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Alan Fewster

A former journalist with the Fairfax and Murdoch presses, Alan Fewster joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1989, serving in Port Moresby and Harare. He is the author of Capital Correspondent: The Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles 1936–37 (Ginninderra Press, 2002); Trusty and Well Beloved: A Life of Keith Officer, Australia’s First Diplomat (Miegunyah Press, 2009), and The Bracegirdle Incident (Arcadia, 2013). He is currently working on a biography of Sir Keith Waller.

Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 8 February 2018 Extract | Posted to Chungking in 1941, Keith Waller found his allies almost as challenging as the enemy
Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 25 May 2015 ASIO’s ambivalence about Manning Clark might not have incited a diplomatic training incident, but Clark’s response was uncompromising Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 1 August 2014 Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes Alan Fewster Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 14 January 2014 As the Cold War intensified in the mid fifties, Australia saw a special role for itself in disseminating information and propaganda in Southeast Asia, writes Alan Fewster Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 2 September 2013 A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft diplomacy” program