http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/kieran-gilbert/ Kieran Gilbert has been a journalist for 15 years and has been a member of the Federal Parliamentary press gallery since 2003. In that time he has covered major stories at home including the 2004 and 2007 elections and overseas including the Boxing Day tsunami from Banda Aceh and from Washington the inauguration of the US President Barack Obama. Kieran hosts a daily political program AM Agenda on Sky News as well as providing commentary on national affairs for commercial and ABC radio programs around Australia. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +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/Our-role-in-defending-democracy-in-Indonesia/ The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due to visit Australia in early March and will be addressing both houses of Parliament. It’s not that common to have a foreign leader address the Australian Parliament but it will be repeated later in March when the US President Barack Obama is expected to do the same. Australia-Indonesia relations are always complex. At the leadership and government level they remain strong as the Howard Government had left them, despite frustrations in official Indonesian ranks over the Rudd Government’s handling of the Oceanic Viking saga and the ongoing issue of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers that remain in limbo off a West Java port. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kieran Gilbert) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Our-role-in-defending-democracy-in-Indonesia/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Our-role-in-defending-democracy-in-Indonesia/#item2446 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:50:39 +0000 Kieran Gilbert | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-man-may-be-our-best-ally-against-people-smugglers/ Marty Natalegawa is a consummate diplomat. The Indonesian Foreign Minister is also his country’s former representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to the UK. At the age of 46 he has done more than most top diplomats do in an entire career. Now he’s the Foreign Minister. On Tuesday this week I interviewed Marty Natelagawa in his Jakarta offices. In a long line of difficult issues between Australia and Indonesia, people smuggling has been the most awkward in recent months, so of course I had to begin our discussion on just that. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kieran Gilbert) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-man-may-be-our-best-ally-against-people-smugglers/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-man-may-be-our-best-ally-against-people-smugglers/#item2356 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:49:30 +0000 Kieran Gilbert | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-rudd-would-rather-talk-economics-than-environment/ In the wake of the Copenhagen anti-climax there’s been a political vacuum in climate change politics. The expectations were enormous at the UN summit and the talks collapsed into rhetorical justifications by Kevin Rudd, Barack Obama and other world leaders as China and India flexed their muscles. At home last week, the Greens tried to step in and fill that vacuum and reassert themselves in what is a bedrock issue for them. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kieran Gilbert) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-rudd-would-rather-talk-economics-than-environment/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-rudd-would-rather-talk-economics-than-environment/#item2238 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:24 +0000 Kieran Gilbert | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-things-count-like-speed-limits-and-cabinet-stability/ Could you imagine a newly elected Australian Prime Minister taking five months to form a Cabinet? In our functioning democracy the notion is hard to fathom but that is exactly what has just transpired in Lebanon. Saad Hariri led the pro-western March 14 alliance to an emphatic electoral win back in June but not until now has he been able to form a Government. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kieran Gilbert) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-things-count-like-speed-limits-and-cabinet-stability/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-things-count-like-speed-limits-and-cabinet-stability/#item1706 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:35:09 +0000 Kieran Gilbert | Author bios | The Punch