Tony Wright
Tony Wright is the National Affairs Editor of The Age. He has been based in the Canberra Press Gallery for 20 years, working for The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Bulletin before joining The Age in 2007. He has written two plays and two best-selling books, was named Magazine Feature Writer of the Year twice, has won several UN Media Peace Prizes and has been a Walkley Awards finalist five times.
Forget politics, is there a doctor in the House?
Tony Wright High lunacy infecting Canberra could be detected in the rustic humour of Tony Windsor on Monday.
What exposes await as Abbott tosses up challenge?
Tony Wright The revelation by Tony Abbott's inner circle of women that his personal inner goddess is alive and well tosses up dreadful challenges for the Australian political class.
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Slipper moment of clarity closes ghastly spectacle
Tony Wright AND so, a chap who refers to women's private bits as ''shell-less mussels'' was to be allowed to remain Speaker of the House of Representatives, the most powerful job in the chamber, even if he...
The best entitlement of all - for a man who knows the system
Tony Wright He is considered by political watchers to be tricky as a ferret and slick as a weasel - except when he needed to make a quick getaway from a Parliament House lavatory some years ago.
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Daylight robery as grand new Speaker sinks the slipper
Tony Wright The Honourable Peter Slipper seemed awfully keen to impress as he swept to the majesty of his new throne as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Slipper blows the whistle on sparring match
Tony Wright One of the more curious rituals in the sport of boxing is that the referee wears a bow tie. It is supposed to offer a certain gentility to what essentially is a blood sport; a bit like calling it...
The sketch
Welcome to the House of fun with all the muck that's fit to rake
Tony Wright All you need to know about the state of affairs in Canberra is that question time was interrupted yesterday by a debate about the difference between ''muck'' and ''muckraking''.
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Pyne channels Cromwell to ratchet up rhetoric
Tony Wright Too much posturing is never enough for some who strut the boards of Australia's House of Representatives.
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Speaker in driver's seat as battle of wills leaves 'irrelevant' Gillard speechless
Tony Wright It was tempting to rush out and scan the sky for a blue moon or flying pork.
Sketch
No future in getting behind affront on Costello's ambition
Tony Wright There hasn't been such affront taken since John Howard was cruelly overlooked for the vice-presidency of the International Cricket Council.
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Keep on digging, PM, even if the hole's too big
Tony Wright There's nothing quite like a trip to Gallipoli to focus the mind on lost causes.
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Clive, the entertainer, refloats his political boat
Tony Wright Captain Clive Palmer of the SS Titanic hit an iceberg years ago. Its name was Peter Slipper.
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Swan an also-ran as scandals gather steam
Tony Wright Budget Schmudget - the real action today is likely to be taking place on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Labor totters on a high wire but keeps its unslippered feet
Tony Wright The Speaker, Peter Slipper, pleaded innocence and swept away to a future uncertain, leaving us no more than the memory of a billowing gown.
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An MP sits wondering, lonely as a cloud, as Labor sets sights on fairer weather
Tony Wright CRAIG THOMSON was the loneliest man in the House of Representatives on budget day.
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When the Concert Party ruled politics
Tony Wright It is difficult to imagine it now when there seems such little music in the hearts of Australia's politicians, but not so long ago song and mirth spread a bit of magic across the national political...
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Hey, it's good to be monarch
Tony Wright The new Speaker will be the one who gets to say, ''Off with his head!'' if the Fourth Estate starts getting too pesky after Parliament returns.
