Chris Uhlmann
Chris Uhlmann is the ABC's political editor. He has previously hosted AM, co-hosted 7.30 and 666 ABC Canberra's top rating breakfast program, produced Mornings on 774 ABC Melbourne and worked as the chief political correspondent for ABC radio current affairs.
Is this the world's highest-paid post office boss? Analysis
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Australia Post's strategy of trying to hide its CEO's $5.6 million salary package has backfired and the Government should step in, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, australia
The night a group of Catholic schoolboys confronted evil Analysis
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In 1978, a group of Catholic schoolboys was called to make a moral decision. The night before, a Marist brother had tried to assault one of them. Those boys were better disciples than the princes of their Church. That is a triumph and a tragedy, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, royal-commissions, sexual-offences, assault, canberra-2600, act, australia
Bernardi's departure is a fracturing of the status quo Analysis
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The complicated life of PM Malcolm Turnbull is about to become harder when Cory Bernardi formally announces he's quitting the Liberal Party. It's another sign of the unravelling of the status quo in liberal democracies, Chris Uhlmann writes.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, liberals, sa, australia
Bernardi to split with Coalition, form Australian Conservatives
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Outspoken Liberal senator Cory Bernardi is set to announce he is leaving the Coalition to form his own political party called Australian Conservatives, leaving his colleagues struggling to guess if any MPs will jump ship and join him.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, liberals, sa, australia
WA National Party faces existential threat from One Nation: polling
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In the latest sign the National Party faces an existential threat from One Nation, polling obtained by the ABC shows its West Australian state leader suffering a 20-point drop on his 2013 election result, Chris Uhlmann writes.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, one-nation, nationals, wa, australia
Will competing forces of party and populists tear Trump's presidency apart? Analysis
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Media coverage has not wavered since US voters went to the polls, and now the focus has turned to what kind of president Donald Trump will be and from whom he will seek counsel.
Topics: elections, world-politics, united-states
John Kerry confirms US considering refugee resettlement deal
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry confirms his country has agreed to consider re-settling refugees from Nauru and Manus Island.
Topics: refugees, immigration, foreign-affairs, federal-government, world-politics, australia, united-states, nauru
Uhlmann: What kind of leader will Donald Trump be? Analysis
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Is Donald Trump the gracious winner of election night, who called on the country to unite, or the spiteful bully who wants to jail his opponent? Either way it looks likely to be a white-knuckle ride, political editor Chris Uhlmann writes.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, united-states
Trump leads grassroots revolt against 'rigged' system Analysis
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Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election speak to the core grievance of America's poor, that the game of life is fixed to benefit the rich and the working man is being screwed. But does he have the answers to solve their grievances.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, united-states
US coal wars fuelling support for Donald Trump
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In the early 1920s, the largest labour uprising in US history took place in Logan County, in West Virginia's rich coal country. Today, writes Chris Uhlmann, US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is at the centre of a new rebellion as the region struggles to cope with the industry's downturn.
Topics: us-elections, coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
SA storm caused transmission faults, but that's not the whole story Analysis
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The Australian Energy Market Operator finds the sudden and unexpected loss of half of South Australia's wind power in the midst of the severe storm on September 28 was a key event in the state-wide blackout, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, wind-energy, storm-disaster, storm-event, sa
Renewable energy supporters 'shouldn't get hysterical over criticism' Analysis
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In the wake of South Australia's power blackout, those who point out the real and well documented problems with the electricity system shouldn't be burned as heretics.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, wind-energy, sa
SA Government feared 'state-wide power outage' would occur
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Months before the blackout which left South Australia in darkness, the state's Energy Minister wrote to the Energy Market Commission saying the high take-up of wind turbines and rooftop solar cells could be risky.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, wind-energy, solar-energy, sa
Analysis: Rushing to renewables risks sector's reputation Analysis
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Renewables are the future, but rushing to a target to parade green credentials exposes the electricity network to a serious security risk, and in the long run risks permanent reputational damage to the renewable energy cause, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: weather, storm-event, environment, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa
Chinese influence peddling 'challenging fundamentals' of Australia, former diplomat says
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A former Australian ambassador to China says Beijing's influence here might become a thornier problem for the Federal Government than the dispute over the South China Sea.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, china, australia, asia
Fears of system failure in IBM's Customs and Immigration merger
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Concerns are raised about IBM's ability to meet the demands of merging the Customs and Immigration computer systems. An IT failure could have serious national security implications as the mainframe will manage Australia's border controls, including red flagging terror suspects.
Topics: computers-and-technology, public-sector, government-and-politics, federal-government, population-and-demographics, immigration, australia
SA's power shock sounds national electricity alarm
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An extraordinary spike in South Australia's wholesale electricity price in July sounded an alarm across the five states that share the National Electricity Market, Grattan Institute research shows.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, vic
Catholic Church, charities regulator in brawl over possible political campaigning
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The charities regulator threatens the tax-free status of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria after it urged parents not to vote for the Greens at the federal election.
Topics: government-and-politics, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, education, catholic, australia, vic
Australia could still win hearts in Pacific despite past tensions Analysis
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Hit and miss interest in the Pacific region, deep foreign aid budget cuts and a lack of climate change action has made enemies for Australia in the past, but early signs from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at this year's Pacific Islands Forum were good.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, climate-change, micronesia-federated-states-of, pacific
'Who are you fighting for?' Putin and Turnbull's G20 encounter Analysis
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There are no pictures of Vladimir Putin's encounter with Malcolm Turnbull at the G20 in Hangzhou. But his blunt message on the Syrian war could not have been clearer — and it was emblematic of Russia and China's new confidence in the world, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, foreign-affairs, turnbull-malcolm, australia, china, russian-federation
PM urges French President to ensure submarine data security
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Malcolm Turnbull meets with Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the G20, telling the President the French contractor's leak of sensitive data about the submarines was unacceptable.
Economic and territorial troubles the backdrop for G20 summit Analysis
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Malcolm Turnbull's free trade pitch will be a hard sell at the meeting of the 20 leading economies that begins today in China, but his travails pale by comparison with other leaders attending the economic jamboree.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, china
Spy chief sounded alarm about donor links with China last year
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Australia's domestic spy chief warned the nation's major political parties last year that some of their donors had strong links to the Chinese Government. The revelation comes as pressure grows for a ban on foreign donations to Australian politics.
Topics: federal-government, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, australia, china
Foreign donations could be 'skewing' Australia's democracy
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Former treasurer Wayne Swan says there needs to be a debate about foreign influence on Australian politics, as momentum builds to consider a ban on political donations from overseas following an ABC investigation of Chinese-linked payments to the major parties.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, australia, china, asia
Groups with strong ties to China are major political donors
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Businesses with Chinese connections gave Australia's major parties more than $5.5 million in 2013 and 2015, helping explain increasing official unease about China's influence on everything from politics to critical infrastructure like power grids.
Topics: political-parties, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, china
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