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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Timing, PM, is crucial
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard's problems with her reshuffle will be how it is perceived. Her danger is it will be seen as ministers deserting a sinking ship and that it adds to an impression of chaos, which can be...
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Belief in victory hard for party at war with itself
Michelle Grattan As Labor MPs gather in Canberra for the new parliamentary year, with the election date set and the ministry reshuffled, they are unsettled and uncertain.
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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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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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Playing cat and mouse on inquiry
Michelle Grattan Investigations into the Slipper and AWU affairs would be bad for both sides of politics and a complete waste of money.
It's time now to track the money
Michelle Grattan AT THE time of year when we look back and gaze forward, let's just cast an eye over one success and one failure (so far) of this remarkable Parliament, which still has time to do a few more things.
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Gillard winged but still flying
Michelle Grattan The final parliamentary week has seen the Coalition repeatedly allege that the Prime Minister engaged in criminal activity when she was a lawyer in the 1990s.
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A front-foot fighter with bloodied shins
Michelle Grattan The final parliamentary week has seen the Coalition repeatedly allege the Prime Minister engaged in criminal activity when she was a lawyer in the 1990s.
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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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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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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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Barnaby scores a win with grace under pressure
Michelle Grattan The Nationals Senate leader is showing political poise.
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Barnaby is no longer the Joyce of old
Michelle Grattan A good test of a politician is how they handle thwarted ambition.
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Dangerous days, for refugees and the government
Michelle Grattan Labor is desperately hoping the boats will now stop and the issue will lose its potency.
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It's only right, says voice from left
Michelle Grattan Melissa Parke's low-key style is very different from more familiar, high-profile left operators.
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Another day, another crisis ... or two
Michelle Grattan The Prime Minister has a set of new crises that will make for a tense and testing week.
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Nats mobilise cannon against Windsor
Michelle Grattan Gratitude is not a common commodity in politics right now.
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This will not stop the boats coming
Michelle Grattan THE disconnect between what was happening on the high seas yesterday and the scenes in Federal Parliament was extreme - and it was an indictment on the leaders of this nation.
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A flawed Malaysia deal would surely be a lesser evil than losing more lives
Michelle Grattan I strongly opposed the Pacific Solution, and aspects of the Malaysia swap plan are also abhorrent, but so many people are dying we have to act now.
