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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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The prime minister says party split over Bill Shorten’s push for levy only on two top tax brackets shows Labor should follow its ‘correct instincts’
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Forrest and his wife Nicola are making one of the largest philanthropic donations in Australian history, to fund a variety of social and medical causes
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‘There is an acute danger of politicians panicking’ about energy demand and costs, Grattan Institute report warns
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Party leader tells state conference he is focused on winning as Coalition attempts to stoke divisions with Albanese
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The Labor leader must guard against complacency as his would-be rival shows that the party could take a different, more progressive route to power
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Brendan O’Connor, the shadow employment minister, signals party is looking at supporting workers’ pay by beefing up rules around enterprise agreements
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Shadow treasurer steps around questions on surplus and company tax, but says government’s claims of returning to surplus in 2020-21 may not hold up
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Budget puts squeeze on people on modest incomes while wages growth at record lows, shadow treasurer to tell press club
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Leichhardt in far north Queensland, held on a margin of 5.7%, stands to lose $21m in disposable income, modelling shows
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Some measures announced by treasurer get thumbs up but there is no instant breakthrough for the Turnbull team
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Former prime minister calls again for Senate reform as Malcolm Turnbull claims polls show voters like 2017 budget
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• Ipsos and Newspoll surveys put Labor on 53% and Coalition on 47%
• Turnbull increases lead over Bill Shorten as preferred PM in Newspoll
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After nearly half a century of service, the defence secretary steps down with insights into superpower relations, the Coalition – and how he likes a fight
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Tuesday’s abrupt recasting of the government as the voice of fairness leaves it vulnerable; one wrong move and it could go south
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Mathias Cormann says Bill Shorten needs to ‘come clean’ about whether Labor will support Medicare levy increase
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Inquiry will investigate the future of journalism in the wake of sweeping job cuts and moves towards concentration in the industry
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Podcast Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget – Australian politics live podcast
Lenore Taylor, Greg Jericho and Katharine Murphy examine the contradictions in the budget. Are the other spending promises enough to bring voters back to the Coalition? -
Scott Morrison’s statement is meant to draw a line under the disaster of 2014 and give the government a conversation to take to voters. But they may not be listening
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• Treasurer fully funds NDIS and unveils measures to improve housing affordability
• High-tax, high-spend budget aims to bury Tony Abbott’s political legacy and neutralise Labor’s attacks
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Labor comfortably ahead on two-party preferred vote as poll shows 60% disapprove of increase in student fees
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The treasurer has many critics as he prepares to deliver his second budget – but there are few compelling candidates to replace him
John Howard says Liberal party has no appetite for leadership change
John Howard says Liberal party has no appetite for leadership change