Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
Who would be in your (political) team of the century?
Michael Gordon The late John Button had his own strategy for coping with the tedium of Parliament during his years as the government leader in the Senate.
Michael Gordon
The national disgrace that is our asylum-seeker debate
Michael Gordon A month before Julia Gillard's mini-campaign in Sydney's outer west, Tony Abbott took his own mini-campaign to Melbourne's outer east, and reflected with justifiable pride on the diversity of...
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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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Friendship hits a snag in a sea of confusion over boats
Michael Gordon Paris Aristotle and David Manne are good friends. They have been for more than 15 years.
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The dogs of war replace Canberra's civilised pack
Michael Gordon There was no tougher, more uncompromising fighter on the conservative side of politics, but John Howard was always prided himself on being civil.
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Tanner orchestrates his own Labor sideshow
Michael Gordon Lindsay Tanner's last book on politics explored the relationship between politicians and the media. It began with the observation that most journalists would scan the book, looking for shock...
