Gareth Evans

2 weeks ago | stockportcounty.com | Gareth Evans

County swapped the familiar environs of Cheshire for faraway Devon – but happily made the long schlep home afterwards with all three points, thanks to an early Kyle Wootton brace, on a gloriously sunny Saturday at Exeter.

3 weeks ago | stockportcounty.com | Gareth Evans

County proved themselves to be nobody’s fools, as they marked the first day of April with a fine three-goal victory under the Edgeley Park lights against mid-table Stevenage. Jayden Fevrier’s first goal in more than six months gave the Hatters the lead midway through a cagey first half – before Kyle Wootton, shortly following the interval, scored against one of his former clubs, and Jack Diamond added a third to make the points safe.

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Gareth Evans

Less America. More Self-Reliance. More Asia. More Global Engagement. Since the first Trump administration I have been arguing that these are the guiding principles best calculated to protect and advance Australia’s national interests in the conduct of our international relations.

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Gareth Evans

China is an authoritarian state, and an increasingly assertive one. But there are ways of expressing our concern that are not counterproductive to our national interests. Anti-China sentiment is careering out of control in Australia, and its time to press the pause button. Fast. China is an authoritarian state, and an increasingly assertive one, and there are many grounds for concern about its recent behaviour, both externally and internally.

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Gareth Evans

Bruce Grant, who died in August at the great age of 97, made an extraordinary contribution, as a writer and thinker, to Australias understanding of itself as a nation, and our place in the world. His richly well-lived life with its multiple incarnations as journalist, author, university lecturer, diplomat and ministerial adviser was commemorated at a memorial event in Melbourne this month, at which I offered this tribute. Bruce was a complex and multi-faceted character.