David Wroe
David Wroe is the defence correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
Abbott's first pitch evokes memories of a leader from the past
David Wroe Tony Abbott made two things clear in his response to Julia Gillard's surprise election announcement: one, he's all about positivity, and two, he means to be John Howard II.
Abbott adviser in gender firing line
David Wroe and Nicole Hasham Labor has accused Tony Abbott of trying to jack up his standing with female voters after his top adviser, Peta Credlin, gave an interview defending her boss against sexism claims and talking about...
Carbon changes will hit budget surplus
David Wroe AUSTRALIA'S carbon price will be set by the volatile European market from 2015 under changes announced by the Gillard government that could hit the budget bottom line and cut incentives for switching...
Carbon fix leaves budget exposed
David Wroe Australia's carbon price from 2015 will be set by the volatile European market under changes announced yesterday by the Gillard government that could hit the budget bottom line.
Power bills to include price rise 'facts'
David Wroe Utility companies to enclose flyers meant to deflect anger over rising electricity prices.
High risk of fraud for energy scheme: adviser
David Wroe AN ADVISER on the government's $10 billion clean energy fund has acknowledged there will be ''dodgy people'' trying to win green business financing from taxpayers, after the US launched a review of...
Death of Labor elder Bowen, who remained an everyday bloke
David Wroe LIONEL BOWEN lived in the same modest Kensington house - near his beloved Randwick racecourse - for 73 years.
Govt to make it hard for Coalition to dump green fund
David Wroe The Gillard government will protect its $10 billion green technology fund against an attack from any future Coalition government by forcing Tony Abbott to repeal legislation in order to shut the flow...
Canberra knows cost of carbon and value of saying nothing
David Wroe IF CARBON could be removed from the atmosphere as efficiently as it has been scrubbed from the latest government carbon tax advertisements, our problems would be solved.
