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Tanya Plibersek
Canberra's steaming hot mess of a week
27 November 2014 | Fleur Anderson
PRINT: 28 November 2014 | PAGE 4 | One hot mess of a week
Fleur Anderson | Bronwyn Bishop's attack on Bambi ends Tony Abbott's week from hell.
|Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Bill Shorten, Bronwyn Bishop, Melissa Parke, Tanya Plibersek, David Johnston
|Politics/Federal Politics, Opinion/Our Writers
Climate clash as Abbott fluffs, Obama preaches
16 November 2014 |
PRINT: 17 November 2014 | PAGE 45 | Climate clash: Abbott fluffs, POTUS preaches
Rear Window | Our prime minister has always been gaffe-prone and we reckon it's one of his endearing qualities.
|Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Barack Obama, Tanya Plibersek, Wayne Swan, John Howard, Kevin Rudd
Barack Obama praised for 'idealistic' speech
15 November 2014 | Matthew Cranston
G20 | US President Barack Obama's broad-ranging speech on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brisbane has won praise from across the business community and from politicians from across the spectrum.
US criticises Australia's Ebola effort
10 November 2014 | John Kehoe
PRINT: 10 November 2014 | PAGE 3 | US urges Australia to do more on Ebola
Private frustration in the Obama administration about the Abbott government's tardy response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa has spilled into the open.
|Tony Abbott, Barack Obama, Tanya Plibersek, Scott Morrison
|Politics/Federal Politics, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Politics/World Politics
Private health group to staff Ebola clinic
05 November 2014 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 06 November 2014 | PAGE 2 | Private firm to staff Ebola clinic
The Australian government will pay $20 million for private health care company Aspen Medical to staff a field hospital in Sierra Leone established by the British government in an effort to combat the Ebola epidemic
|Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Turnbull tops Liberal leader vote in national poll
04 November 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 04 November 2014 | PAGE 2 | Turnbull tops leader vote
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has rocketed up the rankings to rival Tony Abbott in terms of preferred Liberal leader – but both languish in joint second place behind Malcolm Turnbull.
|Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek, Chris Bowen, Tony Burke
|Politics/Federal Politics
Milne makes sure there is no reward in virtue
01 November 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 01 November 2014 | PAGE 1 | Milne makes sure there is no reward in virtue
This week blew wide open the struggle the Greens are having in moving from protest to power – and delivering actual results.
|Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Julia Gillard, Mathias Cormann, Christine Milne, Clive Palmer, Nick Xenophon, Anna Bligh, Kylie Minogue
How the Whitlam era taught everyone a lesson
25 October 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 25 October 2014 | PAGE 1 | How the Whitlam era taught everyone a lesson
The Whitlam years taught Hawke and Keating how to govern. Will Rudd and Gillard now do the same for the current generation of Labor leaders?
Deep confusion as Labor policy
23 October 2014 | Mark Latham
PRINT: 23 October 2014 | PAGE 2 | Labor's war policy a feeble re-run
Mark Latham | Foreign policy is notoriously dynamic. What if Tony Abbott is manoeuvring to create a political wedge?
|Barack Obama, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Saddam Hussein, Tony Abbott
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics, World News/Middle East
Political giant unites a house
22 October 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 22 October 2014 | PAGE 1 | Political giant unites a house
Gough Whitlam achieved in death what he could never do in government – unite a nation. Politicians put aside the foibles of the Whitlam Labor government to universally laud a political giant.
|Malcolm Fraser, Paul Keating, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard
|Politics/Federal Politics
Former PM Gough Whitlam has died
21 October 2014 | Phillip Coorey
Updated | The political establishment is in mourning following the death of former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam at 98, with both sides hailing him as a giant whose legacy far outweighed his short time in office.
|Gough Whitlam, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Fraser, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
The logistics of Ebola defeat the best intentions
17 October 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 18 October 2014 | PAGE 1 | The logistics of Ebola defeat the best intentions
Phillip Coorey | The Prime Minister has prized Bill Shorten's support on the Middle East. But there is not much either party can do about the horrors of Ebola.
|Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Bill Shorten, Julie Bishop, Barack Obama, Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek, Catherine King
|Accidents & Emergencies, Health & Wellbeing
Ill-judged tax attack creates a 'Doh!' moment for Labor
01 October 2014 | Fleur Anderson
PRINT: 01 October 2014 | PAGE 2 | Ill-judged tax attack puts a spring in Abbott's step
Fleur Anderson | There has got to be a political term for launching an ill-advised attack on your opponent knowing it will inevitably rebound.
|Telstra Corporation., Rio Tinto Ltd, BHP Billiton Ltd, Caltex Australia
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Bernie Ripoll
|Politics/Federal Politics
Labor warns of escalation in fight against Islamic State
20 September 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 20 September 2014 | PAGE 3 | Labor warns of escalation in fight against Islamic State in Iraq
A Labor internal document has laid down strict limitations on the party's support for Australia's involvement in a war against Islamic State in Iraq, and has warned against 'mission creep' to include Syria.
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Stephen Conroy, Mark Dreyfus, Richard Marles, Chris Bowen
|Politics/Federal Politics
How Labor found right note on Iraq
20 September 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 20 September 2014 | PAGE 1 | How Labor found right note on Iraq
Mid-week, Labor's shadow national security committee met via telephone hook-up to refine the party's position on the commitment of troops to Iraq.
|Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Mark Dreyfus, Richard Marles, David Feeney, Stephen Conroy, Tanya Plibersek, John Curtin, Simon Crean
|Politics/Federal Politics
Abbott's reign: now for Act Two
08 September 2014 | Jennifer Hewett
PRINT: 08 September 2014 | PAGE 2 | Abbott's reign: now for Act Two
The Abbott government's many critics have plenty of ammunition for their attacks – much of it provided by the prime minister and his cabinet.
|Tony Abbott, Clive Palmer, Tanya Plibersek, Joe Hockey, Wayne Swan, Bill Shorten, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard
|Politics/Federal Politics
Abbott must beware of overreach
06 September 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 06 September 2014 | PAGE 1 | Abbott must beware of overreach
On page 160 of his book, Battlelines, Tony Abbott writes the following: "If Australia is to matter in the wider world, Australians should expect more, not less, future involvement in international security issues."
|Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Tanya Plibersek, Gareth Evans
|World News/Middle East
Beware adding fuel to Middle East fire
04 September 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 03 September 2014 | PAGE 12 | Beware fuel on Middle East fire
In the Middle East, options to deal with a widening Islamist threat to peace get more complex.
|Tanya Plibersek
|World News/Middle East, Politics/World Politics
Keating skewers the midgets yet again
28 August 2014 |
PRINT: 28 August 2014 | PAGE 56 | Keating skewers the midgets yet again
Rear Window | Just as Wednesday in Canberra was giving off a Groundhog Day-vibe who should swoop into town but Bob Hawke's member.
|Tony Windsor, Joe Hockey, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Tanya Plibersek, Graham Richardson, Mike Tyson, Gareth Evans
|Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
Combet juggles projects
01 August 2014 |
PRINT: 01 August 2014 | PAGE 37 | Combet juggles projects
We hear that recently-installed DP World Australia boss Paul Scurrah has had former federal minister and ACTU secretary Greg Combet on his books to help keep the Maritime Union calm and carrying on.
|Aurizon Holdings Ltd
|Greg Combet, Julia Gillard, Bob Hawke, Blanche D'Alpuget, Wayne Swan, Tanya Plibersek, Craig Emerson, Anthony Albanese, Anna Bligh, Jay Weatherill, Nick Minchin
Carr pushes Labor to formally adopt Palestine, reject settlements
26 July 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 26 July 2014 | PAGE 3 | Labor pushes for Palestine
The Labor Party's influential NSW branch plans to ramp up its support for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
|Bob Carr, Michael Danby, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, John Faulkner, Eddie Obeid
|Politics/Federal Politics
Policy made by teenagers, says Moran
02 July 2014 |
PRINT: 01 July 2014 | PAGE 2 | Policy made by teenagers, says Moran
Parliament House has been populated by "teenage political advisers" who know very little, if anything, about governing and policy making, former top public servant Terry Moran said.
|Terry Moran, Kevin Rudd, Josh Frydenberg, Tanya Plibersek, John Hewson, Tony Abbott
|Politics, Leadership
A giddy Parliament awaits Clive's message of hope
25 June 2014 | Fleur Anderson
PRINT: 26 June 2014 | PAGE 1 | Secret meeting in hall of the mineral mountain king
The doors to Parliament's Great Hall were closed all day as the Palmer United Party prepared for its pronouncement that would "deliver hope to mankind".
|Adam Gilchrist, Al Gore, Clive Palmer, Christine Milne, Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten, Warren Truss, Joe Hockey, Martin Parkinson, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Privacy fears curb e-health's growth
25 June 2014 | Mark Eggleton
PRINT: 25 June 2014 | PAGE 1 | Privacy fears limit e-health
In a twist on the old highwayman demand of "Your money or your life" we finally have an answer when it comes to e-health. Our personal finances win while our health takes a back seat.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry/Healthcare Providers & Insurance
Coalition voters turn on Malcolm Turnbull
23 June 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 16 June 2014 | PAGE 1 | Liberals lose love of Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull remains head and shoulders above Tony Abbott as preferred Liberal leader but his support among Coalition voters has slipped.
|Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Anthony Albanese, Alan Jones, Clive Palmer, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Christopher Pyne, Scott Morrison, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Burke
Labor again deludes itself on Tony Abbott
16 June 2014 | The Australian Financial Review
PRINT: 16 June 2014 | PAGE 2 | Labor again deludes itself on Tony Abbott
Editorial | Labor has repeatedly claimed that Tony Abbott will be an embarrassment in international relations, with foreign affairs spokeswomen Tanya Pilbersek branding Mr Abbott a "Nigel no friends" on the international stage.
