Katharine Murphy
Katharine Murphy is Guardian Australia's political editor. She has worked in Canberra's parliamentary gallery for 15 years. In 2008, she won the Paul Lyneham award for excellence in press gallery journalism, while in 2012 she was a Walkley award finalist in the best digital journalism category
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One Nation leader, who was criticised for saying government is blackmailing parents into vaccinating children, says she is ‘not a medical professional’ and had her own children vaccinated
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Escalation in the prime minister’s language comes as Peter Dutton says government may need to strengthen laws to prosecute returning foreign fighters
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A decision the government had months to prepare for wrong-foots Malcolm Turnbull as he was finally lifting his party’s post-election gloom
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PM says Australia should never be afraid ‘of looking at the balance between protecting people from race hate speech and freedom of speech’
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Breakaway Liberal senator pounces on lack of resolution over ‘snowflake-protecting’ Racial Discrimination Act to reinforce his new party’s commitment to free speech
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Nationals leader says ‘there was office space if they wanted’ in Armidale for staff from the relocated Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
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Podcast How a conservative turns into a climate change evangelist – Australian Politics Live podcast
Former US Republican congressman Bob Inglis joins Katharine Murphy for an in-depth interview about his journey from climate change sceptic to climate change campaigner -
Exclusive: Former treasurer will say Trump victory shows party must be ‘unrelenting in defending the economic interests of working people’
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Exclusive: Joint committee on human rights moves towards bipartisan report with plenty of options for changing Racial Discrimination Act
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Prime minister says his predecessor ‘knew exactly what he was doing’ when he took a series of potshots on Thursday
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Liberal MP calls for RET to be frozen and immigration to be explicitly linked to issue of housing affordability
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The brutality of current politics was laid bare by the former PM’s delusional assault and the sacrifice of the Australia Post boss to populism
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Former prime minister delivers provocative speech that takes pot shots at Malcolm Turnbull and unveils a sweeping election battle plan
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Fair Work Commission’s cut at a time when workers’ wages are barely growing will give unions and progressive political parties something to rail against
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Fahour quits after being told by the prime minister to take a cut to his $5.6m remuneration package
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Senator says Clean Energy Finance Corporation rule change would mean other energy projects would miss out
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Michael Danby says Labor figures should raise concerns about China rather than settlement building in Israel
Reserving natural gas for Australian market wouldn't have 'good outcome', says Matt Canavan