Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan is the political editor of The Age. In 2008, she shared the Melbourne Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award with Laurie Oakes. She edited the books 'Reconciliation' and 'Australian Prime Ministers' (2000), and wrote 'Back on the Wool Track' (2004).
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Well executed? Or executed well?
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard has made one hell of a call. But will it help her - or Tony Abbott?
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Political science: altering Abbott's polarity from negative to positive
Michelle Grattan Expect some rebranding as the Coalition campaign begins.
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But seriously, get ready for Mr Positive
Michelle Grattan Tony Abbott is likely to be residing in the prime minister's office later this year.
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Abbott's blueprint is still a work in progress
Michelle Grattan It was OK as a performance, delivered informally, US-style, with a hand-held mic, but the opening salvo of Tony Abbott's mini-campaign told us little new.
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Tony, lighten up for the battle ahead
Michelle Grattan Dear Tony, suddenly you have become THE talking point among the chattering commentators.
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Jones forced to eat words
Michelle Grattan Shockjock's appalling comment becomes part of the wider battle between Labor and the Coalition.
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Once again Abbott looks over-scripted, over-loyal
Michelle Grattan Bernardi’s extraordinary contribution to the same sex marriage debate demanded that Abbott quickly tell his errant senator — who made anti-Muslim remarks a few months ago — he was getting no more...
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Bestiality comment claims unlikely victim
Michelle Grattan It's surely one of the weirdest falls in federal politics - a shadow parliamentary secretary forced to quit a job for suggesting we could be on the slippery slope towards condoning bestiality.
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Abbott finds that a taut Coalition is not that easily taught
Michelle Grattan In his Quarterly Essay, David Marr writes that Tony Abbott is in a contest with his own body.
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The musings of Malcolm
Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull's lament on the degradation of our politics is justified, but prescribing a solution is more difficult.
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Greens are as stubborn as Abbott
Michelle Grattan Mostly it's the opposition that has been in the frame for stymieing efforts to get a more effective policy to combat people smuggling.
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Turnbull insists on doing it his way
Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull may or may not have become reconciled to his likely fate for next year.
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Abbott's strength, Gillard's weakness
Michelle Grattan Tony Abbott is negative but a ferocious opponent.
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Refugee nightmare plays out for Gillard
Michelle Grattan THE past week has brought home that the Labor government can't claim a shred of principle on asylum policy any more.
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The waiting game goes on
Michelle Grattan Kevin Rudd was active on the Syrian crisis this week, reporting to Parliament and calling in that country's senior diplomat.
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Caught in the thick of it
Michelle Grattan Peta Credlin deserves a starring role in an Australian version of West Wing, or The Thick of It.
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Sleaze the day: the tactic that now dogs ALP
Michelle Grattan It's hard to go beyond that old cliche about dogs and fleas when considering the latest bizarre Peter Slipper twist, which has the government reeling yet again.
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Slipper was always a bad fit and should not be reinstalled
Michelle Grattan Speaker Peter Slipper is not an appropriate occupant of a position that carries all the symbolism of Parliament's role at the apex of our democratic system.
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Leaders preach to perceived choirs
Michelle Grattan The mining billionaires have become used to being the butt of attacks by Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan.
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Libs beset by spiteful backbiting
Michelle Grattan Abbott faces trouble on several fronts as the discipline shown during the election campaign disintegrates.
