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.
ScoMo’s Turnaround: Peter Dutton and Stuart Robert ride to the rescue

ScoMo’s Turnaround: Peter Dutton and Stuart Robert ride to the rescue

And so he sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from The Destruction. Then came the season of The ...
Not Gonski yet: ScoMo, schools, tools and the battle for Wentworth

Not Gonski yet: ScoMo, schools, tools and the battle for Wentworth

In The ScoMo-ment Episode II, Scott prevails for another week, consolidating his drive to not become Australia's ...
Will Tim Murray drive a stake through the Liberal heart(land) and win Wentworth

Will Tim Murray drive a stake through the Liberal heart(land) and win Wentworth

Tim Murray: "hit on the arse by a rainbow". The big showdown is on, pre-selection for Malcolm Turnbull's ...
Turnbull’s pro-China lovefest another casualty as Huawei gets the flick

Turnbull’s pro-China lovefest another casualty as Huawei gets the flick

Just two weeks after China watcher, Michael Sainsbury, warned that Turnbull’s pro-China lovefest speech could end ...
Telstra caught in a perfect storm as 5G and the NBN threaten major disruption

Telstra caught in a perfect storm as 5G and the NBN threaten major disruption

Telstra has failed, in the past, to take advantage of its position as the essential core of a networked world. ...
If Huawei gets thumbs down, could Turnbull’s pro-China lovefest end up as a Bandaid?

If Huawei gets thumbs down, could Turnbull’s pro-China lovefest end up as a Bandaid?

Malcolm Turnbull delivered a sometimes gushing pro-China speech at the University of NSW two days ago ...
Sam Chisholm and the sorry state of Australia’s digital media landscape

Sam Chisholm and the sorry state of Australia’s digital media landscape

It was Sam Chisholm's backroom antics which helped cause Telstra's decline and led to the sorry state of ...
Banning Huawei is no good

Banning Huawei is no good

Cyber security and spying is the new game in town. It’s not the equipment vendors that pose the risk, it’s the ...
Crisis Telstra: we’ve seen that movie before

Crisis Telstra: we’ve seen that movie before

Each part of Telstra CEO Andy Penn's dramatic company overhaul – which involves shedding 8,000 jobs and major ...
Tony Abbott and the machinations of the Ramsay Centre imbroglio

Tony Abbott and the machinations of the Ramsay Centre imbroglio

Tony Abbott may have ruined his own dream of running the Ramsay Centre, but he couldn't have done it without the ...
Businesses kowtowing to Beijing is nothing new — ask Qantas

Businesses kowtowing to Beijing is nothing new — ask Qantas

Qantas' recent concession to the Chinese government reminds us that if you want to do business with Beijing, ...
Marty Cohen: the man behind CBA’s sales culture unveiled

Marty Cohen: the man behind CBA’s sales culture unveiled

"Rah-rah-style motivational forums" and a $40 million chit for US consultant Marty Cohen helped to shape the ...
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