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott
|Politics/Federal Politics
Tony Abbott's office hits back at 'Nigel no friends' US tour barbs
08 June 2014 | Phillip Coorey
The Prime Minister's office has hit back at reports Tony Abbott is snubbing senior officials when he visits the United States this week.
|Tony Abbott, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Janet Yellen, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics, Economy, World News/North America
National briefs
07 June 2014 |
PRINT: 07 June 2014 | PAGE 2 |
Moody's has reaffirmed NSW's AAA credit rating, but Treasurer Andrew Constance said NSW would have to control costs in the budget on June 17 because Standard & Poor's still has the state's AAA on negative outlook.
|Andrew Constance, Mike Baird, Jason Clare, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Iain Evans
Israel settlements put government and opposition at odds
06 June 2014 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 06 June 2014 | PAGE 29 | Israel settlements split parties
Australia's traditionally bipartisan policy toward Israel risks being fractured by unusually contentious differences between the government and opposition over Israeli settlement-building.
|George Brandis, Tanya Plibersek, Bill Shorten, Nick Xenophon
Australia Network to be axed in budget
08 May 2014 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 08 May 2014 | PAGE 2 | Cabinet flips switch on Australia Network
The Australia Network is set to be abolished in the budget, just weeks after it signed a deal to significantly increase its presence inside major trading partners China and Indonesia.
|Harold Mitchell, Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott
|Politics/Federal Politics, Media & Marketing/Television
Tanya Plibersek backs Australia Network
22 April 2014 | Joanna Heath
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek will begin a two-day trip to Indonesia on Tuesday in an attempt to highlight the worth of the Australia Network, the international division of the ABC that is set for cuts in the May budget.
|Tanya Plibersek, Jason Clare, Tony Abbott
Shorten set to take on unions over who controls Labor
22 April 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 22 April 2014 | PAGE 1 | Shorten takes on unions
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will flag removing trade unions from having a direct role in Labor's premier decision-making forum – the national conference – as he warns the party must modernise.
|Simon Crean, Tony Abbott, Anthony Albanese, Stephen Conroy, David Feeney, Tanya Plibersek, Mark Butler, Penny Wong, Don Farrell, Kim Carr, Chris Bowen
|Employment & Industrial Relations, Politics/Federal Politics
Shorten on leave to grieve mother and 'giant influence'
07 April 2014 | Laura Tingle
PRINT: 07 April 2014 | PAGE 3 | Shorten on leave to grieve mother, a 'giant influence'
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has taken leave to grieve the unexpected death of his mother Ann, who died suddenly on Sunday at the age of 79.
|Bill Shorten, Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek
Labor needs new sermons
03 April 2014 |
PRINT: 03 April 2014 | PAGE 51 | New sermons needed
Further to your editorial pointing to the Labor movement's current woes ("Labor can't duck union disgrace", AFR, April 1), Labor will struggle to convince that it is capable of representing the interests of the "broad church" that is contemporary Australia.
|Tanya Plibersek
Plibersek in spy push
31 March 2014 | John Kerin
PRINT: 31 March 2014 | PAGE 3 | Plibersek in spy push
Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek says she is open to Australia's spy agencies getting more access to personal phone and internet use data – known as metadata – from telecommunications companies to fight crime and terrorism.
|Tanya Plibersek, George Brandis
|Defence, Politics/Federal Politics, Technology/Telecommunications
TWU threatens civil disobedience over Qantas cuts
31 March 2014 | Jamie Freed
PRINT: 31 March 2014 | PAGE 2 | TWU issues threat of civil disobedience
The Transport Workers Union will consider a campaign of "civil disobedience" against Qantas in response to the airline's plan to cut 5000 jobs over three years, national secretary Tony Sheldon says.
|Qantas Airways
|Tony Sheldon, Tanya Plibersek
|Transport/Aviation, Employment & Industrial Relations
Nova Peris condemns changes to race hate laws
26 March 2014 | Joanna Mather and Joanna Heath
PRINT: 26 March 2014 | PAGE 2 |
Updated | Aboriginal Senator Nova Peris recalled her hurt at being branded a "nigger" as she condemned planned changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
|George Brandis, Tanya Plibersek, Warren Mundine
Bishop treated woefully by China: diplomat
27 February 2014 | John Kerin
PRINT: 27 February 2014 | PAGE 4 | China's charm too offensive
Updated | China's treatment of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop over Australia's criticism of Beijings' conduct in the East China Sea was the "rudest'' in 30 years, a senior DFAT official says.
|Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Defence
Rann to Rome as Downer heads to London
18 February 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 18 February 2014 | PAGE 4 | Diplomatic musical chairs as Downer heads to London
Australia's high commissioner to London is likely to be moved to make room for former Howard government foreign minister Alexander Downer.
|Alexander Downer, Tanya Plibersek, Julie Bishop, Mike Rann
|Politics/Federal Politics
Poverty taken off aid agenda
17 February 2014 | Laura Tingle
PRINT: 17 February 2014 | PAGE 4 | Poverty taken off aid agenda
The Abbott Government has officially removed poverty reduction from the goals of the foreign affairs budget, smoothing the way for the annual $5 billion spend to be redirected to a program that focuses more on growth and co-investment with the private sector.
|Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek
Abbott dodges on Cadbury's $16m 'tourism grant'
13 February 2014 | Fleur Anderson
PRINT: 13 February 2014 | PAGE 2 | Let them eat chocolate as jobless rise
Tony Abbott still deeply regrets the nation's mounting jobs losses but now struggles to explain the Coalition's apparent hypocrisy over corporate handouts.
|Tony Abbott, Fiona Nash, Tanya Plibersek, Denis Napthine
The shades of question time
12 February 2014 |
PRINT: 12 February 2014 | PAGE 41 | The shades of question time
Tanya Plibersek spoke graciously of the late, former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before question time began on Tuesday – she didn't call him a war criminal once.
|Tanya Plibersek, Ariel Sharon, Tony Abbott, Clive Palmer, Barnaby Joyce, Bill Shorten
Aussie battler makes way for 'honest workers'
11 February 2014 | Fleur Anderson
PRINT: 11 February 2014 | PAGE 2 | In search of the honest Aussie worker
The "honest worker" and the "honest business" has replaced the Howard government's "Aussie battler" as the archetypal voter most worthy of the Abbott's government support.
|Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten, Bill Shorten, Ariel Sharon, Laurie Ferguson
Labor laments NY consul post delay
04 February 2014 | John Kerin
The Abbott government's delay in filling a vital diplomatic investment post in the US for five months was a drag on efforts to promote business ties between the two countries, Opposition Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek has warned.
|Tanya Plibersek, Steve Bracks
|Politics/World Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
IR on the slow boil
01 February 2014 | Mathew Dunckley
PRINT: 01 February 2014 | PAGE 2 | IR on the slow boil
Fresh smoke rises from the rubble of once strong citadels in the union movement. Bribery and corruption allegations have rocked the powerhouse Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
|Craig Thomson, Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz, Campbell Newman, Daniel Andrews, Brendan O'Connor, Tanya Plibersek
Labor starts its clawback with Rudd's Griffith seat
01 February 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 01 February 2014 | PAGE 1 | Labor starts its clawback with Rudd's old ground
On November 14, the day after Kevin Rudd announced he was quitting politics, Tony Abbott started setting the scene for the pending byelection in Rudd's Brisbane seat of Griffith.
|Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Karen Andrews, Bill Glasson, Julie Bishop, Joe Hockey, Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Brendan Nelson, Mathias Cormann
Abbott 'un-Australian' for sending jobs overseas: Labor
30 January 2014 | Phillip Coorey
Labor says Prime Minister Tony Abbott has no right to accuse the ABC of being unpatriotic when his government is about to send more Australian jobs overseas.
|Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Ian Macfarlane, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Economy
ABC and SBS to face 'efficiency study': Turnbull
30 January 2014 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 30 January 2014 | PAGE 2 | Abbott hands ABC razor to Turnbull
Updated | The Abbott government has paved the way for budget cuts at the ABC by initiating an efficiency study at the ABC and SBS, which will report just before the May budget.
|Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek, Malcolm Turnbull, Christine Milne
|Economy, Media & Marketing, Politics/Federal Politics
Abbott's latest ABC attack gets little cabinet support
30 January 2014 | David Ramli
PRINT: 30 January 2014 | PAGE 2 | Abbott upset with ABC's coverage
Senior government colleagues have refrained from mimicking an attack on the ABC by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who accused the broadcaster of failing to act in the national interest.
|Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Eric Abetz, Bronwyn Bishop, Ian Macdonald, Tanya Plibersek, James Spigelman
|Politics, Arts & Entertainment
That bloody milk man!
