Lenore Taylor

Lenore Taylor

Lenore Taylor is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a Walkley Award winner, a winner of the Paul Lyneham Award for excellence in press gallery journalism and a former foreign correspondent, based in London. She co-authored a book, "Shitstorm" on the Rudd government's response to the global economic crisis. She has covered federal politics for more than 20 years.

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Alarm over spectre of young, lost generation

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Lenore Taylor In the tumble of news this week a report raising a very big question slipped by with almost no fuss.

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The moment of truth finally arrives

Child abuse.

Lenore Taylor AFTER so much pain, so many shocking revelations, so many years of thankless campaigning by the betrayed and so much resistance by the accused, the fight to expose the full horrible truth about...

Tanner denies fanning leadership row as he closes political chapter

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Lenore Taylor LINDSAY TANNER says his book criticising the Labor Party and the poll-driven ''panic'' that led to the coup against Kevin Rudd was not designed to help provoke another leadership change.

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Electricity bills: be afraid, but not of the obvious

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Lenore Taylor In every good horror movie the thing you think is going to be scary doesn't turn out to be the thing you should really fear.

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Labor boxed in over the price of pies and pizzas

Lenore Taylor If you needed any more evidence that our national political debate is warped way out of shape, consider this.

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Plenty of promises, but not much delivery

Lenore Taylor Julia Gillard talks a lot about the national disability insurance scheme.

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MPs ponder the unthinkable - Rudd

Lenore Taylor SENIOR Labor figures agree Julia Gillard has just weeks to shore up her leadership, and that she may not. But they can't agree on what should happen if she doesn't.

The powerful spin of Abbott's wrecking ball

Lenore Taylor Bill Kelty had some advice for the labour movement this week. He was puzzling over why Labor seemed to have lost hope and trust and a sense of purpose.