Ben Doherty

International Affairs, The Guardian. Australia. Fellow @risj_oxford Oxford University. Opinions - hilarious/insightful/otherwise - my own.

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

Despite the global upheaval caused by the Trump administration, the Australian government is trying to plough on with AUKUS as if Biden was still in charge.

@BenDohertyCorro joins @EmmaShortis to discuss Australia's gamble on the AUKUS submarine deal.

🎧 https://t.co/4IcTsFFsv5

[Monash University Publishing @MonashPub]

Australian Institute of International Affairs event:

Hear from author of The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan Strahan, about what diplomacy really involves, and what his experiences reveal about Australia's place in a rapidly changing world. https://t.co/7y91i9SeeJ

[Monash University Publishing @MonashPub]

This event is open to @aiiansw members and non-members. @Lachie65 @BenDohertyCorro

[Ben Doherty @BenDohertyCorro]

@TheIPA This is not true. This is a serious issue, please don't peddle simplistic mistruths. International Energy Agency: solar power is the cheapest form of energy in human history. US govt: Enough solar power hits the earth every 90 minutes to power the earth for a year. Facts matter.

[Ben Doherty @BenDohertyCorro]

@ellymelly It is totally normal. The majority of people in the world don't speak English. Also worth remembering English is a very recent arrival on this continent.

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

On 11 January 2023 officials drafted a nomination form to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation under Division 102 of the Criminal Code, but the Govt didn’t proceed with the listing. Why? Did they ignore a threat? More to follow! #auspol

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

In Opposition Labor took a stand against modern #slavery and supported my private Senator’s bill to ban imports of goods produced by slave labour. Now in Govt they’re going slow, fearful of upsetting Beijing. One had hoped for better. #Uyghur #auspol https://t.co/p7p09cq3cP

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

A Govt spokesman stated, “selection of any designated zone for high-level waste will be informed by extensive consultation with the community and key stakeholders”. So why is Govt fighting me in the Fed Court to keep selection plans secret? #AUKUS #auspol https://t.co/JBBc5CFDMv

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

I have sadly been forced to take the Australian Govt to the Full Federal Court to fight for Australian high level radioactive waste related documents 🤷‍♂️. 2/2 #FOI #auspol https://t.co/SFEdi84M8U

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

What will happen to #AUKUS sub high level radioactive waste? Neither the US or UK have a permanent storage solution and the Aust Sub Agency are silent on the issue (even thought they told me last month they have 14217 docs that mention the topic). #auspol https://t.co/B99Fv41Dqd

[Ben Doherty @BenDohertyCorro]

@Demonblog It's a fine number. What a list that is. Great to see 46 going around...

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Wonderful reporting here from @BenDohertyCorro and Mike Bowers

[UNSW Kaldor Centre @KaldorCentre]

Meanwhile, away from the @elonmusk & @realDonaldTrump spat, in news from people w/o power... important refugee reporting in @GuardianAus by @BenDohertyCorro in PNG, w/pix by @mpbowers :
“How long do we wait? What will happen to us? We deserve answers.”
https://t.co/VC5sKvUEVl

[AWPR @WarPowersReform]

#auspol @BenDohertyCorro

Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control

Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus

https://t.co/PwByThhxdj

[Ben Doherty @BenDohertyCorro]

@FluoridePoison @DougCameron51 Indeed... Guardian style. Initialisms we capitalise (US, UNCHR): acronyms take an Upper Case first letter, then lower (Nato, Unrwa). Took me a while to adjust, but I think it works. Easier to read? Subtle signal that this is a word to be pronounced, not letters to be sounded out

[Carl Rhodes @ProfCarlRhodes]

I spoke to @GuardianAus’s @BenDohertyCorro about the threat of vigilante billionaires and an increasingly virulent global plutocracy

https://t.co/3dygfy6SvI

[UNSW Kaldor Centre @KaldorCentre]

ICYMI: Australia is responsible for asylum seekers on Nauru, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled late last week. In this @BenDohertyCorro @GuardianAus story (https://t.co/7m9CZXmnb7) about the cases brought by
@AlisonBattisson and by @SarahRACS, @madelinegleeson put it this way:

[Michael Fullilove @mfullilove]

“America is running a high temperature at the moment.”

I spoke with @GuardianAus’s @BenDohertyCorro about what the US presidential election means for the world. https://t.co/qFxRZ8zl3n

[Lauren Martin @ozlozmartin]

Such a raw, personal and powerful piece from my @UNSWLaw @KaldorCentre colleague Sherine Al Shallah @amiranu2ta https://t.co/OMw1MCt8DW

[Jana Favero 🇮🇹⚽️ @janafavero]

The impact of the flawed fast track process is widely documented.

It’s time for #permanentvisasnow

“My hand does not stop shaking .. I am sick, a lot of us are very sick. There is so much pressure. We live on edge the whole time, without family..” https://t.co/14XEMwiUG8