Katharine Murphy

Katharine Murphy

Katharine Murphy is national affairs correspondent at The Age. She has been reporting on federal politics for more than a decade, starting at The Australian Financial Review, where she was Canberra chief of staff from 2001 to 2004, and moving to The Australian as a specialist writer from 2004 to 2006. She joined The Age in 2006. In 2008, she won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism.

Abbott's Chinese dance

Tony Abbott.

Katharine Murphy Abbott has today raised explicitly the idea that China should embark on political reform.

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Gloves are off as tussle for the top begins

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 22: Kevin Rudd waves goodbye while leaving the Willard Hotel February 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. Rudd resigned early this morning as Australian foreign minister, setting the stage for a heated battle with Prime Minister Julia Gillard for leadership of the country.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

Katharine Murphy SLICK operation, the Rudd family.

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No Huawei - we must not let roadblocks bar our path

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Katharine Murphy If you want to consider Australia's 'Asian Century' conundrum in one case-study, look no further than the story of Huawei, the communications giant and China's largest privately owned company.

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Team Abbott embraces Asia

Katharine Murphy There's more to the political debate than white noise about Thomson and Slipper.

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Joe Hockey and the template of doom

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey.

Katharine Murphy Adrian Dodd, on Twitter, pretended to agree with Mr Hockey's analysis of Wayne Swan. ''I loved him in Wolf Creek.'' Blogger Possum Comitatus did not pretend to agree. He demurred.

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Fading star

Katharine Murphy and Tom Arup Under former celebrity candidate and green warrior Peter Garrett, Labor's dominance of environment issues is ebbing away.

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