14 January 2014 |
PRINT: 14 January 2014 | PAGE 37 | That bloody milk man!
He used to work for Merrill Lynch, he won over Deutsche Bank by running all his government's privatisation through them last year – and now New Zealand's prime minister, John Key, or at least the economy he lords over, has picked up an endorsement by Citi.
|Deutsche Bank Ag
|Joe Hockey, Peter Jackson, Tanya Plibersek, John Key
Even in death, Sharon divides opinion
13 January 2014 | Robert Tait
PRINT: 13 January 2014 | PAGE 9 | 'Bulldozer' who shaped Israel
Ariel Sharon, the soldier-politician whose career helped shape modern Israel's history, died on Saturday after eight years in a coma. His death at the age of 85 set in motion plans for an elaborate state funeral and provoking tributes and condemnation in almost equal measure.
|Ariel Sharon, Warren Truss, Julie Bishop, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, David Cameron, Shimon Peres, Angela Merkel, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/World Politics
Old-school stereotypes perpetuated
08 January 2014 |
PRINT: 08 January 2014 | PAGE 33 | Old-school stereotypes prove a bit rich
Incredulous is an apt description of my reaction to both the premise and the findings of the research into long-term wage outcomes by University of Melbourne economists ("Private schooling a nice little earner for the future", AFR, January 6).
|Julia Gillard, Tanya Plibersek, Jenny Macklin
Liberal Senator Bernardi demands Turnbull quit front bench
16 December 2013 | Phillip Coorey
South Australian Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has rekindled his feud with Malcolm Turnbull, demanding the Communications Minister either quit the frontbench or stop advocating gay marriage.
|Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Legislation, Courts & Legal, Politics/South Australian Politics
High political stakes with GM decision
11 December 2013 | Geoff Kitney
PRINT: 12 December 2013 | PAGE 3 | Hockey shifts into the wrong gear on GM
Geoff Kitney | The dramatic decision by General Motors to cease production at its Holden plants in Australia was revealed in one of the oddest ways imaginable: by the acting Leader of the Opposition.
|Warren Truss, Tanya Plibersek, Joe Hockey
|Politics/Federal Politics, Manufacturing, Economy
Senate filibuster aims to stave off carbon tax repeal
11 December 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 11 December 2013 | PAGE 2 | Filibuster aims to stave off repeal
Lingering hopes among government and industry that the carbon tax would be repealed before Christmas have been snuffed out, with Labor Senators planning to stall debate until next year and the Greens being prepared to let them.
|Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek, Nelson Mandela, Greg Hunt, Bill Shorten
|Politics, Politics, Technology, Environment, Economy/Taxation, Economy/Fiscal Policy, Economy
Backtrack on childcare pay riles Labor, unions
11 December 2013 | Joanna Mather
PRINT: 11 December 2013 | PAGE 3 | Pay rise grab
Unions and the opposition are furious after the government confirmed it would scrap a Labor initiative to boost the wages of childcare workers.
|Sussan Ley, Tanya Plibersek
|Education, Employment & Industrial Relations, Politics
Car industry demise drives divisions within Coalition
10 December 2013 | Geoff Kitney
PRINT: 10 December 2013 | PAGE 1 | Car industry demise drives divisions within Coalition
There are some rare moments when federal Parliament lifts itself above puerile partisanship and does credit to its occupants.
|Graincorp Ltd
|Nelson Mandela, Warren Truss, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten, Ian Macfarlane, Joe Hockey
|Politics/Federal Politics, Manufacturing
Australian leaders praise 'truly great' Mandela
06 December 2013 | Adam Rollason
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has joined leaders from around the world in paying tribute to Nelson Mandela, who he's described as "a truly great man".
|Tony Abbott, Nelson Mandela, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Julia Gillard, Christine Milne
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics
Indonesia spy row ends joint military exercise
21 November 2013 | John Kerin and Joanna Heath
PRINT: 21 November 2013 | PAGE 1 | Kopassus exercise cancelled
Defence Minister David Johnston has confirmed a high level special forces exercise has become a casualty of the Indonesia-Australia spy row, as protesters in Yogyakarta burn Australian flags.
Shorten fails to ask Abbott the hard questions
21 November 2013 | Geoff Kitney
PRINT: 19 November 2013 | PAGE 3 | A case of don't ask, don't tell
It was a case of almost not mentioning the war. There are often days in politics when events fall short of the build-up that precedes them.
|Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics, Defence
Abbott produces carbon copy of pre-election attack lines
14 November 2013 | Laura Tingle
PRINT: 14 November 2013 | PAGE 2 | PM produces carbon copy of pre-election attack lines
Tony Abbott became leader of the Liberal Party on the back of the climate change debate. Opposing the emissions trading scheme, then getting rid of the 'carbon tax' was the centrepiece of his assault on the Labor Government.
|Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Bronwyn Bishop, Christopher Pyne, Tanya Plibersek
Labor mocks Abbott calls for 'better' parliament
12 November 2013 | Phillip Coorey
Labor has mocked Tony Abbott's calls for a more civil atmosphere and demanded the Coalition fulfil its promise to have an independent speaker, as iIl-feeling overshadowed the opening of Parliament.
|Kelvin Thomson, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Burke, Christopher Pyne, Bronwyn Bishop
The Treasurer plays the blame game
09 November 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 09 November 2013 | PAGE 2 | Political blame game
Despite his promise to 'own the economy' from day one, the Treasurer Joe Hockey is laying blame for the forecast huge deficit firmly on the previous government.
|Kevin Rudd, Joe Hockey, Chris Bowen, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
Spying allegations damage trust, relations: Indonesia
05 November 2013 | Joanna Heath
Indonesia has said it may pull back from cooperation with Australia if it is not given a full explanation of allegations the Australian embassy in Jakarta has been used as a base for spying operations.
|Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/World Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
Xenophon wants UN anti-spying resolution ratified
04 November 2013 | Elouise Fowler
Independent senator Nick Xenophon has urged the federal government to support a United Nations resolution calling for countries to safeguard internet privacy and electronic communication.
|Angela Merkel, Nick Xenophon, Bob Carr, Julia Gillard, Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek
|Technology/Corporate & Government IT, Courts & Legal, Politics/World Politics
Winning Greens senator says WA voters disenfranchised
04 November 2013 |
PRINT: 04 November 2013 | PAGE 2 | Winning senator says voters disenfranchised
Australia's bizarre Senate election boosts the case for electoral reform and makes another election "increasingly likely", Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said.
|Clive Palmer, Mick Keelty, Warren Truss, Tanya Plibersek, Michael Ronaldson
It's tougher than the '90s, says Hockey
27 October 2013 | Jacob Greber
PRINT: 27 October 2013 | PAGE 1 | It is tougher than the '90s, warns Hockey
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said he hopes the post-election consumer sentiment boost is not short-lived and he is confident "we will have a good Christmas".
|Joe Hockey, Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek
|Economy, Politics/Federal Politics
Woolworths in new bid for pharmacy trademark
24 October 2013 | Sue Mitchell
PRINT: 24 October 2013 | PAGE 3 | Woolies stokes pharmacy dream
Woolworths has not given up on its ambitions to enter the $16 billion pharmacy market, despite federal government policy that has kept the big retailers locked out since 1990, but the Pharmacy Guild says the arguments against such a move have not changed.
