Lenore Taylor

Lenore Taylor is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a Walkley Award winner, a winner of the Paul Lyneham Award for excellence in press gallery journalism and a former foreign correspondent, based in London. She co-authored a book, "Shitstorm" on the Rudd government's response to the global economic crisis. She has covered federal politics for more than 20 years.

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Alarm over spectre of young, lost generation

Lenore Taylor In the tumble of news this week a report raising a very big question slipped by with almost no fuss.

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Council seeks consensus on the big questions

Lenore Taylor WHEN the Business Council of Australia calls for a ''new accord'' it doesn't mean another Bob Hawke-inspired trade-off between wages and inflation.

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The moment of truth finally arrives

Lenore Taylor AFTER so much pain, so many shocking revelations, so many years of thankless campaigning by the betrayed and so much resistance by the accused, the fight to expose the full horrible truth about...

Author Carr turns to a new chapter

Lenore Taylor Senator Bob Carr has been writing a book about his time as Foreign Minister even as he carries out the job - raising eyebrows among officials and colleagues with his time-consuming recording of...

Carr's time on tome has notes of concern

Lenore Taylor BOB CARR has been writing a book about his time as Foreign Affairs Minister as he carries out the job - raising eyebrows among officials and colleagues because of his time-consuming recording of...

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Airport debacle stuck in eternal holding pattern

Lenore Taylor Next time you hear a politician banging on about productivity consider this. And scoff.

Reform package pushes gas as new energy leader

Lenore Taylor AUSTRALIA could become the world's biggest gas exporter but its domestic use of fossil fuels will decline as the carbon tax drives a gradual switch to renewables such as wind and solar, the...

Greens slam 'two-faced' power plan

Lenore Taylor Australia could become world's biggest gas exporter while our domestic use of fossil fuels declines.

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Abbott's axe being blunted by Gillard's late fightback on tax

Lenore Taylor Ever so slowly, Julia Gillard is making up ground in the great fight over electricity prices - the defining battle of this Parliament.

Push to transform energy sources

Lenore Taylor Australia could source 85 per cent of its power from clean energy sources by 2050.

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After Fukushima, neither side sees a nuclear future

Lenore Taylor FUKUSHIMA's tsunami aftermath has quashed consideration of nuclear power in Australia, with the government's energy white paper arguing there is no compelling economic case and insufficient community...

Coalition joins Labor attack on O'Farrell's airport plan

Lenore Taylor, Josephine Tovey SENIOR Coalition figures have joined Labor's attack on the O'Farrell government for approving a housing development in the flight path of Canberra Airport, which the NSW Premier insists should also...

Meltdown fears crush case for nuclear power

Lenore Taylor The Fukushima nuclear accident has quashed consideration of nuclear power in Australia, with the government's energy white paper arguing there is no compelling economic case for it and insufficient...

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Labor lifts, Abbott shifts, credibility drifts

Lenore Taylor LABOR'S national secretary, George Wright, says Australian politics has entered the ''post-carbon'' phase.

Integrity of AFP investigation into Rudd video challenged

Lenore Taylor CONCERNS have been raised the Australian Federal Police may not have thoroughly investigated the leaking of a video showing the former prime minister Kevin Rudd swearing and banging a table, which...

Coalition's war on red tape raises business concerns

Lenore Taylor BUSINESS has questioned the Coalition's idea to link senior public servants' pay with reductions in ''red tape'', because decisions about regulations and the risks of removing them should be the...