Thailand – Stilgherrian

07 June 202507 June 2025

The 9pm Australia’s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook

A white woman with her long brown hair tied back wears a yellow and black top, sunglasses, and a smile like the Mona Lisa. Behind her stretches out a view of a tropical landscape and, eventually, the ocean. It’s Erin Cook! — *Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)*

Let’s kick off the Edict‘s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia’s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.

10 October 202410 October 2024

The 9pm Indonesia and Thailand Crash Update with Erin Cook

Erin Cook stands like a colossus over the entirety of South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied )

As regular listeners to the Edict will know, I reckon Australians should know more about the other nations in our region. So our special guest today is journalist Erin Cook, who covers South-East Asia, and we’re talking Indonesia and Thailand. Mostly.

14 May 202321 May 2023

Weekly Wrap 676: Two parrots, one Budget, and much productivity

It was quite a productive week, my week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 May 2023, despite me being completely unproductive on Thursday because long lunch. Lots of client work, a podcast, and a long blog post.

29 August 202129 August 2021

Weekly Wrap 587: Early Spring, calm before a hectic week, and a little Thai politics

The main lesson from my week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 August 2021 was that Spring is early this year. Very early. And I have the photographs to prove it. After a moist grey start to the week it ended up being bright and sunny, which improved my mood no end.

20 September 202009 October 2020

Weekly Wrap 538: So much work, so little output

My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 September 2020 was both productive and not productive. I spent many hours working, but only a podcast emerged. That’s why the feature image is from last week. Still, it’s an excellent podcast, even if I do say so myself.

15 September 201915 September 2019

Weekly Wrap 485: Cybers in Chiang Mai, and such

A traffic light at the corner of Thanon Ratmakka and Soi Sam Lan in Chiang Mai's Old City, with a passing Songthaew, the red passenger trucks that form the core of the city's public transport.

My week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 September 2019 was spent in Chiang Mai, mostly covering the APNIC 48 conference, but also spending some of my own time looking around the city. I like it.