Pair block way to Farrell's Senate survival
22 October 2013 | James Massola
PRINT: 22 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Pair's stance blocks way to Farrell's political survival
Labor powerbroker Don Farrell's chances of remaining in the senate have taken a blow, with fellow South Australian senators Alex Gallacher and Anne McEwen declaring they will not move aside for the shadow minister.
|Don Farrell, Alex Gallacher, Bill Shorten, Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek, Amanda Rishworth, Nick Champion
|Politics/Federal Politics
Labor shadow ministry emphasises youth and women
19 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 19 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Labor's front bench on show
Bill Shorten has sought to draw a sharp contrast with Tony Abbott by unveiling a new shadow ministry emphasising youth, female representation and working parents.
|Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Mark Butler, Kim Carr, Gary Gray, Tanya Plibersek, Catherine King, Kate Ellis, Jacinta Collins, Chris Bowen, Tony Burke, Andrew Leigh, Don Farrell
Roxon riles Labor ex-colleagues by 'reheating' divisiveness
18 October 2013 | James Massola
PRINT: 18 October 2013 | PAGE 1 | Roxon riles Labor by 'reheating' divisions
Labor MPs have lashed former colleague Nicola Roxon for "reheating" the divisions that riddled the party under the Rudd and Gillard governments.
|Nicola Roxon, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Chris Bowen, Ed Husic, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, John Button
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
Labor MPs lash Roxon attack on 'bastard' Rudd
17 October 2013 |
PRINT: 17 October 2013 | PAGE 1 | FED:Rudd needs to go: Roxon
Labor MPs have lashed former colleague Nicola Roxon for "reheating" the divisions that riddled the party under the Rudd and Gillard governments, with her speech labelling Kevin Rudd a "bastard".
|Kevin Rudd, Nicola Roxon, Julia Gillard, Chris Bowen, Ed Husic, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Bishop urges Plibersek to recant on Israel
17 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 17 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Jewish leaders defuse Plibersek row
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has criticised the potential appointment of Labor Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek as shadow foreign affairs post urging her to recant comments labelling Israel a rogue state.
|Tanya Plibersek, Julie Bishop
|Politics/Federal Politics
Penny Wong to bow out of finance
16 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 16 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Wong to bow out of finance
Labor has lost its economic firepower in the Senate with Penny Wong requesting she be relieved of the finance portfolio, while deputy leader Tanya Plibersek has decided to shift to foreign affairs.
Former speaker Burke 'bitter' at Shorten's frontbench
15 October 2013 | Joanna Heath
Updated | Former speaker Anna Burke has lashed out at Labor leader Bill Shorten over the selection of his frontbench, saying she was 'bitter and twisted' about the way he chose his new leadership team.
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Politics/NT Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
Plibersek 'reflects the Australian story'
15 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 15 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Plibersek's star ascendant
New Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek, the daughter off Slovenian immigrants, says she is amazed to have made it this far.
|Tanya Plibersek, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Anthony Albanese
Shorten demands unity
15 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 15 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Shorten signals carbon price fight
Labor leader Bill Shorten expects a united approach within Labor ranks, saying there will be "zero tolerance" for disunity, as he outlines his new frontbench and introduces Tanya Plibersek as deputy.
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Kate Lundy, Warren Snowdon, Anthony Albanese, Stephen Conroy, Kevin Rudd, Jacinta Collins, Bob Carr, Clive Palmer, Tony Abbott
Plibersek named as Shorten's deputy
14 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 14 October 2013 | PAGE 1 |
Updated | Two Labor Left MPs who broke ranks to vote for Bill Shorten have been dumped from the frontbench, while former health minister Tanya Plibersek has been elected unopposed as the Labor Party's deputy leader.
|Tanya Plibersek, Stephen Conroy, Jacinta Collins, Anthony Albanese
|Politics/Federal Politics
Bryce offered to stand down as Governor-General
14 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 14 October 2013 | PAGE 1 | Bryce offered to stand down as Governor-General
Governor-General Quentin Bryce offered to resign in anticipation of her son-in-law Bill Shorten becoming Labor leader but Tony Abbott asked her to stay, the Prime Minister said.
|Quentin Bryce, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Anthony Albanese, Julia Gillard, Tanya Plibersek, Carmel Tebbutt, Tony Burke, Penny Wong, Stephen Conroy, Jacinta Collins, Kevin Rudd, Chris Bowen, Mark Dreyfus
Planet Labor's relevance search
10 October 2013 | Jennifer Hewett
PRINT: 10 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Planet Labor's relevance search
Bill Shorten should be comfortably elected by his parliamentary colleagues on Thursday as their preference for new Labor leader.
|Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek
Labor leadership contest looks a tight finish
10 October 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 10 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Labor ballot looks to end in tight finish
Former Labor leader Kevin Rudd will be absent on Thursday when Labor gathers in his shadow for the first of two ballots to choose its leader, under rules he made the party adopt after he returned to the leadership.
|Warren Snowdon, Laurie Ferguson, Maria Vamvakinou, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Stephen Conroy, Jacinta Collins, Martin Ferguson
|Politics/World Politics
Frontbench to reflect losses of NSW Right
09 October 2013 | James Massola
PRINT: 09 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Frontbench to reflect losses of NSW Right
Labor's Victorian Right faction has usurped the scandal-plagued NSW Right as the party's most powerful faction after the ALP's traditional king-makers lost six MPs at the last election.
A night at the opera with Julia Gillard and Kim Williams
01 October 2013 |
PRINT: 01 October 2013 | PAGE 45 | A night at the opera with Julia Gillard and Kim Williams
Rear Window's next night out at the opera could prove problematic, after a couple of awkward moments with its outgoing chairman and the former prime minister.
|Kim Williams, Julia Gillard, Anne Summers, Heather Ridout, Tanya Plibersek, Wayne Swan
Julia Gillard: Why I was different to Kevin Rudd
01 October 2013 | James Massola
PRINT: 01 October 2013 | PAGE 2 | Gillard complains of 'violent, ugly' sexism
Julia Gillard has taken a thinly veiled swipe at Kevin Rudd for undermining her prime ministership, re-igniting the debate about her decision to challenge for the Labor leadership in June 2010.
|Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Anne Summers, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek, Paul Howes
Shorten campaigns among Labor members on deputy pick
24 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 24 September 2013 | PAGE 1 | Shorten campaigns on deputy pick
Labor leadership hopeful Bill Shorten is appealing to the party's membership on the basis he has picked Tanya Plibersek, of the Left faction, as his preferred deputy should he win.
|Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Anthony Albanese, Kevin Rudd, Bob Carr, Paul Howes, David Johnston, Bill Shorten
|Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
War of the would-bes – Labor's internal campaign
14 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 14 September 2013 | PAGE 1 | War of the would-bes, Mk2
Straight from losing its parliamentary leadership campaign, Labor is launching another – the month-long process to choose either Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese as the party's new leader.
|Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Anthony Albanese, Bill Shorten, Stephen Conroy, Bill Kelty, Paul Keating, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Burke
Shorten on front foot for top Labor job
13 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 13 September 2013 | PAGE 1 | Shorten on front foot
Presenting himself as a fresh face in contrast to possible challenger Anthony Albanese, Bill Shorten said he would attract to Labor such groups as farmers, small business, professional women and pensioners.
|Mark Dreyfus, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Stephen Conroy, Kevin Rudd, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Legislation
Shorten seeks Labor leadership, stands ground on carbon tax
12 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 12 September 2013 | PAGE 3 |
Updated | Bill Shorten has nominated himself as the next Labor leader, declaring he can beat Tony Abbott within one term and pledging to stop the Coalition repealing the carbon tax.
|Mark Dreyfus, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Stephen Conroy, Kevin Rudd, Sophie Mirabella, Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Labor leadership battle looms
12 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 12 September 2013 | PAGE 1 | Labor leadership battle
Exclusive | Labor could be headed for a month-long leadership battle after former deputy Anthony Albanese told Bill Shorten by phone that he intended to run.
|Tanya Plibersek, Mark Butler, Richard Marles, Nick Champion, Tony Maher
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Legislation
Don't blame Rudd-Gillard for Labor's loss
12 September 2013 | Mark Latham
PRINT: 12 September 2013 | PAGE 2 | Sub-factions brought down Labor
Mark Latham | The rush to blame Gillard/Rudd for Saturday's Labor's election loss is the latest in a long series of increasingly delusional excuses.
|Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Kim Carr, Anthony Albanese, Bill Shorten, Simon Crean, Tanya Plibersek, Peter Beattie, Tony Abbott
Victorian eyes on New York
11 September 2013 |
PRINT: 11 September 2013 | PAGE 45 | Victorian eyes on New York
Tanya Plibersek condemned the decision as ''petty and vindictive''. But as we flagged in Tuesday's column, the decision by Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop to renege on Julia Gillard's appointment of former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks as Australia's consul-general in New York is – while hard cheese on Steve – pretty standard stuff.
|Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop, Julia Gillard, Steve Bracks, Tanya Plibersek
Shorten ready to run, Albo stays left field
11 September 2013 | Leadership Phillip Coorey Chief political correspondent
PRINT: 11 September 2013 | PAGE 3 | Shorten ready to run, Albo stays left field
Bill Shorten has officially raised his hand for the Labor leadership, putting pressure on Anthony Albanese to declare his intentions.
|Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Stephen Smith, Greg Combet, Simon Crean, Craig Emerson, Brendan O'Connor, Tony Burke
Bracks sacking 'a new low in diplomatic practice'
10 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey, Lucille Keen and Mathew Dunckley
PRINT: 11 September 2013 | PAGE 2 | Ambassador Beazley to get another year
Former Labor leader Kim Beazley's post as ambassador to the United States has been extended, on the same day the incoming Abbott government sacked Steve Bracks from his post to New York as Consul-General. Acting Foreign Minister Tanya Plibersek said the decision "reflects a new low in diplomatic practice."
