Always interesting that US tariff salvos not impacting Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, all of whom trading with Russia and Russian wealth. Trump may be picking on India only because Delhi disagreeing with his claim of bringing India and Pakistan to a ceasefire.

Very big statement from New Delhi. Keen to hear reactions from my India-based colleague Baker & York and peers in Jakarta this later today

Here in Indonesia for the Jakarta Futures Forum with ORF representing Baker & York. I’ll moderate a panel on digital infrastructure tomorrow. Thanks Samir Saran for inviting me to be here.

ASEAN is ‘a’ centre, not ‘the’ centre in the Indo Pacific - Ashok Malik at the #Jakartafuturesforum tonight

#JakartaFuturesForum2025 | The DPI Dividend: Catalysing Innovation for the Global South We are tweeting the key takeaways from the session with Arvind Gupta, Vikram Sinha, Koshy T, Mallory Knodel, Sixit Bhattaa & Dr Erin Watson Follow the thread for more updates!

Australia’s Governor General Sam Mostyn is in Sri Lanka.

How the #Global #AI Race Is Reshaping #Power and #Politics? Matthias Kloth, Vahe Andonians, Silvana Lopez, Stephanie Diepeveen & Dr Erin Watson explore the depths of this new era of politicised #technology at the #YerevanDialogue2025 youtu.be/BHqxbNGkoPk

Trump with all the world leaders sitting around his desk is the best photo of 2025.

Weeps in Australian

"Sanctions on India" ... I was deeply involved in the last phase of the civil nuclear deal in 2008. Let's just say that if U.S. officials don't understand why references to "sanctions," much less actual sanctions, are neuralgic for Delhi, they had best learn some history quick.

Good day to be a Fremantle Dockers supporter behind enemy lines among the Western Bulldogs members 😈

This is such a crazy development. Australia Post suspends most postal services to the United States because of The Tariffs (as they shall now be known). abc.net.au/news/2025-08-2…

For years now the Iranian-Australian community and other victims of the IRGC, including myself, have been literally screaming at rallies, to our local MPs, in parliamentary consultations and in reports to the national security hotline that Iranian agents are operating brazenly

In a world of mostly shitty news I was truly delighted to wake up to see Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged - a love story that unfolded in front of our eyes! I’m truly happy for these people I’ve never met.

I know it's all about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce right now but this is one of the most well timed sports photographs I've ever seen 📸Ray Giubilo

"Across Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Officeworks chains, sales growth in Victoria lags the rest of the country. But there’s one exception. The only area we’re seeing stronger growth in Victoria is the sale of home security products within Bunnings. It’s quite a sad statistic to

I bet Stephen (now High Commissioner to the UK) didn’t have Political Style Icon on his bingo card

Most men don't wear cummerbunds, regardless of nationality or class, because black tie is pretty archaic at this point. Jeff Bezos wore the wrong waist covering at his wedding. But many Aussies still know how to dress. Some stylish clients of the Melbourne company Trunk Tailors:

Connectivity. Trade. Ports. Shipping 🌊 The wait is over! Registrations for “Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue” are open 📍 Mumbai | 🗓️ Oct 27–29, 2025 Join policymakers, industry, scholars & civil society, chart the future of our oceans app.orfonline.co.in/Registration/78

What a moment Fremantle Dockers ⚓️ #AFLFreoSuns