Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is Fairfax Media's chief political correspondent. A vice-president of the National Press Club, he regularly appears on the ABC's Insiders, Sky News Agenda, and other televsion and radio programs. He has reported from Canberra under five prime ministers (and counting) and even more opposition leaders.
Australian federal election 2016: Delicate balance needed by both leaders
Mark Kenny So Bill Shorten thinks this government will not last and that Australians will be back at the polls within 12 months.
Malcolm Turnbull firms in late counting but faces a Rubik's Cube of complexity
Mark Kenny Technically it remains unclear whether the beleaguered premiership of Malcolm Bligh Turnbull will continue uninterrupted. Practically however, it is now virtually inevitable.
Australian federal election 2016: Better late than never: Turnbull strikes a leadership note
Mark Kenny Malcolm Turnbull remains admirably upbeat about his chances of forming a majority. Why? Perhaps he knows something the rest of us don't?
Australian federal election 2016: Turnbull takes responsibility for poor campaign as count continues
Mark Kenny Malcolm Turnbull has moved to steady his teetering leadership declaring his confidence is growing of forming a majority government, while taking full responsibility for campaign mistakes.
Australian federal election 2016: Political and constitutional crisis leaves Malcolm Turnbull fighting on all fronts
James Massola, Mark Kenny Australia could be staring at a protracted constitutional crisis caused by the weekend's dead-heat election, with the counting of postal votes likely to take several weeks and opposition leader Bill...
Australian federal election 2016: Doughnut nation: the election that left a hole in the country
Mark Kenny If success has a thousand fathers, this government is an orphan.
Australian federal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull hits out and misses the mark
Mark Kenny Chief political correspondent The well-known Turnbull temper boiled pretty close to the surface on election night after his endlessly repeated offer of strength and stability was thrown back in his face by an unimpressed...
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull faces backlash as blame game begins
James Massola, Mark Kenny, Josh Dye The Prime Minister is staring down an internal push from conservative MPs for the return of Tony Abbott to the ministry.
Election 2016: Tony Abbott calls for calm as Liberal recriminations begin
James Massola, Mark Kenny Tony Abbott has called on his colleagues not to rush to judgement following a shock election result that has seen voters desert Malcolm Turnbull in droves and rocked the Liberal...
Federal election 2016: Major parties rocked in the heartland
Mark Kenny chief political correspondent For Malcolm Turnbull, the future is now supremely uncertain.
Australian federal election 2016: Voters walk away from Malcolm Turnbull, results on knife's edge
Mark Kenny, James Massola Malcolm Turnbull's audacious double dissolution gamble looks to have backfired, raising the chances of another hung parliament, and the potential for turmoil in Coalition ranks.
Federal election 2016: Australian voters overwhelmingly back Malcolm Turnbull's plebiscite policy
James Massola, Mark Kenny Support for same-sex marriage has surged to its highest ever level, while Malcolm Turnbull has received a late boost with the Coalition's plan to hold a national plebiscite on the issue also backed...
Same-sex marriage: Malcolm Turnbull marries political convenience with virtue to come up roses
Mark Kenny, chief political correspondent So what that it was Tony Abbott's policy for delaying marriage reform for as long as possible. And so what if it was strongly opposed by Malcolm Turnbull at the time for that very reason.
Federal election 2016: Australia's next government remains an educated, if ultimately fraught, guess
Mark Kenny, chief political correspondent The colour of Australia's next national government remains an educated, if ultimately fraught, guess.
Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Dead heat on election eve as final poll points to cliffhanger
Mark Kenny, chief political correspondent Fairfax-Ipsos poll challenges a growing confidence Malcolm Turnbull will win comfortably on Saturday.
Federal election 2016: Company tax cut claims built on uncertain foundations, modeller says
Peter Martin, Mark Kenny Claims of a boost to living standards from the government's planned company tax cuts rest largely on a dramatic reduction in tax avoidance, a new analysis shows.
Federal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull's final message to undecided: stick with me
Mark Kenny chief political correspondent PM appeals to voters to stick together, stick to what they know and stick to the Coalition.
Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull's marriage equality Faustian pact is unravelling
Mark Kenny, chief political correspondent When Tony Abbott suddenly declared the push for marriage equality to be "an important issue" last year it was tempting to imagine the Coalition had undergone a sea change of attitude.
Federal election 2016: Shorten's final pitch: budget security begins at home
Mark Kenny Chief political correspondent After eight weeks of dawn-past-dusk campaigning, Bill Shorten still looks fresh, even ebullient.
Election 2016: Labor's unlikely win slips away, analysis of 11 major polls finds
Mark Kenny Bill Shorten remains close but his chances of snaring an unlikely against-the-odds victory appear to be fading.