Labor MPs to meet over leadership this Friday
10 September 2013 | Joanna Mather
Labor MPs will meet in Canberra on Friday to discuss the rancorous issue of party leadership amid calls for outgoing prime minister Kevin Rudd to exit Parliament altogether.
|Kevin Rudd, Brendan O'Connor, Craig Emerson, Greg Combet, Stephen Smith, Anthony Albanese, Bill Shorten, Chris Bowen, Tony Burke, Kim Carr, Tanya Plibersek, Richard Marles
|Politics/Federal Politics
Bowen won't run for Labor leadership
09 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 09 September 2013 | PAGE 2 |
Updated | Labor's leadership has become a two-horse race between Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese after former treasurer Chris Bowen ruled himself out of contention.
|Bill Shorten, Simon Crean, Anthony Albanese, Chris Bowen, Kevin Rudd, Mark Butler, Tanya Plibersek, Greg Combet, Penny Wong
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Federal Politics
Rudd departs in day of disarray
09 September 2013 | James Massola
PRINT: 09 September 2013 | PAGE 5 | PM departs in day of disarray
Kevin Rudd's final day as Australia's Prime Minister began in disorganisation and ended with a promise to step down as Labor's leader.
|Tanya Plibersek, Kate Ellis, Graham Perrett, Wayne Swan, Anthony Albanese
|Politics/Federal Politics
Labor may dump Rudd leader rules
09 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 09 September 2013 | PAGE 5 | Labor may dump rules on leadership
Labor could ditch the new leadership rules it adopted just weeks ago under Kevin Rudd and leave it up to the caucus to choose the new leader.
|Kevin Rudd, Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese, Chris Bowen, Mark Butler, Tanya Plibersek, Julia Gillard
|Politics/Federal Politics
'Australia is open for business': Abbott
07 September 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 07 September 2013 | PAGE 1 |
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott declares Australia is under new management after a resounding Coalition victory that could consign Labor to opposition for at least two terms.
|Kevin Rudd, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Bill Shorten
|Politics/Federal Politics
The contest for the Labor Party leadership
07 September 2013 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 07 September 2013 | PAGE 1 | After Rudd: who's next?
Labor must decide who is going to take the reins from Kevin Rudd after the election, but the succession is hampered by a lack of talent in the wider party.
|Kevin Rudd, Bill Glasson, Kim Beazley, Gareth Evans, Greg Combet, John Howard, Wayne Swan, Craig Emerson, Stephen Conroy, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Chris Bowen, Stephen Conroy, Anthony Albanese
Shorten favourite to lead Labor
06 September 2013 | Leadership Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 07 September 2013 | PAGE 2 | Shorten the favourite to lead Labor
With a universal expectation inside Labor that it will lose the election, focus has shifted internally in recent days to the aftermath.
|Bill Shorten, Kevin Rudd, Anthony Albanese, Wayne Swan, Stephen Conroy, Mark Butler, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Burke, Chris Bowen, Jason Clare
|Politics/Federal Politics
The contenders for health minister
05 September 2013 |
PRINT: 05 September 2013 | PAGE 49 | The contenders for health minister
Tanya Plibersek, the incumbent, would like to know contender Peter Dutton's vision for health for Australia. He says his party's policy is to beef up primary care.
|Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton
Health policy in need of major surgery
04 September 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 05 September 2013 | PAGE 2 | Cosmetic surgery
It would appear that no matter who wins the federal election, the healthcare system will remain as is. Health Minister Tanya Plibersek and her opposition counterpart Peter Dutton seem to agree that revolutionary reform is not needed.
|Kevin Rudd, Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton, Tony Abbott
The Rudd experiment has failed
31 August 2013 | Tony Walker
PRINT: 31 August 2013 | PAGE 16 | the rudd
Kevin Rudd likes to tell people he is a fighter who has been written off many times before. This is his response to legitimate questions about an ill-starred campaign that is in danger of imploding.
|Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Chris Bowen, Penny Wong, Julia Gillard, Mark Latham, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Adam Bandt, Tony Burke, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Medicare Locals will not be shut: Abbott
28 August 2013 | Joanna Heath
Tony Abbott has made a surprise pledge that a Coalition government would not close any Medicare Locals, despite saying last week he could not guarantee any of the government's primary healthcare hubs would shut.
|Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Plibersek: poster girl for the modern political woman
27 August 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 27 August 2013 | PAGE 2 | Plibersek, in safe seat, has stabilising role
Exclusive | Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has survived the Labor leadership saga with her integrity unquestioned.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Health & Wellbeing, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry
Labor campaign is all sound and social media fury
23 August 2013 |
PRINT: 23 August 2013 | PAGE 2 | All sound and social media fury from Labor
The Labor party's sudden focus on social media is puzzling, as a large number of enrolled voters simply aren't interested.
|Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd, Tanya Plibersek
'The Kevin factor' wows Moreton
21 August 2013 | Jacob Greber
PRINT: 21 August 2013 | PAGE 2 |
Kevin Rudd joined a rally protesting against the potential closure of a local high school in south Brisbane whilst out on the campaign trail.
|Kevin Rudd, Graham Perrett, Tanya Plibersek
Coalition's paid parental leave scheme unfair: experts
19 August 2013 | Michaela Whitbourn
PRINT: 15 August 2013 | PAGE 4 | Parental leave scheme unfair, say policy experts
Public policy academics have slammed Tony Abbott's $6 billion paid parental leave scheme, saying it rewards wealthier women at the expense of lower earners.
|Tony Abbott, Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Employment & Industrial Relations
Labor attacks Abbott's parental leave plan
18 August 2013 | Michaela Whitbourn and
Updated | Federal Labor has said the Coalition's $6 billion paid parental leave scheme, which it has branded "incredibly unfair", will be paid for by making deeper cuts to the budget.
|Tony Abbott, Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Pharmacy Guild hits back with $150m claim for govt compensation
10 August 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 10 August 2013 | PAGE 2 | Pharmacy Guild hits back with $150m claim
The Pharmacy Guild is demanding $150 million in compensation for changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, announced as part of government savings last week, which the guild says threatens the viability of the industry.
|Woolworths Ltd
|David Quilty, Andrew Laming, Kos Sclavos, Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton
|Health & Wellbeing, Economy/Fiscal Policy, Politics/Legislation, Politics/Federal Politics
Private health insurers pressure Peter Dutton on GP visits
09 August 2013 | Joanna Heath
Coalition health spokesman Peter Dutton is under pressure from the private health insurance industry to expand coverage to GP visits in his pre-election policy announcements.
|NIB Holdings Ltd
|Peter Dutton, Mark Fitzgibbon, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott
|Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Politics
Government lobs $150m off PBS bill
02 August 2013 | Joanna Heath
The government will achieve some $130 million in budgetary savings when it announces the latest round of steep cuts in the prices it pays for off-patent medicines on Thursday, amid complaints from the pharmaceutical industry the cuts are damaging bottom lines.
|Sigma Pharmaceutical, Australian Pharm.
|Tanya Plibersek, Stephen Roche
|Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry/Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
Labor's two-party polling slips: Newspoll
23 July 2013 | Joanna Heath
Updated | Kevin Rudd's tough new stance on asylum seekers has lifted Labor's ratings on its ability to handle the issue to its highest level since 2010, but has not prevented a slippage in two-party preferred polling.
|Kevin Rudd, Tanya Plibersek, Mark Latham
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics
Ex-Howard adviser caught up in UK cigarette row
15 July 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 15 July 2013 | PAGE 2 | Liberal ex-adviser in UK cigarette law row
Former Liberal party campaign heavyweight Lynton Crosby is at the centre of a controversy over the UK government's decision to drop plain packaging laws for cigarettes.
