Annual Review – UK in Australia 2017
In the days before social media, 24/7 news and Freedom of Information requests, British Heads of Mission around the world used to pen an “Annual Review” at the tail end of each year. This was an...
View ArticleTen Pound Poms: exploring Melbourne’s museum exhibition
My last weekend started in great style on Friday evening at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum, where I joined hundreds of Melburnians for an evening of 60s and 70s British music, fish and chips and even...
View ArticleHe’s not Sadiq Khan, nor Boris, so who exactly is London’s 690th Lord Mayor?
Alderman Charles Bowman was elected and sworn in as the Lord Mayor of London on 10th November 2017 for the term of one-year. During his tenure the Lord Mayor will represent the City of London, often...
View ArticleWomen in Security
The security world has a diversity problem. The number of women in senior security roles, within government (and beyond) while improving remains stubbornly low. The higher you go the worse it tends to...
View ArticleThe Commonwealth: Passing the baton
This month is all about the Commonwealth. We are on the cusp between the end of the (fantastic) Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, and the start of the Commonwealth Summit (also known as CHOGM –...
View ArticleAustralian courage remembered on 75th anniversary of Dambusters raid
Note: This article originally published in The Australian newspaper on 16th May 2018. This is a year of commemoration. We have just witnessed the poignant 100th anniversary of the battle of...
View ArticleIP Commercialization and Academia Industry linkages
A successful bilateral symposium on Industry-Academia linkages was organised through Newton-Bhabha Fund by the Royal Academy of Engineering with their Indian partners (CIPAM {DIPP}) and Department of...
View ArticleA whale of a story: Talking science with FameLab winner Vanessa Pirotta
It’s not often you get the chance to hear masterclasses on dark matter, heart disease, solar windows and kangaroo breath all in the same evening. This year’s Australian FameLab final had it all – but...
View ArticleWhen there was nothing you could do
Note: this speech was delivered by Brigadier Andrew Harrison as part of the National Sandakan Remembrance Day Wreathlaying Ceremony 2018 at the Australian War Memorial. Last Saturday, a third of the...
View Article100 years, 100 reasons why Armistice matters
Note: This article originally published in The Australian newspaper on 3rd August 2018. In exactly 100 days, the world will pause to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. This historic agreement...
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