Eliza Borrello

Eliza Borrello reports for AM, The World Today and PM from Perth. Before this she spent five years as one of the ABC's federal political reporters in Canberra. Eliza has also worked in the press gallery in the Parliament of Western Australia. Her first job with the ABC was in the Broome bureau. She began her reporting career as a cadet at the Broome Advertiser.
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• Rosie Batty says more funding required to combat 'family terrorism'

  By Adrienne Francis and political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted May 13, 2015 13:10:47 | Updated May 14, 2015 00:23:35

  Australian of the Year Rosie Batty labels domestic violence as "family terrorism" and says the federal budget should allocate more money to combating it.

  Topics: domestic-violence, women, family, federal-government, budget, charities-and-community-organisations, community-organisations, australia, canberra-2600, act

• Bracket creep to hurt low to middle income earners

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted May 12, 2015 20:05:43 | Updated May 12, 2015 20:36:03

  Low to middle income earners will feel the effects of tax bracket creep in the Federal Government's second budget, economists say.

  Topics: budget, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia

• Hockey outlines plans for tax avoidance crackdown, Netflix tax

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted May 11, 2015 15:20:27 | Updated May 11, 2015 20:27:04

  Treasurer Joe Hockey reveals details of his multinational tax avoidance crackdown and a plan to force companies selling digital products to charge the GST.

  Topics: budget, federal-government, tax, corporate-governance, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Australians arriving on Gallipoli peninsula for Anzac Day services

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 24, 2015 19:49:08 | Updated April 25, 2015 00:25:17

  Officials and buses full of Australian and New Zealander tourists start to make their way through security checkpoints en route to the Anzac Day dawn service on the Gallipoli peninsula.

  Topics: anzac-day, event, world-war-1, turkey

• Gallipoli marks Children's Day on eve of landings centenary

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 24, 2015 09:30:14 | Updated April 24, 2015 13:31:13

  Thousands of Turks visit parks and monuments on the Gallipoli Peninsula to commemorate 95th Turkish Sovereignty and Children's Day established by first president Ataturk.

  Topics: world-war-1, anzac-day, turkey

• Stretcher bearer remembered by three generations at Gallipoli

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 23, 2015 09:08:29 | Updated April 25, 2015 08:22:29

  Three generations of descendents of 19-year-old Hector Markey, an Anzac stretcher bearer, travel to Gallipoli to retrace his steps.

  Topics: history, world-war-1, turkey, australia

• Surfboat rowers brave chilly conditions for Anzac race

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 22, 2015 09:47:25 | Updated April 25, 2015 08:32:11

  Teams of surfboat rowers venture into chilly waters off the Gallipoli peninsula for a race commemorating the Anzac centenary.

  Topics: anzac-day, sport, surf-life-saving, turkey, australia

• Aussie kayakers battle rough seas on journey to Anzac Cove

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 21, 2015 08:42:35 | Updated April 21, 2015 10:08:27

  Two Australians kayaking to Anzac Cove from Istanbul battle rough seas to make it to their halfway point.

  Topics: anzac-day, world-war-1, history, community-and-society, human-interest, australia, turkey

• Students follow ancestors' footsteps on trip to Gallipoli

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 16, 2015 00:01:05 | Updated April 16, 2015 09:22:35

  Two West Australian high school students will follow in their ancestors' footsteps when they travel to Gallipoli for the Premier's Anzac Student Tour.

  Topics: world-war-1, unrest-conflict-and-war, history-education, schools, family, scaddan-6447, perth-6000, wa, turkey

• Life savers prepare for Gallipoli surf boat race to mark Anzac centenary

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted April 06, 2015 12:25:09 | Updated April 06, 2015 14:43:31

  Dozens of life savers from across the country prepare to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign with a surf boat race.

  Topics: community-and-society, history, world-war-1, sport, surf-life-saving, event, anzac-day, cottesloe-6011, trigg-6029, wa, australia, turkey

• Hockey considers plan to give WA $500m GST windfall

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 26, 2015 12:32:15 | Updated March 26, 2015 13:34:37

  The Federal Government is considering a plan that could give Western Australia a $500 million GST windfall and cut the GST take for New South Wales by $200 million.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, wa, australia, nsw

• Government rejects RET compromise offer

  By political reporters Eliza Borrello and James Bennett

  Posted March 25, 2015 16:37:56 | Updated March 25, 2015 20:28:29

  Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane emphatically rejects a proposal from the Clean Energy Council for a compromise on the Renewable Energy Target.

