Ari Sharp

"I'm leaving, on a jet plane (to Bluesky). Don't know when I'll be back again..." Come join me over on the other platform. arisharp.bsky.social

A fine writer and an even finer man. Like a fair proportion of Melbourne school kids in the 90s, I attended one of his excellent writing seminars. He managed to find some positives in a rather clunky bit of prose I offered. True character. Vale. theguardian.com/books/2024/dec…

To mark 50 years of the Trade and Assistance Review this year, we have produced a short documentary, 'Opening Australia to the World'. 📽️Here's a snippet and watch the full video on our website: bit.ly/3DaKRIn #Auspol #InternationalTrade #AusEcon

Whatever your starting point in the energy wars, you oughta check this out:“The Real Cost of Net Zero”. youtu.be/YbxpieEQ7bc?si…

@HartWexford Consensus at Manuka is that the book features the best literary tribute to Cockington Green in many a year.

It is perfect Being Beaten By India reading

Enjoying some of @HartWexford’s fine work while watching the PM’s XI. Seems appropriate really, given the subject.

Sorry, @crikey_news @sophblack @mrwillhayward, you’ve lost me as a subscriber. Crikey used to be a place that challenged the orthodoxy, but now it just bows down to it. Guy, let me know where you’re writing and I’ll sign up. theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…

You can access the Paradise article, complete with the magnificent photo spread, via Issuu and PDF: issuu.com/businessadvant… airniuginiparadise.com/wp-content/upl…

And for any of you not fortunate enough to be doing so, I have republished the piece on my blog. Check it out and let me know what you think. arisharp.com/2024/10/11/sti…

Last year I had the trip of a lifetime trekking the Kokoda Trail in PNG.

@KarenHardyCT As a regular CT reader I’ll miss your erudite style. As to what comes next, in my experience many organisations value the truth-speaking deadline-adhering nonsense-free style that (ex-)journalists bring to whatever they do.

Just accepted a voluntary redundancy after 35 years with the one company. Journalism has changed so much. Do not regret a day of my career, expect Saturday when I was so cold covering the local AFL grand final I literally found it hard to type. Any advice? #redundancy

Superb “story behind the story” on how doubts in Defence on WMD in Iraq came to light thanks to dogged reporting by ⁦@mforbesforbes⁩. Great listening for those who want to know how the sausage is made. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/up-…

A big intervention in the debate. nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opi…

Few things more important than teaching kids media literacy. Great read by @joe_hinchliffe on the groundbreaking work being done by @brycecorbett. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Great for getting kids off their phones. How about we try it for adults? washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05…

@sirswampthing @AFL Brilliant - though utterly pointless - stat. Can you give us a peek behind the curtain, @sirswampthing? What’s the process by which such a stat comes to you?