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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Gillard has Howard's view on juggling US and China
Phillip Coorey Blessed with the thickest of political hides, John Howard has never been one to react to every criticism made of him.
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Gillard's power play
Phillip Coorey Julia Gillard is entering a critical phase for both her leadership and her government. Clearly she has decided to go on the front foot.
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Gillard showed flawed judgment by appearing on program
Phillip Coorey The question being asked rhetorically around Parliament House this morning was ''why?''. As in, why did Gillard agree to be interviewed for a show which, many in the ALP feared, was always going to...
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PM ends her week as she began - with a win
Phillip Coorey JULIA Gillard has turned disaster into a stunning victory and, in doing so, has reasserted the authority the party only renewed in her on Monday.
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Nasty smell lingers in Skype affair
Phillip Coorey While the military establishment and the opposition are busy jumping ugly on the Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, a few points have been overlooked.
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Still no checkmate in minority government chess game
Phillip Coorey It was only last week that Andrew Wilkie, trying to deal himself back into relevance, warned the government it may need him yet.
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Thomson has no words to lance boil that will ache until election day
Phillip Coorey The question that will be left hanging after Craig Thomson makes his statement to Parliament today is how did the whole saga get this far?
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Spare those organising security from more work
Phillip Coorey THE squabble between Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard over Afghanistan misses a key point. It would have been a lot easier on the military had they travelled to Afghanistan together.
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War on the bad guys takes a malign turn
Phillip Coorey Standing in the cockpit of the C-130 Hercules as it began its rapid descent to the Tarin Kowt airstrip, the Chief of Defence Force, Angus Houston, was keen to make an observation.
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Abbott the cyborg assassin will not give up on his hell-bent mission
Phillip Coorey Just after Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor decided to back Labor, a relieved minister observed that, throughout the election campaign, Tony Abbott had reminded him of the Terminator, the...
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Labor 2.0: a lumbering beast that might just avoid extinction
Phillip Coorey The soft carpet throughout the ministerial wing in Parliament House has its benefits, especially if you are a Labor minister walking behind two Liberal frontbenchers who do not realise you are there...
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Martyr Turnbull comes in from cold
Phillip Coorey If Australians wanted an emissions trading scheme, they should have voted for John Howard at the last election.
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Fix-it man Combet stuck on the lower rung
Phillip Coorey When Kevin Rudd appointed Greg Combet as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change last June it was supposed to be a secondary and temporary role.
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Safety warning: debate fireworks could explode in somebody's face
Phillip Coorey Tony Abbott's first parliamentary question as leader was to challenge Kevin Rudd's intestinal fortitude.
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Patience becomes a PM on the move
Phillip Coorey Kevin Rudd arrived home early this morning from six days in Afghanistan, India and Singapore. He will be home for less than a fortnight before jetting off to Trinidad and Tobago for the three-day...
