Michael Gordon

Gillard plucks short lifeline from parliamentary jetsam

Michael Gordon Julia Gillard rescues something from the wreckage of parliamentary gridlock, and all but commits herself to enact what her expert group recommends.

They look like Keystone Cops and the real test is still to come

Michael Gordon Julia Gillard has triumphed in her third party-room showdown with Kevin Rudd, but Tony Abbott is the biggest - the only - winner from one of the most bizarre days in Australia's political history.

Hard road ahead for heavily burdened ministers

Michael Gordon Rather than call in the Rudd backers in cabinet one by one, Gillard put the onus on them.

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Rudd's long cold shower heats up as leadership stress grows

Michael Gordon What's Kevin up to? It's the perennial question for those Labor MPs who voted for Julia Gillard in last year's leadership ballot, and for her advisers, but now it's being asked by some of Rudd's own...

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High-fives around PM reveal faulty grasp of Labor's reality

Michael Gordon Julia Gillard's inner sanctum hasn't had much to smile about lately, but on Tuesday her advisers were giving each other high-fives in the Prime Minister's office.

A body blow

Michael Gordon The surprise departure of two of the Government’s most senior figures is a very bad look on two levels.

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Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliation

Michael Gordon They were the other expert panel, the one that wasn't charged with stopping the boats.

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The real lesson to be learnt from Labor's history wars

Michael Gordon Maxine McKew's blistering critique of Julia Gillard in her new book, Tales from the Political Trenches, invites three questions: Why did she feel compelled to write it? Is it accurate? And, most...