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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The power of social media
Michelle Grattan The Jones affair, and an outbreak of obscenities after Julia Gillard's responses in an education forum on Facebook yesterday raise big questions about the power of social media.
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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.
Labor's return to the Howard days is excruciating
Michelle Grattan It might have been less painful if they had just embraced Howard's harsh asylum-seeker policy in one fell swoop.
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Internet is parents' worst nightmare
Michelle Grattan For children, the internet is the big enlarger.
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US poll gives Labor audacity of hope
Michelle Grattan Good heavens - now Barack Obama is getting in on the misogyny act.
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As standards decline into talking points
Michelle Grattan In the Canberra blame game, no one comes out smelling like roses.
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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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Misogyny war has no winner
Michelle Grattan The PM may have made a hero of herself to some feminists but she did the wrong thing in trying to protect the sexist Peter Slipper.
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The Prime Minister's man problem
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard doesn't have enough men in her life.
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Gillard's man problem
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard doesn't have enough men in her life. Male voters, that is. We've heard a lot about Tony Abbott's problem with women voters - the polls document it and MPs report it from their...
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Oakeshott's code of limited value
Michelle Grattan When Parliament returns, it will debate Rob Oakeshott's proposal for House of Representatives MPs to have a code of conduct.
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Media Paradox: many more voices, much less reporting
Michelle Grattan Economics and readers' consumption habits have made newspapers the headline story.
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Labor playing with fire in its rush to burn the Green witch
Michelle Grattan Suddenly Labor, or at least many in it, have decided they must burn the Green witch. Prominent players have been stoking the fire all week, tossing the vitriol like kindling onto the pyre.
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For dentist's son, positivity is like pulling teeth
Michelle Grattan Tony Abbott's first major speech for 2012 pitched to his political need to be modestly positive.
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Time we had a separate minister for indigenous affairs
Michelle Grattan THE Gillard government is anxious to distinguish its approach to improving life for Northern Territory Aborigines by launching consultations to discuss where to go when the legislation for the...
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A strange sense of entitlement
Michelle Grattan Joe Hockey's politically dangerous contribution to the welfare debate is a gift to the struggling Gillard government.
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Conscience vote PM's best option
Michelle Grattan Same-sex marriage may not be the biggest of the issues Gillard has to grapple with, but it's potentially very costly.
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Disquiet at Labor's lack of vision
Michelle Grattan There are rumblings within the ranks for the ALP to work out what it stands for, and sell a clear set of values to voters.
ANALYSIS
Gillard shuffles the deck with a cautious hand
Michelle Grattan JULIA GILLARD'S reshuffle is simultaneously bold and cautious. Some choices are unexpected, notably Penny Wong into Finance. There's no big purge of under-performers.
