Nicholas Stuart

Nicholas Stuart is a columnist with the Canberra Times. Formerly the ABC’s Indochina Correspondent, he has covered wars and violent rebellions in Cambodia, Burma and Thailand, as well as reporting from China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Mr Stuart received one of the very few High Commendations awarded by the Walkley judges for his radio and TV work. He had earlier joined the Army Reserve, graduating from Officer Cadet Training Unit in 1981 where he had won the Tactics and Wootten prizes. Eventually Stuart served as a Captain with 1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers. Following a serious car accident in Bangkok, he was placed on the inactive reserve.