|Lynton Crosby, David Cameron, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/World Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Age of solutions to support elderly
11 July 2013 | Christopher Jay
PRINT: 11 July 2013 | PAGE 1 | Think tank sought for age-old problem
Government funding of $4.6 million will be made available for the Andrew Fisher Applied Policy Institute for Ageing to research issues such as spiralling growth in the number of ageing Australians and support for an ageing world.
|Tanya Plibersek
Abbott unlikely to rescind abortion pill subsidy
01 July 2013 | John Kerin
PRINT: 30 June 2013 | PAGE 1 | Abortion pill not for review
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is not expected to revisit the Labor government decision to subsidise the so-called abortion pill if he becomes PM.
|Tanya Plibersek
Rudd to attack gaps in Coalition health policy
29 June 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 29 June 2013 | PAGE 1 | Policy gaps under attack
Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has signalled that the government will increase pressure on the Coalition over its "total absence of a policy on education or health".
|Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Bob Carr, Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Health & Wellbeing
'Cracker' Coalition health policy on the way: Dutton
24 June 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 24 June 2013 | PAGE 2 | 'Cracker' of a health policy
Opposition health spokesperson Peter Dutton has promised a "cracker" of a health policy but says it is too early to provide full details.
|Peter Dutton, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tanya Plibersek, Simon Mckeon, Tony Abbott
|Politics/Federal Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Report shows healthcare not going to those who need it most
20 June 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 20 June 2013 | PAGE 2 | Healthcare not going to the needy: report
The inaugural nationwide study by the National Health Performance Authority finds cost barriers in areas with poor health are just as high as in areas with better health.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Time to 'move on' from menu: Abbott
13 June 2013 | Phillip Coorey
Updated | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declared that it is time to move on from the Brisbane cafe menu saga but does not endorse suggestions that Prime Minister Julia Gillard overreacted.
|Penny Wong, Mal Brough, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Abbott, Peter Slipper
Dutton pledges no cuts to the frontline
11 June 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 08 June 2013 | PAGE 1 | Dutton pledges no cuts to the frontline
It's an unusual admission from an aspiring health minister – health will not be a high priority for his party in this year's election campaign. But Peter Dutton does have one pledge to make though – no cuts to frontline services.
|Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton, David Cameron
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Government rushes to spend $7m on health ads
05 June 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 05 June 2013 | PAGE 5 | Rush to spend $7m on health ads
The federal government is launching a $10 million advertising campaign to inform Australians about Medicare benefits and services, with $7 million set to be spent before the caretaker period kicks in before the September poll.
|Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics, Financial Services Industry/Insurance
Battle of the sexes heats up over Victorian seat of Batman
04 June 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 04 June 2013 | PAGE 1 | Feeney backers reject demand for woman
The ALP national executive is expected to reserve the option to intervene and ensure Senator David Feeney wins Labor preselection for Batman if he is defeated by challenger Mary-Anne Thomas.
|Julia Gillard, Jenny Macklin, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Martin Ferguson, Bill Shorten, Stephen Conroy
|Politics/Federal Politics
Female MPs want a woman pre-selected in Batman
02 June 2013 | James Massola
Updated | Prime Minister Julia Gillard is at odds with four of her own senior female ministers over the pre-selection race for the plum ALP-held seat of Batman, in Melbourne.
|Jenny Macklin, Martin Ferguson, Julia Gillard, Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek, Catherine King
|Politics/Federal Politics
Private health bill struggle
30 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 30 May 2013 | PAGE 4 | DisabilityCare funding struggle
The government is having a tough time convincing key crossbenchers to support a bill that would see cuts made to private health insurance to fund the national disability insurance scheme and dental reform.
|Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton
|Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Coalition confirms private health cuts
28 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
Updated | The coalition has confirmed it will support Labor measures to save $700 million on the private health insurance rebate due to the "budget emergency".
|Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Financial Services Industry/Insurance, Politics/Legislation, Politics/Federal Politics
Over 65s make up bulk of PBS expenditure growth
27 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
Prescriptions doled out to patients over 65 years are dominating the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, driving an increase in total government expenditure to almost $9 billion in the 2010-11 financial year.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Garvan's birthday bash
27 May 2013 |
PRINT: 27 May 2013 | PAGE 41 | Garvan's birthday bash
The Garvan Institute's 50th birthday gala dinner on Saturday night at Sydney's Sofitel Wentworth was an absolute ball tearer.
Coalition to conduct review of Medicare Locals
25 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 25 May 2013 | PAGE 1 | Coalition to reassess local health delivery
The Coalition has pledged to conduct a review of Medicare Locals if elected, which could result in the closure of many of the primary health care hubs.
|Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Progress on healthcare reforms has flatlined
24 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 24 May 2013 | PAGE 1 | Surgery times stall despite more funds
A new report on the progress of the government's national health care reforms has found no improvement in elective surgery waiting times, despite an overall increase in federal hospital funding.
|Tanya Plibersek, John Brumby, Kevin Rudd
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/NSW Politics, Politics/Victorian Politics, Politics/Queensland Politics
Hockey sits tight on Coalition costs
22 May 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 22 May 2013 | PAGE 1 | Hockey sits tight on Coalition costs
Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has rejected government demands he bring forward the costing details of Coalition policies after Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson backed the integrity of last week's budget numbers.
|Joe Hockey, Martin Parkinson, Christopher Pyne, Barry O'Farrell, Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics
Abbott backs $75bn in cuts
20 May 2013 | Phillip Coorey
PRINT: 20 May 2013 | PAGE 1 | Abbott backs $75bn in cuts
The federal Coalition has identified at least $75 billion in spending cuts and tax increases over four years that it considers necessary to balance the budget, including the abolition of any family payment for having a baby.
|Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Joe Hockey, Tanya Plibersek, Wayne Swan
Plibersek on attack over health rebates
17 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 17 May 2013 | PAGE 2 | Plibersek on attack over health rebates
Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says new statistics disprove the campaign that government changes to the private health insurance rebate would result in up to a million people dropping their cover.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry/Healthcare Providers & Insurance, Politics/Federal Politics
Specialist medical procedures in doubt
16 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 16 May 2013 | PAGE 5 | Specialist procedures
The phase-out of a medical tax offset in Tuesday's budget could put popular specialist procedures such as in-vitro fertility treatments, orthodontics, optometry and laser eye surgery out of reach for some patients who have high medical costs.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Healthcare avoids substantial funding cuts
15 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 14 May 2013 | PAGE 10 | Health funding escapes with only minor surgery
The government will spend $64.4 billion on health in the next financial year, including new spending packages targeting cancer care, avoiding any substantial funding cuts.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Economy, Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Pharmacy Guild finds Senate report hard to swallow
14 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 14 May 2013 | PAGE 3 | Senate report hard to swallow
The pharmacy owners' lobby group has hit back at a Senate committee report which found it made erroneous arguments to extract $30 million from Tuesday's federal budget for increased payments to pharmacists.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing
News briefs
11 May 2013 |
PRINT: 11 May 2013 | PAGE 3 |
The federal government has released consultation draft legislation aimed at protecting consumers against unfair contract terms in general insurance products.
|Tanya Plibersek
Tensions over government payments for chemotherapy
07 May 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 07 May 2013 | PAGE 5 | ipad + web
Exclusive | The peak body representing community pharmacists has accused patient lobby the Consumers Health Forum of "abuse" in the highly-charged debate over government payments for the preparation of chemotherapy drugs.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Abortion pill near approval for listing on PBS
26 April 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 27 April 2013 | PAGE 1 | Abortion pill near approval
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Council has recommended the listing of the controversial abortion drug RU486 on the PBS.
|Tony Abbott, Tanya Plibersek, John Howard, Brian Harradine, Peter Dutton
|Health & Wellbeing, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Politics/Federal Politics
Medicare architect backs private health
23 April 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 23 April 2013 | PAGE 1 | Medicare architect backs private health
The co-architect of Medicare thinks Australia's current hospital funding model is unsustainable and the federal government may have to give additional support to private health.
|NIB Holdings Ltd
|Tanya Plibersek, Mark Fitzgibbon
|Politics/Federal Politics, Health & Wellbeing, Financial Services Industry/Insurance, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Economy/Fiscal Policy
Activity-based health funding stoush brewing in Liberal states
20 April 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 20 April 2013 | PAGE 1 | Activity-based health funding stoush
A new pre-election public hospital funding stoush between the federal government and the states is brewing, potentially reigniting threats of cuts to frontline services ahead of the election.
|Tanya Plibersek, David Davis, Lawrence Springborg
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics
Protests after health ministerial summit postponed
17 April 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 17 April 2013 | PAGE 4 | Protests after health summit postponed
Conservative-led states have expressed dismay at the indefinite postponement of a meeting of state and territory health ministers scheduled to take place alongside the Council of Australian Governments meeting this week, where grievances on federal public hospital funding were due to be aired.
