Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan is the political editor of The Age. In 2008, she shared the Melbourne Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award with Laurie Oakes. She edited the books 'Reconciliation' and 'Australian Prime Ministers' (2000), and wrote 'Back on the Wool Track' (2004).
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Well executed? Or executed well?
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard has made one hell of a call. But will it help her - or Tony Abbott?
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Labor's long and winding road to reform
Michelle Grattan Labor Senator John Faulkner can always get public attention when he talks about party reform. But as he'd be the first to admit, it's quite another matter to get something meaningful done.
Rudd talks up more Chinese opportunities
Michelle Grattan Kevin Rudd yesterday predicted the Chinese market would hold 'vast' opportunities for Australia's service industries as the resources boom cooled, in another high-profile appearance by the former...
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Asian century's opportunities could be lost in translation
Michelle Grattan Australia has lessons to learn in how to engage with the region.
Gillard pursues blame game
Michelle Grattan Buoyed by her success in staring down Victoria and NSW over disability insurance, the PM is now trying a bold gamble to deflect the political heat of rising power prices.
Bad blood runs cold for Labor
Michelle Grattan Gillard's future is once more uncertain, against ever worsening chaos. For the Labor party, the terrifying thing is that there seems no quick or ready way through the impasse.
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Semantics cannot hide rift in cabinet
Michelle Grattan PM and her ministers attempted to reconcile conflicting accounts of foreign worker deal.
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Canberra capers fail screen test
Michelle Grattan Paul Keating strongly opposed the televising of Parliament. On Wednesday, Tony Abbott might have agreed with him.
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Media Paradox: many more voices, much less reporting
Michelle Grattan Economics and readers' consumption habits have made newspapers the headline story.
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Tough times ahead over IR and media
Michelle Grattan Political stakes are high and vested interests powerful, vociferous.
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Time we had a separate minister for indigenous affairs
Michelle Grattan THE Gillard government is anxious to distinguish its approach to improving life for Northern Territory Aborigines by launching consultations to discuss where to go when the legislation for the...
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Kev's gang has little in common
Michelle Grattan An eclectic quartet of four ministers came out to support Kevin Rudd last week.
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Little in common but Kevin for this gang of four
Michelle Grattan An eclectic quartet of four ministers came out on Thursday to support Kevin Rudd.
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Swan shows a short memory on difficult reforms
Michelle Grattan In arguing that Clive Palmer and his ilk pose a threat to economic reform and the ''fair go'' by using their wealth and influence in pursuit of their ''vested interests'', Treasurer Wayne Swan is...
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Gillard has plenty to fear from wipe-out
Michelle Grattan The Gillard government is delusional if it thinks the Queensland poll didn't carry a message.
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No room to move for Gillard
Michelle Grattan If Gillard is looking for a straw of hope, she might look to Howard's situation in early 2001.
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Staggering under the load
Michelle Grattan A lot is riding on Sunday's COAG meeting, including the council's own future.
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Gillard sets her sights high
Michelle Grattan The PM's ambitious goals for the year, including a carbon price, are a mountain to climb.
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Coalition's charge ahead on Afghanistan ends in abject retreat
Michelle Grattan The opposition's policy flip-flops are worrying on an issue as vital as war.
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Abbott will have to crack whip as the discipline of campaigning is forgotten
Michelle Grattan Discontent is likely to grow, especially if the frontbenchers don't perform up to scratch.
