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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Thomson, Labor and the race against time
Phillip Coorey Given the glacial pace at which the legal system moves, it is possible that the civil charges against Craig Thomson could be unresolved by the time of the next federal election.
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Emissions trading easier to sell when it goes global
Phillip Coorey PUTTING a floor price on carbon pollution when the carbon tax morphed into an emissions trading scheme in 2015 was always a silly idea.
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Ranga energy drives day of authority and star exposure
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD is on a mission.
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For Labor, largesse may be last chance
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd looked a little lost last week when wandering the Senate corridors looking for Bob Brown.
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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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D-day for the government as carbon pricing put to the test
Phillip Coorey In those mad days in February as Kevin Rudd geared up to challenge Julia Gillard for the leadership, Rudd, in an appeal to Labor MPs fearing July 1, promised to take the edge off the carbon tax.
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PM turns away from a taxing distraction
Phillip Coorey Julia Gillard set her own test for this budget when she addressed caucus on Monday. In what could be construed as a concession to her foe, Gillard told her charges that Tony Abbott had managed to...
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New-look carbon fix makes Abbott a man of steel
Phillip Coorey The night before he became Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott virtually pleaded with Joe Hockey to take the job. ''Joe, we're offering you the leadership of the Liberal Party on a plate,'' he said.
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Labor's state losses are Gillard's gains
Phillip Coorey The Victorian government may have been a bit long in the tooth but it was still doing a decent job.
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Rudd in no hurry to fix mining standoff
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd's decision to skip the Minerals Council of Australia's annual shindig this week and attend a Labor Party function instead is a gesture both symbolic and pointed.
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No winners in fight over climate change
Phillip Coorey Principle will make a rare appearance in Parliament today when Malcolm Turnbull speaks in favour of the emissions trading scheme legislation that was reintroduced
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Farmers friend must beware of the risks
Phillip Coorey Last Thursday's issue of the newspaper The Land was a public relations bonanza for Tony Abbott. Under a front-page headline saying ''At your side'' is a photograph of Abbott deep in conversation with...
