Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
Michael Gordon
Disability: we've got the sense, now for the dollars
Michael Gordon When Jenny Macklin stepped up to the podium at the National Press Club last month to talk up the country's first national disability insurance scheme, an elephant lurked ominously at the back of the...
Michael Gordon
Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliation
Michael Gordon They were the other expert panel, the one that wasn't charged with stopping the boats.
Michael Gordon
The real lesson to be learnt from Labor's history wars
Michael Gordon Maxine McKew's blistering critique of Julia Gillard in her new book, Tales from the Political Trenches, invites three questions: Why did she feel compelled to write it? Is it accurate? And, most...
Michael Gordon
Let Games begin, for relief from the political hurdles
Michael Gordon Rewind four years. Popular Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd addresses a reception for the national team.












