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.
High Court gives Fortescue nod to challenge mining tax
Phillip Coorey THE federal government faces a fresh threat to its plan to return the budget to surplus after the High Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge to the mining tax by the minerals boss Andrew Forrest.
Fortescue's challenge to mining tax approved
Phillip Coorey THE federal government faces a fresh threat to its plan to return the budget to surplus after the High Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge to the mining tax by the minerals boss Andrew Forrest.
Gillard resolute on her criticism of Chief Justice
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD has stood by her comments regarding the Chief Justice of the High Court, Robert French, saying she was just trying to explain why the government thought its legal advice regarding the...
Labor split over asylum
Phillip Coorey THE federal government is split and Julia Gillard faces fresh doubts about her leadership as she grapples with the problem of where to send asylum seekers after the High Court torpedoed the Malaysia...
Asylum seekers decision set to rule out other offshore centres
Phillip Coorey Urgent legal advice sought by the Gillard government shows that all offshore processing - including on Nauru and Manus Island - could be invalid.
High Court sinks asylum strategy
Phillip Coorey, Kirsty Needham A DEMORALISED and humiliated Gillard government is contemplating a complete backdown by sending asylum seekers to Nauru and reintroducing temporary protection visas after the High Court ruled by six...