|Tanya Plibersek, Lawrence Springborg, Jillian Skinner, David Davis
|Politics, Health & Wellbeing
Medical research funding cut back
10 April 2013 | Carrie LaFrenz
PRINT: 08 April 2013 | PAGE 5 | Medical research funding cut back
Australia's independent medical research institutes are facing a $70 million funding black hole after the federal government made payment changes to research grants as it aims to achieve a budget surplus.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry, Politics/Federal Politics
Independents won't back bill to cut private health rebate
05 April 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 05 April 2013 | PAGE 15 | Independents won't back health bill
A bill to remove the rebate on the penalty paid by those who take out private health insurance after the age of 30 is not likely to pass through Parliament before the election, with key crossbenchers pledging to vote against it.
|Julia Gillard, Peter Slipper, Bob Katter, Tony Windsor, Barnaby Joyce, Rob Oakeshott, Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/Federal Politics
Hospital money on waiting list
02 April 2013 | Mathew Dunckley
PRINT: 02 April 2013 | PAGE 2 | Victorian hospitals still waiting for federal funds
Despite weeks of advertising its reversal of funding cuts to the Victorian health system the federal government is yet to deliver a cent to the state's hospitals.
|David Davis, Tanya Plibersek
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Victorian Politics, Health & Wellbeing
APS rides the ministerial merry-go-round
28 March 2013 | Verona Burgess
PRINT: 28 March 2013 | PAGE 1 | Being taken for ride on ministerial merry-go-round
The Australian Public Service has farewelled minister Gary Gray and found itself tacked on to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus's expanded responsibilities. He is just one of a number of senior ministers, junior ministers and parliamentary secretaries on a merry-go-round since the 2007 election.
Canberra gets a bad drug deal in the PBS, survey finds
17 March 2013 | Joanna Heath
PRINT: 18 March 2013 | PAGE 1 | Canberra gets a 'bad' drug deal
Australian taxpayers are overpaying for prescription drugs by at least $1.3 billion a year, and in some cases are paying 10 times what people in New Zealand pay for the same drugs, a study has found.
|Tanya Plibersek, Peter Dutton, Stephen Duckett
Global disease fighter challenges Australia to step up
15 March 2013 | Joanna Heath
If the world of infectious diseases had superstars, Mark Dybul would probably be one of them.
|Bill Gates, Julie Bishop, Tanya Plibersek, Bob Carr, Kevin Rudd, David Cameron
|Health & Wellbeing, Politics/World Politics, Politics/Federal Politics, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry
Cancer drug availability frustrated by politics
13 March 2013 |
PRINT: 13 March 2013 | PAGE 42 | Drug's availability frustrated by politics
Suddenly the forthcoming election has become front of mind for many men with advanced prostate cancer. They are concerned an opportunity of crucial importance to them will be lost in the political upheaval.
|Tanya Plibersek
|Health & Wellbeing
Shaw backs Vic govt in first vote
07 March 2013 | Mathew Dunckley
PRINT: 07 March 2013 | PAGE 1 |
Updated | Rebel Victorian state MP Geoff Shaw has supported the government under new Premier Denis Napthine in the first test of his parliamentary vote since he quit the Liberal Party.
|Greg Hunt, Julia Gillard, Denis Napthine, Tanya Plibersek, Ted Baillieu, Kevin Rudd
|Politics/Federal Politics, Politics/Victorian Politics


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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - Grading & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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May 19 2013, 05:33 PM
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Re: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - Grading & Discussion [SPOILERS]
I really liked this film. Sure I have some quibbles like Spock's scream being such blatant homage that it sucked me out of the film (leading my non-trekkie friend that I was with to wonder why I busted out laughing.) As far as big summer action movies go, though, this one is the tops. Sure, Star Trek has always been at its best when it's about larger ideas, but the fact that this one doesn't present itself as an allegory for some current event, or explore the human condition does not change the fact that it is still a damn entertaining film with great special effects, a brilliant score, good performances, and breakneck pacing.
I'm all for being faithful to source material, but Star Trek is a franchise that had long before collapsed under its own weight. It had become stale and repetitive. With these last two movies Abrams has breathed new life into the series and brought in a whole new group of fans that never would have considered watching Star Trek before. My friend that I was with now wants to watch Wrath of Khan so that he can get all of the references.
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Federal Health Care:
Comments on H.R. 4401, the Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000
T-AIMD-00-240: Published: Jul 11, 2000. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 (H.R. 4401), which calls for the development of an immediate claim, administration, payment resolution, and data collection system, focusing on the: (1) effects of the system on the claims process of both the Medicare part B program and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP); and (2) the role and composition of a proposed Health Care Infrastructure Commission.
GAO noted that: (1) H.R. 4401 would establish an Infrastructure Commission within the Department of Health and Human Services to design, construct, and implement an immediate claim, administration, payment resolution, and data collection system that would initially be used by the Medicare part B program; (2) this system would: (a) immediately notify each provider and supplier of coverage determination; (b) immediately notify each provider and supplier of any incomplete or invalid claims, including the identification of missing data and coding errors; (c) immediately process clean claims so that a provider or supplier may provide a written explanation of medical benefits, including costs and coverage to any beneficiary at the point of care; and (d) allow electronic payment of claims for which payment is not made on a periodic payment basis; (3) one outcome of developing an immediate claim, administration, payment resolution, and data collection system would be faster Medicare part B claims payments; (4) while the development of an immediate claim, administration, payment, resolution, and data collection system to be used by the Medicare part B program might be feasible, it would significantly change the government's current processes because it would require the real-time processing of certain elements of the claims process that are performed in batch mode or manually; (5) H.R. 4401 would also affect FEHBP, which is run by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); (6) H.R. 4401 requires that: (a) OPM adapt the immediate claim, administration, payment resolution, and data collection system for use by the FEHBP; and (b) carriers participating in FEHBP use the system to satisfy certain minimum requirements for claim submission, processing, and payment; (7) because Medicare part B and FEHBP are substantially different programs, it would be difficult to design and implement a single system to process claims under both programs, as called for by H.R. 4401; (8) although all health plans offer inpatient hospital and outpatient medical coverage as well as certain OPM-required services, specific benefits vary; (9) these differences would make it challenging and costly to design and implement a real-time claims processing system for both programs; and (10) if a real-time claims processing system is to be developed, consideration should be given to including key Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) and carrier officials with health care claims processing, program integrity, and financial management expertise on the Infrastructure Commission, as well as OPM and providers, since the system would affect HCFA, OPM, and the providers.
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Group Purchasing Organizations:Funding Structure Has Potential Implications for Medicare CostsGAO-15-13: Published: Oct 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 24, 2014.
Medicare Program Integrity:CMS Pursues Many Practices to Address Prescription Drug Fraud, Waste, and AbuseGAO-15-66: Published: Oct 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 24, 2014.
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Vaccine Injury Compensation:Most Claims Took Multiple Years and Many Were Settled through NegotiationGAO-15-142: Published: Nov 21, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 21, 2014.
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Health Care Transparency:Actions Needed to Improve Cost and Quality Information for ConsumersGAO-15-11: Published: Oct 20, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2014.
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VA Health Care:Actions Needed to Ensure Adequate and Qualified Nurse StaffingGAO-15-61: Published: Oct 16, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2014.
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Small Business Health Insurance Exchanges:Low Initial Enrollment Likely due to Multiple, Evolving FactorsGAO-15-58: Published: Nov 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 2014.
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Compounded Drugs:Payment Practices Vary across Public Programs and Private Insurers, and Medicare Part B Policy Should Be ClarifiedGAO-15-85: Published: Oct 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 10, 2014.
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VA Health Care:Management and Oversight of Consult Process Need Improvement to Help Ensure Veterans Receive Timely Outpatient Specialty CareGAO-14-808: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2014.
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Chemical Assessments:Agencies Coordinate Activities, but Additional Action Could Enhance EffortsGAO-14-763: Published: Sep 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 29, 2014.
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Free market capitalism isn't right for America because it works better. It's right because it's free (and it works better).
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I've been here before many a time, long ago we used to go here to celebrate the end of each school term. But I changed who I was teaching with, and this habit dropped by the wayside, I hadn't been for ages. We went by just after Tet was over, but not everywhere was open yet. All up and down Ngoc Khanh, this was the only place open. Unfortunately, they jacked up the price crazily because of this (only found out at the end of course), and slapped on a Tay tax as well, with our bill coming in more than 5 times the usual price. Some of this augmentation came from ridiculous baloney we'd never heard before - because the nem was cut in 2, we had had 2, not one, and because there were two glasses on the table, we'd had two beers (even though there was only one bottle, and the ice untouched in one glass).
