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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As the Coalition knows, there is a long history of costing opposition policies
Phillip Coorey The opposition and some sections of the media are in high dudgeon because information has been released. However, it's not the first time a government has costed opposition policies.
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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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Green dilemma has Labor in a spin
Phillip Coorey The whole political establishment will be watching this Saturday's byelection for the state seat of Melbourne.
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Bets off for Abbott after a Rudd change
Phillip Coorey As opposition leader between 1998 and 2001, Kim Beazley was the last person to lead federal Labor for a full term.
Charges or not, the Thomson nightmare continues for Labor
Phillip Coorey From a political perspective, all that matters in the Craig Thomson saga is whether the MP is eligible to remain in Parliament.
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Thomson saga travels slowly in a cul-de-sac
Phillip Coorey What is being overlooked amid all the huff and puff of the Craig Thomson saga is that the investigation by Fair Work Australia was never supposed to be a precursor to the laying of criminal charges.
HSU warned to clean up or clear out
Phillip Coorey FAIR Work Australia will release its findings against Craig Thomson next month, while his old union, the Health Services Union, faces threats of deregistration or being placed in the hands of...
Abbott's own act to blame for the lack of criminal charges
Phillip Coorey TONY ABBOTT'S frustration that the Fair Work Australia investigation into the Health Services Union has not paved the way explicitly for criminal charges in part stems from legislation he introduced...
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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...
