Why Liberal candidates want Julie Bishop
Spend a morning on the hustings with Julie Bishop and it is quickly apparent why she's the minister in hottest demand among Liberal candidates.
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Deborah Snow
Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.
Female DFAT boss would be a 'milestone'
If Julie Bishop is about to appoint the first ever woman to head the prestigious and powerful Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade she kept her cards close to her chest on Monday.
AFP report leaves unanswered questions on top secret intelligence leak
Andrew Wilkie has strongly rejected what he claims is offensive and unfounded "innuendo" levelled against him in a 12-year-old Australian Federal Police report.
Albanese's 'difficult conversation' in battle against Greens
Used to being feted as a lion of the Left and champion of progressive causes inside the ALP, Anthony Albanese has become infuriated at his portrayal by the Greens as a relative dinosaur.
Penny Wong lavishes praise on Anthony Albanese
Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese's political love-in points to a strong alliance between the pair after the election
Plibersek passes baton to Albanese
If you're trying to worm your way into the good graces of the average Balmain voter there's few better ways than showing up in one of the (many) local pubs for a beer. Especially if the evening is larded with sentiment.
Subs could be vulnerable to new weapons technology: Beazley
Former Labor leader and onetime defence minister Kim Beazley has cautioned that dramatic changes in military technology over the next decade could have an impact on Australia's $50 billion submarine replacement program, given the rapid development of unmanned submersible platforms that are better able to detect conventional submarines.
The question that nearly threw Albanese
The question that threw Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail.
Bishop's engineering misfortune
You can charm most of the people most of the time, but you can't charm a machine into cooperating with your campaign picture opportunity.
Greens muscling their way into the main game
While Labor and the Coalition have been brushing up their opening pitches, the Greens have been grabbing headlines.
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