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.
Jones has not been bullied - Turnbull
Lenore Taylor Alan Jones has been ''given a dose of his own medicine'' with the online campaign that has stripped his station of sponsors, and is not the victim of ''cyberbullying'', the Coalition communication...
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Hold on to your bonnets for the new Downton Abbott
Lenore Taylor It was a blitzkrieg of love, an admiration avalanche. Margie Abbott, flanked by Tony, sitting close on the couch on the Today show, pictured walking the cute dog and lazing on the grass, alongside...
Power Struggle
Lenore Taylor State premiers from New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are set to launch their own electricity reforms to counter federal claims they're price gouging.
Union powerbroker forged strong alliances
Lenore Taylor The ALP is distancing itself from Michael Williamson, but until quite recently he wielded power at the highest levels of the labour movement.
States back independent watchdog on energy price
Lenore Taylor NSW, Queensland and Victoria are mounting a united fight back against the ''power war'' being waged by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, presenting their own reform plan to slow electricity price...
Long stint wielding influence in the corridors of power
Lenore Taylor THE ALP is distancing itself from Michael Williamson, but until quite recently he wielded power at the highest levels of the labour movement.
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Fact is Abbott must be watchful of Jones's distorted views
Lenore Taylor It's not really surprising Tony Abbott has rejected Labor's demand that he boycott Alan Jones's radio show on the grounds that ''I am not going to ignore an audience of half a million people in...
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Abbott may rue failure to tune out Jones
Lenore Taylor The mutual admiration pact with broadcaster Alan Jones could backfire on the Opposition Leader. He should take into account a few things beyond the tasteless comments about the Prime Minister's...
Slipper adrift as government settles with Ashby
Louise Hall, Lenore Taylor PETER SLIPPER will fight sexual harassment allegations made by his former staffer James Ashby without the support of the considerable resources of the Commonwealth after the federal government...
Labor fury as Ferguson blunts PM's energy attack
Lenore Taylor STATE energy ministers have heaped praise on the Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, for saying the states are not responsible for big increases in electricity prices on top of the carbon tax.
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Pugilistic Labor tries to land a blow as Abbott skips away
Lenore Taylor While everyone's been busy debating whether Tony Abbott's alleged pugilism is real or a fit-up by Labor ladies wielding handbags, it's been easy to overlook the fact that the next election campaign...
Ferguson swipes Gillard over electricity prices
Lenore Taylor Conservative states are not responsible for big hikes in electricity prices and do not need to be threatened in a quest for 'cheap' headlines, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has said.
Tanner denies fanning leadership row as he closes political chapter
Lenore Taylor LINDSAY TANNER says his book criticising the Labor Party and the poll-driven ''panic'' that led to the coup against Kevin Rudd was not designed to help provoke another leadership change.
Economic priorities skewed, says Milne
Lenore Taylor CHRISTINE MILNE will use her first big speech as Greens leader to question Australia's faith in economic growth at any cost.
Abbott's defence plan: less manpower, more firepower
Lenore Taylor TONY ABBOTT would spend more on defence hardware partly paid for by cuts to defence bureaucracy, but will not put a time frame on his promise to restore Howard government levels of defence spending.
Another gotcha moment for gunslinger Abbott
Lenore Taylor ON THE surface it was another political ''gotcha'' - Tony Abbott uses morning radio to lambast Julia Gillard for ''swanning'' around New York ''talking to Africans'' about her bid for a seat on the...
Gray defends ministers' staff
Lenore Taylor THE government says the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, did not check facts before making ''ill-informed and inaccurate'' accusations that there are too many...
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Class is in session, and a maths test is coming up
Lenore Taylor When the heads of the Catholic and independent school systems in NSW left a private meeting with the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, the Education Minister, Peter Garrett, and a posse of NSW...
Gillard helps save private school sector from cutbacks
Lenore Taylor THE Gillard government will offer a lower but more ''stable'' annual increase of around 5 per cent to the $8.
Coalition blames Labor's 'cowboys' for breakdown
Lenore Taylor The Gillard government says Business Council Australia chief Jennifer Westacott did not check facts before making 'ill-informed and inaccurate' accusations that there are too many 'unaccountable'...
