Michael Koziol
@michaelkoziol.bsky.social
North America correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Washington DC.
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Imp. piece from @michaelkoziol.bsky.social - For all its faults & complexity, the intersection of soft diplomacy, global health development, & GH research was working to deliver a healthier, more secure region. But the system has been completely upended. BAU is over.
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‘Xi is watching’: How Trump’s aid cuts have left Australia ‘holding the bag’
It was the end of January, just a week after Donald Trump returned to office, when the email arrived in the inboxes of FHI 360.
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September 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Imp. piece from @michaelkoziol.bsky.social - For all its faults & complexity, the intersection of soft diplomacy, global health development, & GH research was working to deliver a healthier, more secure region. But the system has been completely upended. BAU is over.
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US President Donald Trump inducting Gloria Gaynor as a Kennedy Centre honoree: "I Will Survive is an unbelievable song. I've heard it, like everyone else here, thousands of times. It's one of those few that get better every time you hear it. And nobody can sing it like her.”
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
US President Donald Trump inducting Gloria Gaynor as a Kennedy Centre honoree: "I Will Survive is an unbelievable song. I've heard it, like everyone else here, thousands of times. It's one of those few that get better every time you hear it. And nobody can sing it like her.”
Trump taunts Murdoch as he files defamation lawsuit seeking $US10 billion in damages over Epstein story www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump taunts Murdoch as he files $15 billion lawsuit over Epstein story
The US president is suing over a story published by The Wall Street Journal that said he signed a birthday letter to now-disgraced financier back in 2003.
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July 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump taunts Murdoch as he files defamation lawsuit seeking $US10 billion in damages over Epstein story www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
“I’m going to sue his ass off”: Trump turns on Murdoch over Epstein story www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
‘I’m going to sue his ass off’: Trump turns on Murdoch over Epstein story
The US president says he will sue The Wall Street Journal over a story claiming he wrote a cryptic letter – with an “outline of a naked woman” – to now-convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“I’m going to sue his ass off”: Trump turns on Murdoch over Epstein story www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Sorry Donald, but you’ve got to dance with the ones that brung ya, even if they’re “bad, boring weaklings” www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
You’ve got to dance with the ones that brung ya – even the ‘bad, boring weaklings’
The US president is dealing with a revolt from the more rabid elements of his MAGA movement over the administration’s decision to draw a line under the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sorry Donald, but you’ve got to dance with the ones that brung ya, even if they’re “bad, boring weaklings” www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump handed a “giant win” by the Supreme Court, which has ruled against lower court judges granting universal injunctions to halt government policies www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump handed ‘giant win’ as Supreme Court curbs judges’ power to block his orders
Donald Trump said a handful of “radical left judges” could no longer overrule the rightful powers of the president and “dictate the law for the entire nation”, which he called a grave threat to democr...
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June 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump handed a “giant win” by the Supreme Court, which has ruled against lower court judges granting universal injunctions to halt government policies www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
While Donald Trump shook hands with sheikhs, his face went up on the side of a DC government building www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
No one should be surprised by Trump’s love-in with Middle East monarchs
With his face everywhere, Trump is becoming an American version of the Gulf’s absolute rulers. Of course, he seems to like it that way.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
While Donald Trump shook hands with sheikhs, his face went up on the side of a DC government building www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
“I’m a very artistic person,” Donald Trump told Mark Carney as he explained why he believes Canada should become the 51st state www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
The day the Carney came to town and trampled Trump’s ‘artistic’ vision
“I’m a very artistic person,” Donald Trump told Canada’s new PM as he outlined why he believes his country should join the United States.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“I’m a very artistic person,” Donald Trump told Mark Carney as he explained why he believes Canada should become the 51st state www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
The US is edging closer to constitutional crisis with the Trump administration resisting a court order to return a man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee
Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorian jail.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The US is edging closer to constitutional crisis with the Trump administration resisting a court order to return a man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
The US is edging closer to constitutional crisis with the Trump administration resisting a court order to return a man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee
Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorian jail.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The US is edging closer to constitutional crisis with the Trump administration resisting a court order to return a man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Damn that Laurie “I’m just happy to be at the table” speech is one of the best scenes in TV history
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Damn that Laurie “I’m just happy to be at the table” speech is one of the best scenes in TV history
The so-called “tariffs charged to the USA” turn out to be nothing more than a reflection of the US trade deficit with that country www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell
For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t what’s going on.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The so-called “tariffs charged to the USA” turn out to be nothing more than a reflection of the US trade deficit with that country www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
New: US adds to list of official trade grievances with Australia on the eve of Donald Trump’s next round of tariffs www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
US adds to list of trade grievances against Australia before Trump’s big tariff move
The American update also highlighted the Albanese government’s December 2024 announcement about big tech firms.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New: US adds to list of official trade grievances with Australia on the eve of Donald Trump’s next round of tariffs www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Exclusive: Former ambassador turned lobbyist Joe Hockey is helping a coal company and its disgruntled US investors pursue millions in compensation from Australia in a case that has become a key issue in trade talks with the Trump administration www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Joe Hockey goes in to bat for US investors in Trump trade dispute with Australia
A group of disgruntled Americans are pushing for millions of dollars in compensation from Australia, as part of US trade negotiations. Now they have a former ambassador on their side.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Exclusive: Former ambassador turned lobbyist Joe Hockey is helping a coal company and its disgruntled US investors pursue millions in compensation from Australia in a case that has become a key issue in trade talks with the Trump administration www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff: “This [Signal-gate] was a huge mistake, wasn’t it?”
