Caitlin Powell

Life update: I'm now based in Melbourne as a freelance journalist 🇦🇺💻📻 If you want regular updates on the big stories going on here, subscribe to my weekly substack - Notes from Down Under: caitlinpowell.substack.com

@StuartMcCarthy_ Stuart, Caitlin Powell here from Daily Mail. I would love to chat with you regarding this - if you might be able to email me at Caitlin.Powell@dailymail.com.au

AFP media release outlining the charges. Sola is notably absent. afp.gov.au/news-centre/me…

Going to be very interesting to see if the charges/allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith include the Sola killings, given #auspol Julia Gillard (then PM), Stephen Smith (then MINDEF) and David Hurley (then CDF) were publicly informed of these alleged crimes by the President of Afghanistan within 48 hours. 9news.com.au/national/aust-…

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/st…

From a US defence official: 'The Department is reviewing AUKUS as part of ensuring that this initiative of the previous Administration is aligned with the President’s America First agenda. ' dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

It's been nearly a year since I set off on the Camino de Santiago. 800km in 44 days. Beyond quest-like anecdotes, putting the entire experience into words is tricky but I thought it was time I gave it a go. caitlinpowell.substack.com/p/footnotes-a-…

@AlboMP Yumi Friedman was in the building when the synagogue it was set on fire

A lot of reaction from community leaders and politicians including from PM @AlboMP

A large blaze that engulfed a synagogue in Glen Eira, Melbourne, is being treated as suspicious by police. The City of Glen Eira is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in Victoria with 25,585 people. canberratimes.com.au/story/8839385/…

Wrote for @thetimes about @J_L_Partners 🇺🇸 election call, that Iowa poll and the women that Harris that didn’t win thetimes.com/article/851189…

On his end, David Lammy has already put in the work with a "charm offensive". ft.com/content/2f23d9…

.@crikey_news also had reports of Kevin Rudd preemptively working the room at the Republican convention crikey.com.au/2024/07/18/kev…

Australian and UK governments will be pivoting their approach to relations, particularly with AUKUS keystone in their "special relationships"

"We're going to help our country heal, we have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly" Donald Trump addresses his supporters as he stands on the cusp of election victory Follow US election results live: bbc.in/3YC9wNh

We’ve just gone behind the scenes of ballot processing in Maricopa County, Arizona. There’s also webcams running 24/7 to show the world there’s no tampering with postal votes as they are received and stored. It’s designed to assuage claims of election denialism.

@charliepick @rameswaram @antjuansea @MaryAnnaMancuso @CarolynVOA @dlippman @Sarakshi Shout out to @StephenJ_Caruso who managed to speak to us from Pennsylvania despite his car breaking down 15 minutes before coming to air

Democracy day with @charliepick He's hosting a USA Votes special on ABC Radio Melbourne, hopping across the US. Tune in to hear from trusted voices like: @rameswaram @antjuansea @MaryAnnaMancuso @CarolynVOA @dlippman @Sarakshi abc.net.au/listen/live/me…

UK exit polls: bing bong, here’s the prime minister US exit polls: is it better to be loved or feared? Give your answer to the nearest cubit

I read Unleashed for @crikey_news so you didn't have to. "Over its nearly 800 pages, Boris Johnson often repeats the mantra that, yes, the former prime minister made a few “blunders”, but actually he was right all along."

Reporting yesterday from Melbourne CBD: A small group with Hezbollah flags - some holding what appeared to be framed photos of the terror group's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah - joined the Melbourne event as speeches ended and people began to march. canberratimes.com.au/story/8777297/…