Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
Gillard takes on Abbott in the populist and cynical stakes
Michael Gordon Simon Crean maintains Australia's new cultural policy joins the dots on a range of Labor priorities.
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Rudd's long cold shower heats up as leadership stress grows
Michael Gordon What's Kevin up to? It's the perennial question for those Labor MPs who voted for Julia Gillard in last year's leadership ballot, and for her advisers, but now it's being asked by some of Rudd's own...
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Can this sporting nation restore its sense of self?
Michael Gordon Two very different snapshots of the country's progress were delivered during an otherwise underwhelming opening week in the Federal Parliament.
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PM's right to punt on Peris
Michael Gordon Julia Gillard's coup in securing one of Australia's most successful indigenous athletes as a Senate candidate invites predictable criticisms and involves some risk, but is justified by the two words...
Ready, set go: Nova Peris happy to take the baton
Michael Gordon Fifteen years ago, when Nova Peris first confided an interest in entering the national Parliament, the leading indigenous advocate Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue was decidedly unimpressed.
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PM's captain's pick may end a sorry chapter in Labor history
Michael Gordon The long backstory to the PM using her 'captain's pick' to impose Nova Peris, an Olympic champion but a political novice, on Labor's NT branch helps explain why Warren Mundine was so quick to endorse...
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Dirty politics stains the PM, Abbott and all of us
Michael Gordon The Coalition will pay a price for playing politics this way.
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PM wobbly but Abbott not much steadier
Michael Gordon Has Julia Gillard's comeback stalled and is Tony Abbott capable of raising his own standing from the basement?
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Last bout for year to make or break leaders
Michael Gordon Has Julia Gillard's comeback stalled and is Tony Abbott capable of lifting his own standing?
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Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliation
Michael Gordon They were the other expert panel, the one that wasn't charged with stopping the boats.
Our politics has entered a new phase of uncertainty
Michael Gordon In this fluid political environment, stand by for more moments to make you wince.
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Is this the beginning of a Gillard revival?
Michael Gordon Julia Gillard isn't big on admitting to personal failings. Truth is, she is at her best when her back's against the wall and she's conceding absolutely nothing.
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NT's tough love: helping hand or a heavy hand?
Michael Gordon An Aboriginal couple in their mid-20s are driving home to the central Australian community of Yuendumu when they are pulled over by the cops.
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Let Games begin, for relief from the political hurdles
Michael Gordon Rewind four years. Popular Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd addresses a reception for the national team.
