa Slim; the mushroom case with @thomashayes, a local reporter covering his first trial; Oz politics with two historians Judith Brett and Frank Bongiorno Eurovision Paul Jordan abc.net.au/listen/program…

NYT Columnist Thomas Friedman on Donald Trump - a conversation that got the Saturday Extra text line buzzing abc.net.au/listen/program…

“Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. Please don’t let us drive drunk.” Tom Friedman’s advice for Australia and presumably every close US ally.

Donald Trump and America's forever war - great to join @emmashortis again on her 50th podcast having appeared on her inaugural edition. It's a terrific podcast, and it's good to see it thriving Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-bette…

A packed Satruday Extra - Gaza with Arwa Damon; mental health in Indigenous communites Dr Tracy Westerman AM; China a family history Edward Wong; Oz politics Anna Henderson Tom Switzer; 50th anniversary of Jaws with Jenny He. abc.net.au/listen/program… .

Brilliant to be able to chat with Nick Bryant from ABCs Saturday Extra about the incredible #ChangeDirection Indigenous suicide prevention campaign that’s capturing the nation. Please visit changedirection.com.au to learn more and DONATE to this incredible cause.

An important conversation about teen mental health in Indigenous communities with Dr Tracy Westerman AM and a brilliant new campaign to combat it, abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

Always love doing the Sydney Writers Festival - at this session on Trump with Emma Shortis Barrie Cassidy Peter Beinart #swf #theforeverwar

You barely notice any more the Chrysler Building on Manhattan's overly congested skyline, which is a crying shame. How long will it be before the Empire State gets crowded out?

For people in the UK, a petition to get parliament to debate how to better help people with Parkinson’s. Certainly it’s a subject dear to my family’s heart. Please share widely. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7137…

A packed Saturday Extra - Ukraine with Anne Applebaum; Harvard fallout in Australia - Nobel laureate Brian P Schmidt; Apple in China Patrick McGee; Shangri-La Dialogue Susannah Patton; Avian art and her last things - Leila Jeffreys abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

A packed Saturday Extra - Ukraine with Anne Applebaum; Harvard fallout in Australia - Nobel laureate Brian P Schmidt; Apple in China Patrick McGee; Shangri-La Dialogue Susannah Patton; Avian art and her last things - Leila Jeffreys - with working link abc.net.au/listen/program…

Villa beat them #justsaying But what a side #PSG #ChampionsLeague

Don’t underestimate Ukraine’s ability to prosecute this war was a key takeaway from this interview on Saturday Extra with ⁦Anne Applebaum⁩ - based on her recent reporting trip there, she certainly shifted my thinking about the conflict. abc.net.au/listen/program…

It’s a year since The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself was published. Huge thanks to all those who have read it, listened to it or watched me blather on about it. The book is the 250 year backstory of Donald Trump. 📷 Hugh Stewart