Award-winning journalist Andrew Probyn is political correspondent for ABC nightly current affairs flagship 7.30. Before returning to the ABC, Probyn was Federal Political Editor for The West Australian newspaper for more than a decade. He has twice been named Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Journalist of the Year and was named WA Journalist of the Year for 2016. He is also a winner of the Gold Quill in the Melbourne Press Club Awards. His recent award-winning stories include a series of reports exposing the secrecy over asylum-seeker boat arrivals and his coverage of the Government's plans to privatise the Medicare payments system, which became one of the main issues of the 2016 federal election.
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| UpdatedThe economy may be the best avenue for the Right and the Left to take as they try to tackle the emergence of One Nation and other political alternatives.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis was involved in the Bell Group matter one month earlier than he said he was, his West Australian counterpart Michael Mischin says, which would mean he misled Parliament over the issue.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis was personally involved in the Bell Group matter one month earlier than he says he was, it has been claimed.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedMultinational gas exporters could lose some of their generous tax deductions following a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Topics: oil-and-gas, federal-government, tax, budget, australia
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| UpdatedLabor and the Liberal Party both have problems beginning with the number 50, and in both instances, the number has more to do with political messaging than anything else, writes Andrew Probyn.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, liberals, one-nation, tax, emissions-trading, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson strikes back at One Nation's WA candidates who are complaining about a controversial preference deal with the Liberal Party, telling them if they're not happy with it, "don't stand under my name".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, wa
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull's blistering take-down of Bill Shorten has won him favour in his colleagues' eyes, but he needs to tread carefully to capitalise on it, Andrew Probyn writes.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, political-parties, bill-shorten, australia, canberra-2600