http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/joshua-frydenberg/ Josh Frydenberg, 38, is the Liberal Party’s endorsed candidate for the Federal seat of Kooyong, in Melbourne. Josh has an LLB (Hons) and BEc (Hons) from Monash University, a Masters in International Relations (MPhil) from Oxford University where he attended on a Commonwealth Scholarship and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government. He was also a Director of Global Banking at one of the world’s leading investment banks and was formerly Senior Adviser on Security and Justice Issues to the Prime Minister, John Howard and a Senior Adviser before that to the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer. Prior to working in Canberra he completed his articles of clerkship at the national law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Joshua is a keen tennis player having represented Australia at the World University Games in Sheffield, UK (1991) and at Buffalo, USA (1993) and is a Board Member of the Kids Tennis Foundation which provides tennis coaching to socially and financially disadvantaged children throughout Australia. Joshua has also been a regular contributor to leading Australian newspapers on a range of economic and foreign policy issues. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +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/why-australia-must-stay-the-course-in-afghanistan/ News that our Diggers have rejected Kevin Rudd’s pessimistic view of the war in Afghanistan is no surprise. A foreign minister who derides the French and German contribution to the conflict as nothing more than ‘organising folk dancing festivals’ when each nation has suffered nearly 50 casualties is insensitive and out of touch. Like our European friends Australia’s participation in Afghanistan is part of a broader international effort that is making considerable progress. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Joshua Frydenberg) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-australia-must-stay-the-course-in-afghanistan/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-australia-must-stay-the-course-in-afghanistan/#item4712 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:30:23 +0000 Joshua Frydenberg | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kevin-rudds-character-and-credibility-gap/ Bob Hawke once asked the rhetorical question “Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don’t exude morality.” Wind the clock forward twenty years and Labor’s successor, Kevin Rudd cannot make a similar claim. The morality of a ‘fresh approach’, ‘beyond the reach of partisan politics’ promised by Kevin 07 is a thing of the past. The bullying, bombastic and bureaucratic behaviour of Kevin 2010 is the choice of today. Voters see the character and credibility of their Prime Minister as an issue of growing concern. In opposition Kevin enjoyed the benefit of the doubt over his dinner with Brian Burke and the ‘too drunk to remember’ episode at Scores in New York. But as Prime Minister there is no such luck. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Joshua Frydenberg) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kevin-rudds-character-and-credibility-gap/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kevin-rudds-character-and-credibility-gap/#item2940 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:55:01 +0000 Joshua Frydenberg | Author bios | The Punch