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David Munk

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David Munk is editor of Guardian Australia. He was previously a senior managing editor at the Guardian in London and before that Guardian Australia's deputy editor. Click here for David's public key

July 2023

  • Jonny Bairstow of England (left) talks to the Australia players while waiting  for a stumping decision after the batter thought the over was complete and was stumped by Alex Carey of Australia

    Full Story
    Newsroom edition: what’s the furore over the cricket really about? – Full Story podcast

    Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor David Munk about the political uproar around a game of cricket
    Podcast25:42

January 2022

  • Covid Port Moresby, PNG<br>Disappearing islands climate change. Toruar Island in the Saposa Islands region of Bougainville is over-populated and the land mass is decreasing due to rising sea levels.  Some people from Toruar island have begun relocating to mainland Bougainville.

    Guardian Australia Reads
    ‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands

    Many in the Saposa Islands are wrestling with the dilemma of starting a new life on the mainland or staying to watch their homes vanish.
    Podcast10:25

October 2021

  • The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking in 2018.

    Guardian Australia Reads
    Thousands of kilometres from anywhere lies Point Nemo, a watery grave where space stations go to die

    The space cemetery, named for the fictional captain in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is where the International Space Station is likely to end up. Deputy editor, David Munk, recommends this story about deep and dark spaces
    Podcast08:28

April 2021

  • A paramedic uses an oximeter to check the oxygen level of a patient inside an ambulance while waiting to enter a Covid-19 hospital for treatment.

    Full Story
    Assessing Australia’s response to India’s Covid crisis – with Lenore Taylor

    Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and David Munk about the moral implications of Australia’s response to India’s Covid crisis and what needs to happen to bring citizens home
    Podcast22:18

June 2020

  • Two women reading

    From endless news to 5,000 words on Myers-Briggs: what did you REALLY read during lockdown?

    Being stuck at home with so much time on our hands, surely we all turned to literature? Well, look, it’s complicated ...

March 2020

  • U.S. President Trump declares coronavirus pandemic a national emergency during news conference at the White House in Washington<br>U.S. President Donald Trump arrives with Vice President Mike Pence and otther officials to declare the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Coronavirus live
    UK may be included in US travel ban as WHO calls Europe 'centre of pandemic' – as it happened

    Mount Everest calls off climbing season; Canadian prime minister self-isolates; London Underground driver tests positive. This blog is now closed

February 2020

  • A tree has fallen across the entrance to a few terrace houses in Hargrave Street, Paddington

    Rain lashes east coast causing flash floods and fallen trees – as it happened

    New South Wales Central Coast set to receive more rain in 24 hours than it has since 1998. This blog is now closed

December 2019

  • Composite for the Guardian Australia 2019 Full Story audio quiz

    Full Story
    Guardian Australia’s audio quiz of the year

    There was an election, kids striking for climate action, the emergence of Egg Boy, and don’t forget Bird of the Year. In this special episode of Full Story, Guardian reporters and editors recap the year that was and go head to head in the quiz of the year
    Podcast29:23

August 2019

  • The Deep-fried BBQ Chicken-stuffed Pizzadilla starts with chicken and spices and then adds horror and complexity - as well as other pizza ingredients such as pepperoni and cheese.

    Explain it to me quickly
    What is this chicken-stuffed deep-fried pizzadilla and why is it all over the internet?

    This horrific beast combines BBQ chicken, pepperoni, tortillas and pizza – and it’s of a bigger Frankenfood phenomenon

August 2018

  • Apple store

    Morning mail newsletter
    Morning mail: Apple makes history, Russian spies, police 'hacking'

    Friday: iPhone maker becomes the world’s first trillion-dollar company. Plus, US investigators find suspected Russian spy in US embassy

March 2018

  • Ground crew wave to the flight in Perth

    My 17-hour Qantas odyssey in kangaroo pyjamas

    The airline has made history with its first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK. Here’s what it was like to be onboard
  • The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carried than 230 passengers and crew

    First non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to Britain lands after 17 hours

    Qantas flight QF9 makes history as it arrives at Heathrow, London, after a direct journey from Perth, Western Australia
  • Cloudscape<br>Qantas dreamliner

    First non-stop flight between Australia and UK set for take-off

    The inaugural, historic flight departs Perth on Saturday evening, completing the 9,000-mile journey in just over 17 hours

October 2017

  • As the new Vegemite hits the shelves, discerning Guardian Australia staff wonder: can perfection be improved upon?

    'It's just Marmite': taste-testing the new Vegemite Blend 17 – video

    As the new Vegemite hits the shelves, discerning Guardian Australia staff wonder: can perfection be improved upon?

    Video1:40

December 2016

  • Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte during his successful Philippine presidential election campaign in April 2016

    Project: The Guardian podcast
    The global rise of populist political movements – Project podcast

    Guardian editors and correspondents discuss the wave of populism in 2016 that handed triumphs to Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Rodrigo Duterte
    Podcast23:12

November 2016

  • A vertical garden beside the river in Tongkol kampung.

    Guardian Jakarta week
    Jakarta's eco future? River community goes green to fight eviction threat

  • Even Jakarta’s street food sellers need to rest sometimes.

    Guardian Jakarta week
    Guardian Jakarta week live – one day in the life of a megalopolis

October 2015

  • Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has called on Najib Razak to step down following allegations of corruption.

    Malaysian PM Najib used state funds for 'bribery', says former leader Mahathir

  • Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad poses for a photograph following an interview with Reuters at his office in Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 22, 2015. Mahathir conceded on Thursday that the chances of unseating Prime Minister Najib Razak before elections in 2018 are slim, despite his rallying cries for a "people's power" movement to topple the country's leader. The 90-year-old statesman, who led Malaysia for 22 years, has called on Najib to step down following allegations of corruption and mismanagement at state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). To match Interview MALAYSIA-POLITICS/MAHATHIR REUTERS/Olivia Harris

    Malaysia's Mahathir: strongman turns activist to unseat former protégé

January 2015

  • Sri Lanka’s newly elected president Maithripala Sirisena

    Sri Lanka election: Maithripala Sirisena elected president in surprise result - as it happened

    Shock result sees Sirisena end decade of rule by Mahinda Rajapaksa
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