Phillip Coorey
Phillip Coorey joined the Sydney Morning Herald in 2005 and is the paper's Chief Political Correspondent, based in Canberra. Previously he was the Political Editor for Adelaide's The Advertiser. He has been in the Canberrra Press Gallery since 1998, except for 2003 and 2004 when he was the New York correspondent for News Ltd.
Lawyers from union case 17 years ago say no Gillard link
Phillip Coorey LAWYERS who represented the Australian Workers Union in cases against Julia Gillard's former boyfriend, the allegedly corrupt union official, Bruce Wilson, say they never uncovered any link between...
Miners shovel dirt on unions' labour campaign
Phillip Coorey THE mining sector has slammed a trade union campaign railing against the use of temporary skilled migration as racist and nonsensical.
Gay rift deepens for ALP Right
Phillip Coorey THE Labor Right moved last night to bind its members to support a conscience vote on gay marriage in an attempt to spare Julia Gillard a humiliating policy defeat at the ALP national conference this...
We won't vote for gay marriage even if party changes its position, say Labor Right MPs
Phillip Coorey FEDERAL Labor MPs from the Right faction say they will cross the floor and risk expulsion rather than vote for gay marriage, should the party change policy to one of support rather than a conscience...
Left bid for unions to appoint delegates under fire
Phillip Coorey THE push by the Labor Left to allow trade unions to directly appoint half the delegates to the party's national conference has come under fire from both sides of the factional divide, with claims it...
Go north and populate: Sinodinos pushes for a 'big Australia' policy
Phillip Coorey THE NSW Senator and John Howard's former chief adviser Arthur Sinodinos has called for a big Australia policy which would include new cities in the country's sparsely populated north.
Gillard, Swan sail past summit perils
Phillip Coorey For a government bereft of political capital, this was a week fraught with danger.
Scrap payroll tax, say unions
Phillip Coorey THE manufacturing unions have ramped up their claims for special consideration for the struggling sector, demanding that industries be spared having to pay state payroll taxes.
More pleas to buy local but no change to mining tax
Phillip Coorey UNIONS and backbenchers pushing for the resources sector to increase its use of Australian materials have stopped short of advocating the mining tax be increased to further share the bounty of the...
Unions campaign for mining to buy local
Phillip Coorey THE record profit announcement by BHP Billiton has added heat to union and industry demands that the mining sector do more to help the ailing manufacturing industry.
Industry poised for huge job cuts
Phillip Coorey, Peter Ker AT LEAST 1000 jobs are expected to be cut from the Australian steel sector today, fuelling demands for policies to support manufacturers as unions claim the sector faces its gravest crisis since the...
Unions, industry unite on China
Phillip Coorey UNIONS, Labor MPs and the steel industry are calling on the Gillard government to help the United States in its campaign to persuade China to float its currency and alleviate pressure on local...
Business backs call to protect manufacturing sector
Phillip Coorey, Aaron Cook ONE of the nation's peak industry organisations has backed a group of federal MPs in arguing for greater protection for manufacturers struggling with the dual pressures of the high dollar and the...
Truckloads of dissent has Gillard going for brakes
Phillip Coorey THE Gillard government is trying to quell internal dissent over the impact of the carbon price on the heavy transport industry, hinting there may be exemptions for some truckies and urging outspoken...
Mine union digs in over compensation under a carbon tax
Phillip Coorey ONE of Australia's largest unions has threatened a blue-collar revolt should the nation's dirtiest coalmines fail to receive the same level of assistance as they were promised under the original...
Threat of rate rise as Reserve holds the line
Peter Martin, Phillip Coorey DENIED an interest rate cut, mortgage holders may soon be hit by a rate rise as the ANZ Bank prepares to announce an interest rate move independent of the Reserve Bank.
Abbott works wedge between Swan and unions over tax
Phillip Coorey THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has pushed back against his own factional backers and insisted the price on carbon must apply to the steel industry.
Steel boss accused over fear campaign
Lenore Taylor and Phillip Coorey THE Gillard government has demanded industry leaders use ''fact not fear'' to analyse its carbon tax after the chairman of Australia's largest steelmaker accused Labor of ''sacrificing'' the industry...
Gillard rejects Rudd's call to release election review
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT KEVIN RUDD'S demand that Labor's post-election review be made public has hit a brick wall with the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and members of the ALP national executive being unenthusiastic.
Wong backs SA Labor push on gay marriage
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE push for gay marriage within Labor received a major boost over the weekend when the Finance Minister, Penny Wong, and her Left faction scored an upset victory over the Right faction at the South...
