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.
Abbott plays down leaked plan to lure workers north
Lenore Taylor Personal tax rebates of up to $10,000 to lure workers to northern Australia remain under consideration.
Tax lure still an option for Libs
Lenore Taylor Personal tax rebates of up to $10,000 to lure workers to northern Australia remain under consideration.
Analysis
Tax plan a sop to Katter after hung parliament
Lenore Taylor The Coalition is considering offering $10,000 rebates to taxpayers in ''selected'' remote regions to boost their economies - a plan first mooted in negotiations with independent Bob Katter after the...
Burke 'playing politics' over gas
Lenore Taylor, Sean Nicholls The federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, is demanding the NSW government reconsider coal seam gas exploration and production licences in western Sydney and has flatly rejected the state's...
Damaging Rudd video prompts no serious questions
Lenore Taylor Documents reveal authorities never conducted critical interviews over theft of damaging footage.
Vital lapses over Rudd video theft
Lenore Taylor Australian authorities did not conduct critical interviews about the theft of the damaging video of Kevin Rudd swearing and banging a table and never formally asked for details of who uploaded the...
Windsor gets tough on CSG
Lenore Taylor The Gillard government appears set to impose stricter environmental assessments on coal seam gas projects in NSW, accusing the state of refusing adequate approval processes.
The real reason PM announced resignations
Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard chose to announce the resignation of two senior ministers just days after naming the date of the federal election, in part to stop a battle over the top Senate job becoming a proxy for...
Wider reform good for democracy
Lenore Taylor The latest financial disclosures from political parties show exactly why the electoral reforms being discussed by the major parties are sorely needed.
Why the alms race must go public
Lenore Taylor The latest financial disclosures from political parties show exactly why the electoral reforms being discussed by the major parties are sorely needed.
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More to budgets than DNA
Lenore Taylor Perhaps all the analysis of Julia Gillard's motivation for naming the election date has over-complicated things.
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Gillard derailed by HSU charges
Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard's 'turn the torch on Tony' election-year strategy derailed on its first day by one of the scandals she was trying to put behind her.
Scandal foils Gillard's attempt at distraction
Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard's ''turn the torch on Tony'' election-year strategy was derailed on its first day by one of the scandals she was trying to put behind her.
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Once again, scandal diverts from substance
Lenore Taylor Day one of Julia Gillard's "turn the torch on Tony" election year strategy was derailed by Labor's continued Health Services Union trauma.
Gillard's long shot on poll
Mark Kenny, Lenore Taylor AUSTRALIANS will go to the polls on September 14 after Julia Gillard revealed the election date 7½ months out in a bid to reboot her political prospects and wrongfoot the Opposition.
Case of hard Labor - PM employs shock tactics to try to steer the debate her way
Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard was entering an election year without the usual benefits of incumbency, so she's taken a tactical risk to shake things up.
Gillard's gamble
Mark Kenny and Lenore Taylor Australians will go to the polls on September 14 after Prime Minister Julia Gillard revealed the election date 7½ months out in a bid to reboot her political prospects and wrongfoot the opposition.
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Greens go mainstream with policy rework
Lenore Taylor THE Greens are dropping their demands for death duties as part of a new platform of policies aimed at presenting a smaller target to critics in a federal election year.
Greens soften policy stand
Lenore Taylor The Greens have announced a party platform portraying many of their core beliefs as ''aims and principles'' rather than explicit policies, presenting a smaller target to critics in a federal election...
Abbott pledge of $4b in doubt
Lenore Taylor and Josh Gordon The Coalition's $4 billion vision of cranes rising over Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane within a year of its election has been thrown into doubt by Tony Abbott's transport spokesman.