  Topics: alternative-energy, climate-change, environmental-policy, environment, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia

• IS-bound teenager intercepted at Sydney Airport

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 25, 2015 11:48:14 | Updated March 25, 2015 16:14:12

  A 17-year-old planning to travel to the Middle East to join Islamic State (IS) is intercepted by counter-terrorism officers at Sydney Airport, the Federal Government reveals.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, australia

• Hockey tells colleagues budget will be 'responsible and fair'

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 24, 2015 13:32:13 | Updated May 08, 2015 14:19:10

  Treasurer Joe Hockey tells his party room the savings he will propose in the May budget will be "responsible and fair", as Labor ramps up its attack on the Government's pension plans.

  Topics: budget, federal-government, government-and-politics, hockey-joe, bishop-julie, australia

• Labor flags winding back Government-crossbench RET deal

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 23, 2015 17:36:40

  Labor indicates it will wind back any deal the Government strikes with the crossbench to reduce the Renewable Energy Target, as hopes of a bipartisan deal fade.

  Topics: environment, alternative-energy, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Bishop to question Hockey over reports of foreign aid cuts

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 23, 2015 09:24:48 | Updated March 23, 2015 11:37:05

  Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she plans to question Treasurer Joe Hockey about a report suggesting the aid budget is likely to suffer funding cuts in May.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, bishop-julie, australia

• Homelessness sector secures $230 million funding extension

  By political reporters Eliza Borrello and Susan McDonald

  Posted March 23, 2015 07:36:59 | Updated March 23, 2015 15:53:16

  Women and children in domestic violence situations will benefit from $230 million in federal funding secured over the next two years.

  Topics: community-and-society, homelessness, government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, australia

• Hunt turns to crossbench as RET talks break down

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 19, 2015 17:41:45 | Updated March 19, 2015 19:11:45

  Environment minister Greg Hunt says he has begun talks with the crossbench as renewable talks with Opposition have broken down again.

  Topics: environment, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia

• Government gives more ground in RET negotiations

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 19, 2015 15:42:42

  Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane concedes more ground in negotiations with the Opposition over the Renewable Energy Target.

  Topics: energy, science-and-technology, environment, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Voters tired of hearing about Chan and Sukumaran: Liberal MP

  By Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 18, 2015 14:16:52 | Updated March 18, 2015 16:57:53

  Federal Liberal MP Luke Simpkins tells his party room that voters are tired of the Government talking about Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

  Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, australia

• Members of both parties claim Hansard being substantially altered

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 16, 2015 14:28:18 | Updated March 16, 2015 14:41:49

  There is concern from within both major parties that Hansard, the official record of Parliament, is being substantially altered.

  Topics: federal-parliament, parliament-house-2600

• Doctor working at Australian-managed Ebola treatment centre under observation

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello, staff

  Posted March 14, 2015 15:38:02 | Updated March 14, 2015 15:44:11

  A doctor who has been working at the Australian-managed Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone will undergo a 21-day observation period in the UK following a clinical incident, Julie Bishop says.

  Topics: ebola, diseases-and-disorders, health, united-kingdom, sierra-leone, liberia

• Federal Government offers independent review of pensions in push to pass changes

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 14, 2015 13:29:47 | Updated March 14, 2015 17:03:44

  The Federal Government offers to set up a three yearly independent review of pension rates in a bid to win support for changes to the way the payments are calculated.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, welfare, australia

• Torpedoes aimed at Abbott's pension policy, Laming says

  By political reporter Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 09, 2015 16:04:23 | Updated March 09, 2015 22:54:42

  Queensland Liberal backbencher Andrew Laming says he wants the Federal Government to review its planned changes to the pension in what he indicates is the next big policy battle for the Prime Minister.

  Topics: government-and-politics, welfare, community-and-society, australia

• Bishop raises prisoner swap in Bali Nine rescue bid

  By Helen Brown and Eliza Borrello

  Posted March 05, 2015 06:53:52 | Updated March 05, 2015 15:27:11

  Foreign Minister Julie Bishop raises the prospect of a prisoner swap in an eleventh-hour bid to save Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from the firing squad.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, crime, foreign-affairs, world-politics, indonesia, bali

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