CIA director John Ratcliffe: “No.”
CIA director John Ratcliffe: “No.”
March 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff: “This [Signal-gate] was a huge mistake, wasn’t it?”
CIA director John Ratcliffe: “No.”
CIA director John Ratcliffe: “No.”
Washington has been stunned by revelations the editor of The Atlantic magazine was “inadvertently” copied into a Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials and cabinet secretaries debated and detailed a top-secret military operation www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Senior Trump officials accidentally texted secret war plans to journalist
Washington is in shock after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he had been included in a highly sensitive Signal group chat that planned strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Washington has been stunned by revelations the editor of The Atlantic magazine was “inadvertently” copied into a Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials and cabinet secretaries debated and detailed a top-secret military operation www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
“I don’t care what the judges think”: White House digs in against court order on deportations www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
‘One heck of a stretch’: White House argues judge’s verbal orders don’t count
In the latest and arguably most significant legal challenge to Trump’s sweeping agenda, his administration has been accused of defying a federal judge.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“I don’t care what the judges think”: White House digs in against court order on deportations www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Trump “floods the zone” with bizarre AI video of a future Gaza where he is king (and there are bearded androgynous belly-dancers) www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump ‘floods the zone’ with bizarre AI video of future Gaza where he is king
The short video depicted Gaza as a glittery skyscraper riviera and contained a clip of Donald Trump lying shirtless by a pool sipping cocktails with Benjamin Netanyahu.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump “floods the zone” with bizarre AI video of a future Gaza where he is king (and there are bearded androgynous belly-dancers) www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
Trump on Ukraine/Russia: "That’s what I do, I do deals. My whole life is deals. That’s all I know is deals. I know when somebody wants to make [one] and when somebody doesn’t."
February 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Trump on Ukraine/Russia: "That’s what I do, I do deals. My whole life is deals. That’s all I know is deals. I know when somebody wants to make [one] and when somebody doesn’t."
Inside the hard right conservative conference that loves Trump and wants to take on Australia next www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Inside the Trump-loving gathering that wants to save ‘Austrailia’
It is the world’s largest conservative event, and having succeeded in returning Donald Trump to the presidency, some are setting their sights on Down Under.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Inside the hard right conservative conference that loves Trump and wants to take on Australia next www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
It’s an absolute shame and scandal that the people of NSW have lost $8.6 billion on the pokies in just one year. Blow them up www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Gamblers now losing more than $1m an hour on NSW poker machines
The government has introduced various gambling reforms, but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.
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February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s an absolute shame and scandal that the people of NSW have lost $8.6 billion on the pokies in just one year. Blow them up www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Former Trump aide and felon Steve Bannon at CPAC in Washington: "We ain’t worried about 2028. The future of America is MAGA, okay? And the future of MAGA is Donald J. Trump. We want Trump in ‘28. A man like Trump comes along only once or twice in a nation’s history."
February 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Former Trump aide and felon Steve Bannon at CPAC in Washington: "We ain’t worried about 2028. The future of America is MAGA, okay? And the future of MAGA is Donald J. Trump. We want Trump in ‘28. A man like Trump comes along only once or twice in a nation’s history."
Donald Trump’s vindictive and personal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shows us the US president has now fully adopted the propaganda of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin – a significant and scary moment in world affairs www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
It’s not your imagination, Trump siding with Putin on Ukraine is scary
Trump’s personal attack on Volodymyr Zelensky and his adoption of Putin’s talking points raise the question of who will stand up for truth and decency?
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February 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Donald Trump’s vindictive and personal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shows us the US president has now fully adopted the propaganda of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin – a significant and scary moment in world affairs www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
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Trump. Not normal. Not ok. Just as @michaelkoziol.bsky.social writes.
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Common sense? More like a lack of common decency as Trump stoops to new low
When the US president uses the death of 67 people to push his political agenda, traduce his enemies and demonise minorities, it’s important to stop and remember this is not normal.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Trump. Not normal. Not ok. Just as @michaelkoziol.bsky.social writes.
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America, why do your bedrooms have no ceiling lights and why aren’t your cans pull-tops?
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
America, why do your bedrooms have no ceiling lights and why aren’t your cans pull-tops?