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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Gillard looks to political gain after Peris pain
Michelle Grattan The Prime Minister has got her way, but what are the likely consequences?
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Headaches for Abbott as tactics falter
Michelle Grattan Stressing the need for unity during his address to his troops on Tuesday, Tony Abbott told the MPs that if they ever needed to get a message to him, they should just call direct - he would always...
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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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Shorten versus Abbott: it's not just about industrial relations
Michelle Grattan Consider their upcoming battle on IR reform as a mere preliminary bout.
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From Brough to Palmer, the Queenslanders are at it again
Michelle Grattan What is it about the conservatives in Queensland? They can deliver a heap of seats but they always seem to bring trouble, too, for their Canberra crew.
Swan slips up on tax guarantee
Michelle Grattan Wayne Swan appeared to give a guarantee that small business would get its company tax cut regardless of what happened to the cut for larger businesses - but later his office said he had been talking...
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Winds of change
Michelle Grattan Cyclone Yasi might have blown Tony Abbott's levy fight out of the water.
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Gillard sets her sights high
Michelle Grattan The PM's ambitious goals for the year, including a carbon price, are a mountain to climb.
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Ugly debate brews
Michelle Grattan Debate on asylum seekers threatens to turn very dark, and it's a test for the nation and its leaders to prevent it.
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What's next for the loser?
Michelle Grattan A Liberal loss would herald a generational change, but for Labor it would be devastation.
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There's not much left to launch in this campaign, bar pulling the rabbits out of the hat
Michelle Grattan TODAY is one of the campaign's big moments for Tony Abbott – the formal "launch" of his campaign.
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Old campaigners are friends and formidable opponents who keep leaders secrets
Michelle Grattan SURELY the best image of the election campaign must be the one we'll never see. In Julia Gillard's preparation for last weekend's debate, Senator John Faulkner played Tony Abbott.
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Graceful Liberal leaves stage with a swipe
Michelle Grattan An emotional Petro Georgiou has said his formal goodbye to Parliament with an eloquent valedictory speech condemning both sides of politics for their "regression" on asylum seeker policy.
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In Howard's steps
Michelle Grattan Tony Abbott has taken much from his political mentor, but it would be wrong to think he is just John Howard by default. Abbott's conservatism, like that of Howard, has a strong streak of pragmatism.
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Scare campaign may be Abbott's best chance of troubling Rudd
Michelle Grattan Tony Abbott might have a chat with Andrew Peacock sometime over the summer. The new Opposition Leader's goal appears to be a 1984-type campaign, when Peacock ran a highly charged ''scare''.
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Liberals floundering in chaos
Michelle Grattan The Liberal Party is a madhouse. Malcolm Turnbull amazed even the Turnbull sceptics by his wild performance yesterday.
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Embattled leader makes a desperate last stand
Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull has dramatically rolled the dice, to keep faith with his commitment to action on climate change and to keep the word of the Liberal Party.
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Turnbull's wait to walk the green mile
Michelle Grattan Many Liberals believe Malcolm Turnbull's 48-35 defeat of the spill move was very likely just a stay of execution.
Kamikaze move for leader
Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull was close to being dead meat last night. Mostly, he has brought his problems on himself — over recent months and during one of the most bizarre days in modern Liberal history.
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Kamikaze move for leader
Michelle Grattan Malcolm Turnbull was close to being dead meat last night. Mostly, he has brought his problems on himself - over recent months and during one of the most bizarre days in modern Liberal history.
