Inside Story

National affairs Rows and kowtows with Kevin Rudd Mark Baker 27 October 2025 The ambassador proves easy prey for hacks in the hunt for headlines Essays & reportage The fall of the myth of Singapore Mark Baker 4 April 2025 A new book revives the debate about the behaviour of Australian troops in 1942 International One country, one system Mark Baker 22 November 2024 Once again Britain stands by while China breaches the two countries’ agreement on Hong Kong National affairs “What do you have to do to get the VC?” Mark Baker 12 November 2024 Fifty-six years later, a soldier finally receives his Victoria Cross. Was it all a matter of timing?

Books & arts Unfriendly fire Mark Baker 12 July 2023 Two new books go behind the scenes with the reporters who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s actions in Afghanistan National affairs Murder he wrote Mark Baker 2 June 2023 Ben Roberts-Smith might be the author of his own fall, but the implications extend to the highest levels of military decision-making International Anwar closes the circle Mark Baker 25 November 2022 Heir apparent in the 1990s, Anwar Ibrahim has finally taken Malaysia’s top job National affairs Last posts Mark Baker 11 November 2022 While the Australian War Memorial lavishes $500 million on its controversial extension, wartime service records go undigitised

International How about tomorrow? Mark Baker 1 March 2021 Michael Somare, who died this week, took up the vision for Papua New Guinean independence and ran with it Essays & reportage Double-edged sword Mark Baker 23 June 2020 Recipients of the Victoria Cross are expected to lead exemplary lives. What happens when one of them doesn’t? Essays & reportage “Don’t ever expect anything from me” Mark Baker 27 April 2020 How Malcolm Turnbull turned himself into an international figure From the archive “My God, it would have been easier than I thought” Mark Baker 24 April 2020 The Gallipoli campaign wasn’t the pointless disaster of Anzac mythology