Phillip Coorey is a Political Editor at the Australian Financial Review. Based in Canberra, he covers a range of themes including government and politics, world affairs, and energy, with a particular focus on ESG, climate change, and regional interests. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence and is featured in the Australian Financial Review.
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Opinion The weight of expectation is shifting behind the opposition leader. Which can be a curse. Political editor
By: Phillip Coorey
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will conduct a larger-than-expected shake-up of his frontbench by using the departure of two shadow cabinet ministers
By: Phillip Coorey
The Albanese government is pushing departments to defer spending beyond the next financial year, bureaucrats claim, which would minimise the size of the budget deficits to be revealed during the election campaign.
By: Phillip Coorey
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has vowed to keep pursuing higher taxes on superannuation accounts worth more than $3 million , while playing down adopting
By: Phillip Coorey
The federal budget is not estimated to return to surplus for at least a decade, and cumulative deficits over the next four years will be almost $22
We enter the Christmas break none the wiser whether the government will hand down another budget before going to the polls.
By: Phillip Coorey
Expected revenue from spirits and tobacco excise has been downgraded by $12.5 billion over the next four years as soaring taxes drive a decline in consumption but also a shift towards contraband products.
By: Phillip Coorey
When the opposition leader has made a foray into policy detail, he’s found himself on the sticky paper.
By: Phillip Coorey
For a government elected only two-and-half years ago, the decline in Labor's fortunes has been steep, and directly proportional to cost-of-living pressures that have driven out of power incumbents around the globe.
By: Phillip Coorey
Labor will increase its efforts in the Central Queensland seat of Hinkler following the decision of Nationals MP and former minister Keith Pitt to retire at next year's election.
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