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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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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Charged with acting wisely for the nation, 226 people fell back on megaphone rhetoric
Phillip Coorey Lying in his hospital bed in Adelaide listening to the debate in Canberra, the independent senator Nick Xenophon, was not the only person growing grouchy at the asylum seeker policy paralysis...
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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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Playing doctor sets a dangerous and bizarre precedent
Phillip Coorey Bob Katter was not in Parliament at all last week. He will miss all this week as well. In total, that's nine days of federal Parliament for which he could not be bothered attending.
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Labor hegemony may be dead but it's not all bad for Gillard
Phillip Coorey This Friday, the Labor government will find itself outnumbered for the first time in 4½ years in office.
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Plenty of signs, none of them good for ALP
Phillip Coorey THE backlash against the Brumby government in Victoria has surprised federal Labor, jeopardised its health reforms and paved the way for a thrashing of NSW Labor on March 26.
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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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Safety warning: debate fireworks could explode in somebody's face
Phillip Coorey Tony Abbott's first parliamentary question as leader was to challenge Kevin Rudd's intestinal fortitude.
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Rudd takes calculated gamble on debate
Phillip Coorey An election year wouldn't be so without the Opposition demanding three debates.
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Biffo over health may come out of the blue
Phillip Coorey Wednesday was one of the busier sitting days, with the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, addressing Parliament, and Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott at each other's throats over paid...
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Rudd's humble pie leaves a bad taste
Phillip Coorey Tony Abbott heads to Alice Springs today for four days, two of which will be spent mixing with young indigenous people on remote stations.
