Saturday 29 June

Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson

Ian Kemish and hosts discuss the complexities of the Julian Assange deal with the US, how the US election debate is being viewed by Russia, and the implications of the French parliamentary elections for the war in The Ukraine.

Sunday 5 May 2024

Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson

Ian Kemish and hosts discuss violent incidents in Germany, local UK election results and how would Europe manage Trump 2.0?

Sunday 11 February 2024

Hosts: James Glenday and Kathryn Robinson

Ian Kemish and the hosts discuss elections in Indonesia, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

Sunday 11 February 2024

The provisional death sentence given to Chinese Australian pro-democracy advocate Yang Hengjun has shocked family, friends and the Australian government. Is this another example of ‘hostage diplomacy’?

Host: Julian Morrow

Guest: Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland; former Head of the Southeast Asia and Consular Divisions at DFAT; author of The Consul: An insider account from Australia's diplomatic frontline

Friday 9 February 2024

Host: Kieran Gilbert

Former Papua New Guinea high commissioner Ian Kemish says PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape's “terrific speech” to parliament was “really important” for Australia’s relationship with the country.

Sunday 7 January 2024

Ian Kemish and the hosts discuss the health of democracy in Bangladesh, United States and Russia.

Tuesday 12 December 2023

Bougainville's attorney-general has labelled the Australian government cowardly over its stance on the island's desire for independence from Papua New Guinea.

But others say it's a bigger misunderstanding of the issue.

FEATURED:

Ian Kemish, former Australian High Commissioner to PNG

Ezekiel Massat, Attorney General Bougainville

Sunday 10 December 2023

Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Lorna Dunkley

Ian Kemish and the hosts discuss the extraordinary 'festival' that climate change negotiations have become, the pressures on the Suez and Panama canals and why your Christmas present might be late, and the continuing problem of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.

Wednesday 8 November 2023

Host: Ellen Fanning

Panel: Jioji Ravulo, Nicki Hutley, Ian Kemish and Suelette Dreyfus

The panel discuss the impact of Optus’ catastrophic network failure, plus why are kids increasingly refusing to go to school?

Sunday 29 October 2023

Hosts: James Glenday and Kathryn Robinson

Former senior Australian diplomat and business executive Ian Kemish and the hosts discuss diplomatic issues surrounding the Gaza conflict and other issues.

Monday 2 October 2023
Host: Dan Bourchier
Panel: Samantha Hutchinson, Fiona Scott, Semara Jose and Ian Kemish

Dan Bourchier and the panel discuss renewed pushing for pill testing, plus house prices hit record highs – will the market ever slow down?

Tuesday 6 June 2023

Visiting prisoners, assisting lost travellers and distressed expats. Consular work is often considered the ugly duckling of the foreign services, far away from the negotiating tables and corridors of power. Still, the duties of the consuls also include dramatic crises evacuations, such as the recent dramatic extractions of diplomats and foreign nationals from Sudan.

In this episode of The World Stage, Ian Kemish and NUPI’s Halvard Leira unpack the many-faceted and increasingly important role of consular work.

ABC News Weekend

Saturday 29 April 2023

Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson

International relations specialist Ian Kemish on the Sudan refugee crisis and other issues. "It's almost as if it's not happening unless they are coming to Europe".

Friday 14 April 2023

Host: Ellen Fanning

Panel: Kishor Napier-Raman, Emelda Davis, Ian Kemish, Thelma Schwartz

Guests: Dan Bourchier, Cynthia Houniuhi

The panel discusses the parliamentary inquiry into the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, a landmark UN resolution that should make it easier to hold countries to account for climate change and environmental harm, Anthony Albanese makes Time magazine’s 100 most influential people list and the worst holiday ever.

Sunday 19 March 2023
Host: Lorna Dunkley and Johanna Nicholson

Ian Kemish and the hosts discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s impending visit to Russian, potential TikTok bans on government owned devices, and criticism from former Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Friday 10 March 2023
Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Maggie Munn, Ian Kemish, Stacey Wordsworth, Greg Hallum

Ellen Fanning and the panel discuss another unprecedented flood in Australia expected in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the perception versus realities of youth crime statistics, and sustainable alternatives for housing and food.

Sunday 5 February 2023
Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson

Ian and the hosts discuss Sen. Penny Wong’s visit to the UK, an ABC article about the Robodebt Royal Commission, and the Sydney Morning Herald article “Putin invokes Stalingrad…”

Tuesday 31 January 2023
Host: John Barron
Panel: Kate Mills, Ian Kemish, Phil Williams and Meg Southcombe.

The panel discusses predictions that soaring inflation could result in four interest rate hikes, former PM Kevin Rudd poised to take over a crucial diplomatic relationship with the US; and as countries look to raise the age of retirement, what does life after retirement look like in Australia?

Sunday 18 December 2022
Hosts: Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson

Ian and the hosts discuss Fijian election results, a Guardian article about affordable housing and the working homeless, and a Weekend Australian article about Japan doubling defence spending

Tuesday November 29 2022
Host: Kathryn Robinson
Panel: Olga Oleinikova, Jess Scully, Ian Kemish and Austin Evans

The panel discusses the National party's stance on the Voice to Parliament, Russia's targeting of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, rental crisis, the incomes of authors and socialising after hours with work colleagues.

Wednesday 12 October 22
Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Jacqueline Maley, Ingrid Cumming, Andy Marks and Ian Kemish

The panel discusses twenty years on since the bombings in Bali, 2021 census data, people living with dementia, HSC exams begin and networking.

Host: Chris Kenny

Former head of Australian Consular Service Ian Kemish says there was a “whole-of-nation response” to the Bali bombings 20 years ago.

The 2002 terror attack left 202 people dead, including 88 Australians when two bombs exploded in the tourist district of Kuta.

Saturday 16 July 2022
Host: Geraldine Doogue
Guest: Ian Kemish, author of The Consul.

Ian Kemish headed Australia's consular service as the world of travel was dramatically changed by the September 11 attacks and the Bali bombings. In his new book The Consul he gives an insiders account of the challenges involved in supporting Australians abroad in times of crisis.

On 21 July 2022, the Lowy Institute hosted the launch of 'The Consul', written by Nonresident Fellow Ian Kemish.

The book was launched by Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon Tim Watts MP, with a conversation afterwards between Ian Kemish and Natasha Kassam, Director of the Institute's Public Opinion and Foreign Policy program.

Podcast Host: Paul Barclay
The Pacific: why it matters, presented by the University of Queensland, July 13, 2021.
Panel Host: Professor Anita Heiss – UQ, author and indigenous literacy ambassador

Speakers: Ian Kemish– UQ, Adjunct Associate Professor and former PNG High Commissioner, Professor Deborah Terry - UQ, Vice Chancellor, Coral Pasisi - Pacific Community, senior advisor, Ann Sherry - UNICEF Australia, Chairwoman