Michael Sainsbury

Michael Sainsbury is a former China correspondent who has lived and worked across North, Southeast and South Asia for 11 years. Now based in regional Australia, he has more than 25 years’ experience writing about business, politics and human rights in Australia and the Indo-Pacific. He has worked for News Corp, Fairfax, Nikkei and a range of independent media outlets and has won multiple awards in Australia and Asia for his reporting. He is a fierce believer in the importance of independent media.
Qantas gilds lily on Macau lobsters deal with Triads

Qantas gilds lily on Macau lobsters deal with Triads

"Possibly the most expensive crustaceans in history at roughly $4,000 per lobster". Qantas took a multi-million ...
Crown Resorts board: is Orange the New Black?

Crown Resorts board: is Orange the New Black?

Where does "the buck" stop? When it comes to corporations, the buck stops with the board. This is why directors ...
India’s water crisis: alarm bells for Australia, world economy

India’s water crisis: alarm bells for Australia, world economy

The arrival of monsoon season may not be enough to save India from the grip of a devastating water crisis. At what ...
Chinese frustration with Australia boils over, taking 5G Chinese ban to WTO

Chinese frustration with Australia boils over, taking 5G Chinese ban to WTO

China-Australia relations are going to be a big issue this election, particularly in the light of Beijing taking ...
Scott John Morrison: Where the bloody hell did he come from?

Scott John Morrison: Where the bloody hell did he come from?

It's not every Prime Minister who loses a vote on his government's own legislation. The man who ended an 80-year ...
Four months of fear and prayers: medicine a nation needs to turn to Scott

Four months of fear and prayers: medicine a nation needs to turn to Scott

AUSTRALIA'S SIXTH shortest serving Prime Minister is in a bind. Having streaked past Chris Watson’s 113 days in ...
East Timor’s dangerous mix of gas, revenge politics and Chinese money

East Timor’s dangerous mix of gas, revenge politics and Chinese money

With the Chinese looking to gain an infrastructure funding foothold in East Timor, here is the opportunity for ...
Why the arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou has the world on edge

Why the arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou has the world on edge

The arrest of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou may restart the US-China trade war, but it will just be a headwind of the ...
The Lucky Country: Spoilt for Choice by Second-Raters

The Lucky Country: Spoilt for Choice by Second-Raters

Liberals have a depth of second-rate talent possibly unmatched in Australian parliamentary history
Where the bloody hell is Scott?

Where the bloody hell is Scott?

N'er one to to stand idle verbally, Scott has stepped up his already furious pace, fine-tuned the art of the ...
The Ghosts of Leaders Past

The Ghosts of Leaders Past

It used to be that when you knocked a man’s brains out he would just die, and that would be it. But now they rise ...
Scott’s commercial break

Scott’s commercial break

After four instalments of the Scomo-ment, it’s time for a commercial break. Like other national icons, ...
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