This sort of malarkey, combined with sub-standard meat compared to normal, one with a twist of wire from the metal holding things and the iridescent sheen of soap and bubbles still in the bowls really made us wish we had gone home and just had a sandwich.
It is a shame, as I had fond memories of this place, that's why I'm giving it two stars not one. We won't be back any more, after all it is not like you're starved for choice in this part of town for Bun Cha.
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Another respectable place to satisfy my craving for noodles, aromatics, pork burgers and bacon.
The nem here were expertly cooked, large and crispy. Not super-crabby, though.
This place is just meters away from Bun Cha Tasty Number 1, and at 45,000 for cha and 2 nem it's only a little cheaper.
This is probably a one-off defect, but I had a bit of bone in one of my pork burgers and that's enough to lose them a star.
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where is the best place for Indian dinner in London Zone 1?
I will be there for a meeting mid December and would love to take a colleague to a top notch Indian restaurant. Quality is more important to us than price or atmosphere - any recommendations?
Search this board for london indian and you'll find plenty of opinions!
Salloo's in Kinnerton Street gets my vote
I hate to be that guy that directs you to the search function, but this has been covered a million times, and very recently.
Cinnamon Club, Quilon, Amaya, Benares, Chutney Mary, Trishna are all michelin starred so start there. Trishna is the current board favorite, which basically means like 4 people like it.
Read some reviews on newspaper sites and make up your mind based on criteria which matter to you.
Personally, I really like The Cinnamon Club. Great food (especially the lamb dishes) and very nice atmosphere.
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Re: Gymkhana - I've read a lot of positive reviews about it andwould certainly like to check it out the next time I'm in London. Helmed by ex-Trishna, Chef Karam Sethi. Their suckling pork cheek vindaloo sounds intriguing. That, and the lamb's brain keema ;-)
I'm guessing that you mean a Northern/Central Indian/Pakistani restaurant (tell me if you don't...) which would leave The Cinnamon Club, Gymkhana, Salloos. If you ventured further you could have Bombay Brasserie or Cafe Spice Namaste. If you want a more veg. or fish orientated restaurant, then do let us know.
The same is true for me -- I'll be there next week.
May I reopen the OP's question to the group? I will be dining alone and I prefer mom-and-pop to higher-end places.
When I was in London last, I had one of the best meals of my life at Kastoori, which is now tragically defunct. I tried New Tayyab too, but while I thought it was very good, it wasn't great the way Kastoori was.
Does anyone have a North Indian and South Indian suggestion based on these guidelines? Thanks!
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I would search out JFores and East Ham -- he is a poster here who lives/lived somewhat out of the center of town and has found a load of obscure places serving various regional Indian/Pakistani foods.
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Can I check if you need veg. friendly restaurants? If so, there are 2 Woodlands and 2 Sagar locations in central London. There is also Rasa, Ragam as well as the Drummond Street 'food court' which has Diwana, the Ravi Shankar and Chutneys. These are all decent, dependable restaurants.
If you can go out of the central zone, there are many areas that feature regional specialities. Tooting - Veg. South Indian; East Ham - South Indian; Wembley - Gujurati; Southall - Punjabi.
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I have three dinners to throw at this project; I'd love at least one of them to be meat-focused. In general I prefer meat, though that meal I had at Kastoori remains one of the best of my life.
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Check out the menu at Cafe Spice Namaste and see if that fits the bill. I had a delicious duck dish that I will definitely go back and have again.
Thanks everyone. As it turns out of the many recommendations in central London only quilon was open on the Sunday night in question, so we'll try that. Thanks for all of the great suggestions and advice!


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Everyone quietly hates the person who has seen all the Best Picture nominees. Running the table may have been forgivable back when there were only five movies nominated, but now that there are nine, forget it. At the same time, no one wants to be the person who hasnt seen any of the Best Picture Nominees, either. Because, come on.
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KHL Game Day: 11-25Submitted by pete on November 25, 2009 - 13:34
Ekaterinburg 1 @ CSKA 4
Denis Kazionov, Ekaterinburg, DNP
Season totals: 25 GP, 4-3-7, -6, 8 PIM
Columbus prospect Nikita Filatov scored his 4th goal and 6th point in just 3 games since heading back to Russia for CSKA.
Magnitogorsk 5 @ Chekhov 3
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Win, 22/25, 3.00 GAA, .880 sv%
Season totals: 25 GP, 10-13, 2 SO, 2.19 GAA, .917 sv%
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KHL Game Day: 11-23Submitted by pete on November 23, 2009 - 17:01
Ekaterinburg 0 @ Novgorod 1
Denis Kazionov, Ekaterinburg, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 25 GP, 4-3-7, -6, 8 PIM
Kazionov played 12:08 in the match, but was on the ice for Novgorod's third period winner.
Magnitogorsk 0 @ CSKA 3
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, DNP
Season totals: 24 GP, 9-13, 2 SO, 2.15 GAA, .918 sv%
Prized Columbus prospect Nikita Filatov had a pair of goals for CSKA in the match.
Dynamo Moscow 1 @ Spartak Moscow 4
Johan Harju, Dynamo Moscow, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 27 GP, 2-5-7, -3, 18 PIM
Harju played 15:35 and was 58% on draws. His lifelong teammate Linus Omark assisted on Dynamo's only goal. Former Lightning center Martin Cibak had a goal in the match for Spartak, his 8th of the season.
KHL Game Day: 11-20 and 11-21Submitted by pete on November 21, 2009 - 16:42
November 20th
Yulaev 6 @ Omsk 5 (OT)
Karri Ramo, Omsk, Loss, 30/36, 5.81 GAA, .833 sv%
Ramo's team fell in overtime despite a goal and an assist from Norwegian star Patrik Thoresen.
Kazan 4 @ Togliatti 1
Dimitry Kazionov, Kazan, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Kazionov played 10:48 in the match. The KHL's best player, Alexei Morozov, had a pair of assists in the match for Kazan.
November 21st
Ekaterinburg 8 @ Chekhov 3
Denis Kazionov, Ekaterinburg, 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Kazionov scored his 4th goal of the season in a wild Ekaterinburg scoring fest. Eight separate goal scorers found the sheet for Kazionov's team.
Magnitogorsk 1 @ Novgorod 3
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 18/21, 3.00 GAA, .857 sv%
That was not the debut Koshechkin probably wanted.
KHK MVD 3 @ Dynamo Moscow 4
Johan Harju, Dynamo Moscow, 0-1-1, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Harju assisted on a late first period goal and was 78% on draws in 13:53.
KHL Game Day: 11-18Submitted by pete on November 18, 2009 - 17:30
Astana 3 @ Omsk 2 (OT)
Karri Ramo, Omsk, DNP
Season totals: 20 GP, 11-8, 2 SO, 1.79 GAA, .918 sv%
Ramo watched from the bench as former NHL defenseman Kevin Dallman scored the overtime winner for Astana. The blueliner actually led Astana in scoring last year with a remarkable 28 goals and 58 points in 53 games.
Togliatti 0 @ Ekaterinburg 3
Denis Kazionov, Ekaterinburg, 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 23 GP, 3-3-6, -5, 8 PIM
Kazionov scored his 3rd goal of the season to open the game's scoring. He played 9:22 in the match.
Kazan 3 @ Magnitogorsk 1
Dimitry Kazionov, Kazan, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 25 GP, 7-1-8, -2, 10 PIM
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, DNP
Season totals: 23 GP, 9-12, 2 SO, 2.12 GAA, .921 sv%
It was a rare double Kazionov scoring day in the KHL as Dimitry scored to stake Kazan to a 2-0 lead. He played 13:29 in the match for Ak Bars.
Koshechkin Granted Free Agency, Signs With MagnitogorskSubmitted by pete on November 17, 2009 - 19:57
Vasily Koshechkin has been granted a release from his contract with Lada Togliatti and has signed with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, according to sports-planet.ru and Togliatti's website. The Lada franchise, which has been cash strapped for the past three plus seasons, failed to make payroll for over two months, allowing several players to petition the league for free agency due to breach of contract. Koshechkin was granted his release and will now play for Magnitogorsk, which currently sits in second in the Eastern Conference and has the third best record in the KHL.
The 26 year old netminder was taken by the Lightning in the 8th round, 233rd overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Despite several overtures from the Lightning during Jay Feaster's time as GM, Koshechkin has remained in Russia for the duration of his career to this point, playing primarily with Togliatti with a short stint with Kazan. Standing at 6'6" tall, the mammoth netminder is recognized as one of Russia's finest goaltenders, having appeared in several Euro Tour events and the World Championships for his homeland. Koshechkin is also one of six netminders being considered for Russia's 2010 Olympic team.


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