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.
Gillard forced to retreat on Israel
Phillip Coorey Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to withdraw Australia's support for Israel in an upcoming United Nations vote after being opposed by the vast majority of her cabinet and warned she would...
Frustration with Greens poses fresh Labor leadership strains
Phillip Coorey, Sean Nicholls FEARS are growing within Labor that the fight with the Greens may have leadership consequences as ministers and MPs vent their spleens at the minor party and some begin to question the power-sharing...
PM stares down threats from the Left on asylum
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD and her Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, are to forge ahead with plans to send asylum seekers overseas, including to Malaysia, despite threats from the Left faction of an internal war...
Rudd back in frame as Labor flounders
Phillip Coorey A DEFIANT Julia Gillard has warned her colleagues they would have to blast her out, saying she was the best person to lead the government to the next election, despite swirling speculation of a...
Labor mocks Coalition's plan to turn back clock
Phillip Coorey TONY ABBOTT'S promise to repeal the carbon price and associated compensation would leave consumers in the lurch because price increases caused by the tax would never be fully unwound, the government...
Pyne's late night drinks with Slipper accuser
Jessica Wright, Phillip Coorey GOVERNMENT demands that the opposition come clean on a meeting between Christopher Pyne and Peter Slipper's former staffer James Hunter Ashby will intensify today following revelations Mr Pyne...
