Michael Bachelard
The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Police raids as families of Islamic State still stuck in freezing Syrian camp
As conditions deteriorate in al-Hawl camp, the government still has no plans to bring the families home. → Read More
'A bee without his hive': Living in the teeth of the alpine fires
Australia's iconic high country is ablaze. This summer, neither the beach nor the mountains is safe. → Read More
Iran and the US: how did it come to this and what's next?
Tit-for-tat attacks by Iran and the United States have seen tensions boil over again. How did it start? Who was Qassem Soleimani? And what will happen next? → Read More
Woolworths pay scandal: how the retail giant played hardball
Australia's biggest employer has been caught in the same wrongdoing as celebrity chefs and dodgy fruit picking firms. This is how the scandal unravelled. → Read More
Behind the front lines of the Syrian war with the Kurds defending their homes
While the international community reads headlines about peace deals between powerful nations, the situation for Kurdish forces on the ground is far murkier. → Read More
Frightened Kurds dig in, flee or bury their dead in the face of uncertainty
Adnan Hassan, 19, his Kurdish comrade Shemid and two other young soldiers killed in a Turkish airstrike on October 14, days before a ceasefire came into force. → Read More
'If you were American I would have told you this was all your fault'
In a cafe in the Kurdish town of Duhok, a rangy, middle-aged man is throwing us dirty looks. We soon learned why. → Read More
US troops are pulling out of Syria. What happens next?
Trump wants an end to "ridiculous Endless Wars". Have the Kurds been betrayed? And what are the implications for the Syria conflict? → Read More
White House: Turkey to invade northern Syria where Australian families are held
About 80 Australians, including 46 women and children, are in the area that the United States says it will cede to a new army, prompting fears for their lives. → Read More
'Bring them home': One man's campaign to get IS brides back to Australia
Kamalle Dabboussy is worried about the lives of his daughter and grandchildren. So the family have taken a big risk to get their stories told. → Read More
Why will Jakarta stop being Indonesia's capital? And why is it sinking?
Changing the locations of capital cities is more common than you may think. But what has prompted Indonesia's move? And how long have they got? → Read More
War with Iran? How did we get here
A drone is shot down, tankers are sabotaged, recriminations fly. What is going on between the US and Iran and how did it come to this? → Read More
Aged care's new front line: our own homes
From untrained and unfamiliar staff to high costs, poor transparency and confusion, the dream of ageing at home is, for some, turning into a nightmare. → Read More
Chinese government censors ruling lines through Australian books
Chinese political leaders, democracy and dissident movements are all taboo subjects for Chinese censors vetting Australian books. → Read More
People smugglers plot to find chinks in a Shorten government's armour
Bill Shorten says his government would erect a "ring of steel" around Australia, but the people smugglers are preparing to recommence their trade. → Read More
I was there the last time Australian politics encouraged people smuggling. Let's not do it again
Scott Morrison should remember the devastation this trade, this political turmoil, caused, and stop egging people smugglers on. → Read More
The world doesn't want them, so what will Syria's refugees do now?
In Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, six million Syrians are camped out. Pressure is building for them to go back to Syria. So we asked them what they think. → Read More
How a zombie case came back to life thanks to Australia's defamation law
The Chelmsford deep sleep scandal happened in the 1960s and '70s. Now a publisher is being asked to prove the truth of issues when most players are long dead. → Read More
The day I drank (bad) coffee with armed militants in a concrete jungle
The men of Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon are full of masculine posturing, pride, and thwarted dreams. → Read More
Failure to extradite terrorist Neil Prakash is political
Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull are 'disappointed,' but Peter Dutton says Prakash should 'rot in jail'. → Read More