Tony Wright
Tony Wright is the National Affairs Editor of The Age. He has been based in the Canberra Press Gallery for 20 years, working for The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Bulletin before joining The Age in 2007. He has written two plays and two best-selling books, was named Magazine Feature Writer of the Year twice, has won several UN Media Peace Prizes and has been a Walkley Awards finalist five times.
Following the path of Mulga Fred, wanderer
Tony Wright In the past few decades we have been joined by ever-growing numbers of long-distant wanderers.
The day the steel melted
Tony Wright Julia Gillard once spoke of having been a shy, reserved child who had grown a shell hardened by the rigours of politics and who had learnt the arts of ''holding a fair bit back, and hanging tough''.
The battle won, woman of steel sheds armour
Tony Wright Julia Gillard once spoke of having been a shy, reserved schoolchild who had grown a shell hardened by the rigours of politics and who had learnt the arts of ''holding a fair bit back, and hanging...
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Preparing for B-Day and hoping that the other bastard dies
Tony Wright The embattled Gillard government's battalions of media advisors, facing a tough budget and an even more difficult election campaign, are being put on a war footing worthy of the D-Day landings ...
Palmer had fears Slipper was a mole for Abbott
Tony Wright Mining tycoon and would-be federal politician Clive Palmer feared former speaker Peter Slipper could wreck his United Australia Party if he remained a key member.
Palmer party has a new name as 'mole' slips away
Tony Wright Mining tycoon and would-be federal politician Clive Palmer feared former speaker Peter Slipper could wreck his United Australia Party if he remained a key member.
New white paper will aim at placating China
Tony Wright Australia's new defence strategy, to be unveiled on Friday, is expected to maintain funding at historically low levels while seeking to repair damage to the relationship with China that followed the...
Funding to be kept at record low
Tony Wright Australia's new defence strategy, to be unveiled today, is expected to maintain historically low funding.
Politicians failing to cash in their chips
Tony Wright When the day of a national apology for forced adoption is consumed in parliamentary self-indulgence, something has broken.
Something has been broken at the heart of politics
Tony Wright Late last month, a woman stood alone on the forecourt of Canberra's Parliament House, inhaling gulps of cigarette smoke. ''All very nice,'' she said. ''Too late. Tomorrow it'll be wrapping chips.''
It's on again: Abbott gets back in ring with 7.30's Sales
Tony Wright Tony Abbott is either feeling lucky or he's been reading up. Maybe he's been taking peptides.
Why Labor? Kim Carr to burst into print
Tony Wright Can Simon Crean and Martin Ferguson be far from a hot word processor?
New chapter for Bowen as he seeks to save Labor
Tony Wright Chris Bowen's publishers, you would imagine, are hoping he can write better than he can count.
Political thriller be damned, Bowen's going to save Labor instead
Tony Wright Chris Bowen's publishers, you'd imagine, are hoping he can write better than he can count. Finding himself with unexpected time on his hands over the past weeks, Bowen has been busily scribbling a...
Western Sydney, where pollies would have you think crime control is at sea
Tony Wright Crime in western Sydney is, apparently, out of control. Worse, the inhabitants' borders aren't being protected.
First Bloke survives motorbike scare
Tony Wright For a fearful moment, Australia was in danger of losing its First Bloke.
First bloke survives charity ride
Tony Wright, Canberra For a fearful moment, Australia was in danger of losing its First Bloke.
Siding with realism confounds fantasy choo-choo
Tony Wright It may be a little early to book reservations aboard Australia's Very Fast Train, and even if you could get one, say for the 50th birthday of your newborn grandchild, you would be best not to put...
Fantasy choo-choo another test of Australian travellers' patience
Tony Wright It may be a little early to book reservations aboard Australia's Very Fast Train, and even if you could get one - say for the 50th birthday of your just-born grandchild - you'd be best not to put...
Leaders and battle-scarred Negus recall resolve
Tony Wright Australia's political leaders were effusive in their praise for the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher but the veteran television journalist George Negus recalled her as being ''as scary...
