Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson is the National Political Correspondent for The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald
Party anger motivates Humphries
Chris Johnson Gary Humphries insists it is the outrage of party members that has caused him to keep fighting for his job.
Seselja supports Morrison comments
Chris Johnson Would-be Liberal senator Zed Seselja has bought into the federal fight over asylum-seeker policy, saying he supports the call for tighter security checks for those released into the community.
Abbott urges branch to refocus on election fight
Chris Johnson ACT Liberals may have snubbed the wishes of their federal leader, but Tony Abbott wants them to turn their focus to beating Labor.
Explain job losses: Sheikh's challenge to victor
Chris Johnson Greens ACT candidate for the Senate Simon Sheikh does want a public debate with the winner of Saturday's Liberal preselection battle.
Unused 'embassy blocks' scattered around ACT
Chris Johnson Nearly two dozen vacant blocks of land in Canberra's diplomatic precincts are being held in reserve for foreign embassies, even though many of the nations holding onto them already have established...
Trust 'gone' for ministers and PS
Chris Johnson The federal government's dealings with the public service are at an all-time low, according to senior bureaucrats who say a culture of distrust has been thrust on them.
Seselja speaks, and so do the feds
Chris Johnson Outgoing ACT Opposition Leader Zed Seselja has broken his silence over claims of process irregularities in his preselection challenge to serving senator Gary Humphries as more prominent Liberal...
Pay cut for 'senator Seselja'
Lisa Cox, Chris Johnson Outgoing Canberra Liberals Leader Zed Seselja will likely take a pay cut in base salary if his bid to roll Gary Humphries for his seat in the Senate is successful.
Brodtmann fires up for PS
Chris Johnson Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann has delivered a withering parliamentary attack against the Coalition, insisting the ACT risks a serious economic downturn if Tony Abbott wins this year's federal...
Humphries cosies up to Abbott
Chris Johnson Gary Humphries is lapping up the public support given him by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the already bitter battle for the Liberal Party's ACT senate preselection.
10 minutes to clear the air and the decks
Chris Johnson It was a long time coming, but in the end it took just 10 minutes for Zed Seselja to make it clear to Gary Humphries that he wanted his job.
Abbott backs Humphries for Senate
Chris Johnson Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Senator Gary Humphries, in what is shaping up to be a bitter fight for the Liberals' ACT Senate preselection.
Abbott backs Humphries in battle with Seselja
Chris Johnson Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind incumbent senator Gary Humphries in the emerging fight for the ACT Liberal senate preselection.
PS union ready for fight over jobs threat
Chris Johnson The Community and Public Sector Union would ramp up its campaign to protect public service jobs before the September 14 poll, national secretary Nadine Flood declared on Wednesday.
Brown urges ACT voters to stop Katter's Senate run
Chris Johnson Former Greens leader Bob Brown is appealing to Canberra voters not to let Katter's Australia Party get a hold of the Senate.
Exodus: religious members leave club
Chris Johnson The Canberra Southern Cross Club has experienced an exodus of its so-called "religious members" since being forced to charge clergy for the privilege of enjoying its facilities.
Labor proves a good bet in ACT
Chris Johnson Bets are open and Labor is looking good in the ACT - if not in too many other places around Australia.
Bookshop may be in gun again over manuals
Chris Johnson Curtin's Beyond Q Bookshop is bracing itself for another military police raid.
Power supplier pledges support
Chris Johnson The Queensland-based energy retailer that successfully snatched a contract from ActewAGL to supply the ACT government with electricity says it is committed to sponsoring local organisations - but it...
Jobs, sponsorship won't go with lost contract, says ActewAGL
Chris Johnson ActewAGL insists no local jobs or sponsorship will be jeopardised as a result of it losing a major contract to supply the ACT Government electricity.
