Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson is the National Political Correspondent for The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald
Please pay us a visit, devastated village tells Australians
Chris Johnson I n the small fishing village of Minamisanriku on Japan's north-east coast, Australian visitors are most welcome.
Abbott tells the faithful that he'll be next PM
Chris Johnson Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declared he is confident Australians will send him to The Lodge, suggesting to a Liberal Party audience he is a sure bet to be prime minister.
Carr coup puts PM back at the wheel
Chris Johnson Prime Minister Julia Gillard has stared down her own cabinet to name former NSW premier Bob Carr as the government's new foreign minister.
Our 'undermining' magnates
Chris Johnson Treasurer Wayne Swan has taken his strongest swipe to date against the vested interests of some of Australia's richest business people.
PM pressed over role of faceless men in Carr offer
Chris Johnson Prime Minister Julia Gillard has again been forced to defend accusations she is controlled by Labor's faceless men, following revelations a senior party official offered former NSW premier Bob Carr a...
Gillard keeps her ministers sweating
Chris Johnson Prime Minister Julia Gillard is keeping her frontbench sweating, refusing to rule out punishing those ministers who publicly backed Kevin Rudd in this week's bitter leadership battle.
Labor sets course for renewal
Chris Johnson The way is clear for the battle-scarred federal Labor Party to reform cabinet after Prime Minister Julia Gillard vanquished leadership contender Kevin Rudd yesterday and Sports Minister Mark Arbib...
Moving on up
Chris Johnson More Labor backbenchers have joined the ranks of the undecided in tomorrow's leadership ballot, following additional high level support for Kevin Rudd and overwhelming public opinion in favour of the...
Making lasting memories of leadership
Chris Johnson Following the leader was easy enough for St Mary MacKillop College students armed with smartphones and ear-to-ear grins yesterday, but the concept might have been more muddled for observers of...
Aust economy in 'sweet spot'
Chris Johnson Treasury boss Martin Parkinson has declared that Australia is not Greece and that this nation's economic future is not one of doom and gloom.
Qantas admits axe will fall again
Chris Johnson More job cuts are on the way at Qantas, on top of the 500 announced yesterday. But Prime Minister Julia Gillard has still been quick to welcome labour market figures revealing an unexpected drop in...
Ministers defend PM as questions remain
Chris Johnson Government ministers have come to the defence of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, insisting there was nothing underhanded in the way she toppled Kevin Rudd for the Labor leadership in 2010.
