I will happen to be there for the next few days too.
Events Thursday evening (a few hours from now) at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne; Friday noon at the Lowy Institute in Sydney; and then Saturday evening and Sunday morning at the Opera House in Sydney, as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. I have been in Australia frequently in recent years but probably won't be again for a while, so hope to see you at one of these events. Then back to DC by Sunday night for more campaign-related (and substitute-ref-related) fun, and of course the prelude to the first presidential debate.
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James Fallows is a staff writer for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the 2018 book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which was a national best seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.