Katharine Murphy

Katharine Murphy

Katharine Murphy is national affairs correspondent at The Age. She has been reporting on federal politics for more than a decade, starting at The Australian Financial Review, where she was Canberra chief of staff from 2001 to 2004, and moving to The Australian as a specialist writer from 2004 to 2006. She joined The Age in 2006. In 2008, she won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism.

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Is Gillard hitting her stride?

Things seem to be getting harder for Tony Abbott - but it's still too soon to be getting on an early election.

Katharine Murphy Things seem to be getting harder for Tony Abbott - but it's still too soon to be betting on an early election.

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The vibes from America are bad for Abbott

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Katharine Murphy What does Obama's win mean? Maybe, just maybe, carbon pricing.

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The big question for 2013: who will 'own' middle Australia?

Katharine Murphy The American election campaign is a guide to our own coming contest.

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Read all about it: journalism has a future!

Australian journalism.

Katharine Murphy Over this past weekend I've read too many last columns from friends and colleagues who are leaving journalism; the best of the best. Melancholia feels the only reasonable response.

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Gloves are off as tussle for the top begins

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 22: Kevin Rudd waves goodbye while leaving the Willard Hotel February 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. Rudd resigned early this morning as Australian foreign minister, setting the stage for a heated battle with Prime Minister Julia Gillard for leadership of the country.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

Katharine Murphy SLICK operation, the Rudd family.