Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.

Michael Gordon

PM's right to punt on Peris

Michael Gordon Julia Gillard's coup in securing one of Australia's most successful indigenous athletes as a Senate candidate invites predictable criticisms and involves some risk, but is justified by the two words...

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Team Legal goes in to bat for desperate Sri Lankans

Dyson cartton. December 7th 2012.

Michael Gordon Here's a poser to start a dinner table conversation: Name one Australian institution that has emerged from a year of dismal politics, dashed expectations and revelations of systemic failure with its...

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Friendship hits a snag in a sea of confusion over boats

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Michael Gordon Paris Aristotle and David Manne are good friends. They have been for more than 15 years.

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Time to stop finger-pointing and start being constructive

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Michael Gordon It's time Tony Abbott made it possible for Julia Gillard to implement policies to prevent asylum-seeker tragedies.

Michael Gordon

Sound-bite diplomacy no solution to asylum seeker quandary

<i>The Age</i> journalist Michael Gordon.

Michael Gordon There is a simple way to end the impasse on asylum seeker policy, but Tony Abbott and his immigration spokesman refuse to embrace it. Why?

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A change of tide, but boats squabbling hits a low ebb

Michael Gordon You may not have noticed it, but there has been a tactical shift in the long-running asylum seeker blame game between Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard.