Phillip Coorey
Phillip Coorey joined the Sydney Morning Herald in 2005 and is the paper's Chief Political Correspondent, based in Canberra. Previously he was the Political Editor for Adelaide's The Advertiser. He has been in the Canberrra Press Gallery since 1998, except for 2003 and 2004 when he was the New York correspondent for News Ltd.
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No room to gloat for glum Hockey
Phillip Coorey JOE HOCKEY hasn't looked so uncomfortable since Australia last avoided recession.
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Why the Coalition is on a winner - it's all about individual pain
Phillip Coorey W hen John Howard told Parliament on March 26, 2007, ''working families in Australia have never been better off'', he was entitled to boast.
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Means test may not be such a bitter pill this time around
Phillip Coorey When dozens of private hospital staff gathered outside Rob Oakeshott's Port Macquarie electorate office on Saturday to urge him to reject means testing of health insurance, they risked provoking the...
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Rudd turns to the people not the party
Phillip Coorey KEVIN Rudd is counting on the love of the people, not his colleagues, if he is to emerge victorious from Monday's leadership ballot.
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There was little love between PM from Queensland and president from Texas
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd, as prime minister, never had a great relationship with George Bush. Rudd came to power as Bush was in the presidential exit lounge and things started to deteriorate almost from the first...
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Gillard on the go is being undersold
Phillip Coorey Julia Gillard will spend about 55 hours in the air and 18 on the ground just to attend the NATO summit in Lisbon. She arrives home this morning from a week overseas and heads off again on Thursday.
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CBA and its cronies can bank on the wails
Phillip Coorey Not so long ago, the government was singing the praises of the Commonwealth Bank and its boss, Ralph Norris. It was April last year and the nation was in the grip of the global financial crisis.
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Martyr Turnbull comes in from cold
Phillip Coorey If Australians wanted an emissions trading scheme, they should have voted for John Howard at the last election.
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Patience becomes a PM on the move
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd arrived home early this morning from six days in Afghanistan, India and Singapore. He will be home for less than a fortnight before jetting off to Trinidad and Tobago for the three-day...
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Another job for a Tory, but Costello will have to help Labor look good
Phillip Coorey At the conclusion of the weekly cabinet meeting a fortnight ago, a minister, mostly in jest - but not entirely - dismissively slid a file along the table after a quick perusal.
