Ed Cavanough

Writer, Journalist & Policy Analyst.

  • Journalism
    • Clips
    • Book — 'Divided Isles'
    • Film — 'Iron Winter'
    • Foreign Reporting
    • Travel
  • Policy
  • Pacific Islands
  • Photography
    • Afghanistan.
    • Albania.
    • Asturias & Basque Country
    • Armenia.
    • Australia.
    • Bosnia.
    • Bulgaria.
    • China.
    • Cuba.
    • East Timor.
    • Estonia.
    • France.
    • Georgia.
    • Iceland.
    • Indonesia.
    • Italy.
    • Kazakhstan.
    • Kiribati.
    • Kosovo.
    • Kyrgyzstan.
    • Laos.
    • Malaysia.
    • Mongolia.
    • Portraiture.
    • Slovakia.
    • Solomon Islands.
    • Somaliland.
    • Tajikistan.
    • United Kingdom.
    • Uzbekistan.
    • Vanuatu.
  • Media
    • TV and Media
    • Podcast Appearances
    • Speeches & Addresses
  • Blog
  • Initiatives
    • Archipelago Energy
    • Savo Solar Initiative
    • Clips
    • Book — 'Divided Isles'
    • Film — 'Iron Winter'
    • Foreign Reporting
    • Travel
  • Policy
  • Pacific Islands
    • Afghanistan.
    • Albania.
    • Asturias & Basque Country
    • Armenia.
    • Australia.
    • Bosnia.
    • Bulgaria.
    • China.
    • Cuba.
    • East Timor.
    • Estonia.
    • France.
    • Georgia.
    • Iceland.
    • Indonesia.
    • Italy.
    • Kazakhstan.
    • Kiribati.
    • Kosovo.
    • Kyrgyzstan.
    • Laos.
    • Malaysia.
    • Mongolia.
    • Portraiture.
    • Slovakia.
    • Solomon Islands.
    • Somaliland.
    • Tajikistan.
    • United Kingdom.
    • Uzbekistan.
    • Vanuatu.
    • TV and Media
    • Podcast Appearances
    • Speeches & Addresses
  • Blog
    • Archipelago Energy
    • Savo Solar Initiative

We denigrate AstraZeneca to our Pacific family's peril / July 9, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

Australia’s childish discourse on AstraZeneca vaccines risks fuelling vaccine hesitancy in countries where AZ is the only option, for The Sydney Morning Herald.

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https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-denigrate-astrazeneca-at-our-pacific-family-s-peril-20210701-p5863e.html April 12, 2026

Want more international students? Look to the Pacific. / May 20, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

Instead of just bringing in Pacific Islanders to pick fruit, the government should focus on tertiary education, for The Guardian.


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/21/want-more-international-students-look-to-the-pacific April 12, 2026

How the world sees Morrison's Australia / May 8, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

Australia’s reputation is routinely damaged by shallow domestic political posturing, for The New Daily.

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https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2021/05/09/australia-morrison-world-reputation/ April 12, 2026

Playing fast and loose with citizenship / May 5, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

In abandoning expats in India, the Morrison Government has irrevocably broken the concept of citizenship, for The Advertiser.

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Australia tells its expats: you're on your own. / May 4, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

Despite holding Australian citizenship, expatriates have been all but abandoned by their government, for The Diplomat.

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https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/australias-message-to-its-expats-youre-on-your-own/ covid19, advocacy, india, citizenship, australia May 04, 2021

Urgent need for probe into wage theft / February 10, 2021 by Edward Cavanough

Morrison’s wage theft criminalisation bill won’t end exploitation in SA, for The Advertiser.

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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/583e06f72e69cf1be587a417/t/602354180f4c2e17deca1896/1612928029084/Screen+Shot+2021-02-10+at+10.58.07+am.jpg March 03, 2026

Fruit-picking wage-theft laws not enough to deal with farm-work exploitation / December 31, 2020 by Edward Cavanough

The Morrison Government’s weak wage theft laws won’t end exploitation, for The Canberra Times.

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https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7069734/porters-bill-is-no-substitute-for-action-on-farm-work-exploitation/?cs=14258 May 04, 2021

Underpaying a worker isn't a criminal offence in South Australia / September 30, 2020 by Edward Cavanough

Wage theft must be criminalised in South Australia, for The Advertiser.

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Notes from the road

By Ed Cavanough