http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/adam-baidawi/ Adam Baidawi is a Melbourne-based writer and photographer. His interviews and photographs featuring the likes of Lily Allen, Katy Perry, Empire of the Sun, The Temper Trap and Powderfinger have been published internationally in publications like The Age, mX, PAPER (US), PopEater (US) and Dazed and Confused (UK). At 18, he was the head editor of Queenslands long-running music street press Tsunami. In 2009, he made an appearance on MTV as a judge of the UncharTED competition. He has covered fashion weeks onsite in three cities, as well as reporting from the red carpet and backstage at the ARIA Awards. He currently manages AUS/UK rock act, Buchanan. Adam tweets @ads_b. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wont-someone-please-think-of-the-African-children/ Neuroscientists have found that over 80 per cent of calories that newborns ingest fuel their brains. The colossal statistic accounts for how rapidly the young brain grows and develops. It paints us a new picture of malnutrition. It tells us that babies caught up in the developing famine in East Africa will almost certainly suffer starvation-induced damage that will have long-term developmental effects on their minds. Babies are arriving in field hospitals in Dadaab, Kenya, too weak to cry. Many weigh a third of what they should. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Baidawi) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wont-someone-please-think-of-the-African-children/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wont-someone-please-think-of-the-African-children/#item6557 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:45:36 +0000 Adam Baidawi | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kanye-at-coachella-a-beautiful-dark-fantastic-comeback/ Yesterday afternoon, Kanye West put an emphatic punctuation mark on one of the most rapturous comebacks the music industry has ever seen. Performing to in excess of 100,000 spectators at the Coachella Festival—and millions more worldwide, thanks to a generous and remarkable live YouTube stream—West’s finale was as fantastical as it was endearing.  Though West often describes himself as a designer—of music, of fashion, of aesthetic—yesterday he proved himself, more than anything, a curator. A man of impossibly varied influence and complexities. And he couldn’t have crafted a more grandiose stage to celebrate the completion of a fascinating, awkward, gritty metamorphosis. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Baidawi) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kanye-at-coachella-a-beautiful-dark-fantastic-comeback/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kanye-at-coachella-a-beautiful-dark-fantastic-comeback/#item5668 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:59:08 +0000 Adam Baidawi | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/back-off-haters-biebers-got-talent/ I respect Justin Bieber. Not begrudgingly respect—no, no, no. Plain, vanilla, true, deep respect. The kid’s good. I can acknowledge this. There is no doubting that the immense Bieber whinging permeating through the (adult) world of social media is vastly unfounded. Of course, such facts won’t bother those who’ve gleefully ingested the Haterade. One has to wonder if we’ve just become more adept at smugness for smugness’ sake - because it’s definitely not the music industry that’s changed. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Baidawi) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/back-off-haters-biebers-got-talent/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/back-off-haters-biebers-got-talent/#item5495 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:54:04 +0000 Adam Baidawi | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-considered-rebuttal-from-a-pies-fan-go-and-get-stuffed/ Collingwood are into a Grand Final. If you’re a Collingwood supporter, read that line again, and let it sink in. If you’re not a Collingwood supporter, read that line again, and suck it up.  The lot of you have grown more obnoxious and annoying than anything our supporters could dish up. Nearly 40,000 people have joined some nonsense Facebook event: “The Day Collingwood Choke”. Their M.O.? “Collingwood are shit and we hate you.” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Baidawi) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-considered-rebuttal-from-a-pies-fan-go-and-get-stuffed/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-considered-rebuttal-from-a-pies-fan-go-and-get-stuffed/#item4096 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:55:08 +0000 Adam Baidawi | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Kanye-West-bypasses-press-by-going-berserk-on-Twitter/ Kayne West is unabashed. It’s why I like the guy, and it’s why many others don’t. He’s the only superstar capable of the kind of outburst the world witnessed at last year’s MTV Music Video Awards — when he leapt onto the stage and announced that Beyoncé Knowles should have won Best Female Video mid-way through Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech — an outburst that also bestowed on him the title of being the only superstar who can claim he’s been called a jack-ass by the president. Now, after the most damaging period of his career, West has attempted to resurrect his public image using Twitter. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Adam Baidawi) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Kanye-West-bypasses-press-by-going-berserk-on-Twitter/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Kanye-West-bypasses-press-by-going-berserk-on-Twitter/#item4012 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:45:56 +0000 Adam Baidawi | Author bios | The Punch