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Kristina Keneally

August

ERA chief executive Brad Welsh and former Labor MP and Midnight Oils frontman Peter Garrett.

Jabiluka mining boss sidelined while Albanese met Peter Garrett

Brad Welsh, the chief executive of Energy Resources of Australia, says he was shocked about the abrupt cancellation of the lease announced last month.

  • Peter Ker

May

The Gold Dinner hosted by Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation boss Kristina Keneally.

Gold Dinner raises record $33.4 million despite Albo’s declining pull

The country’s most lavish charity dinner delivered another record haul, even though demand was soft for the prime minister.

  • Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin

January

James Thornton says he always thinks of three things he needs to do while out running.

How these top CEOs stay fit and healthy

From a returned ballerina, to a marathon-running CEO and an executive yogi, nine leaders tell the BOSS team about their daily routines.

  • Sally Patten and Euan Black

October 2023

Kristina Keneally is the CEO of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Superannuation has become a wealth vehicle: Keneally

Former NSW premier and senator Kristina Keneally has ruled out a return to frontline politics and says Labor’s plans to double charitable giving needs more work.

  • Tom McIlroy

September 2022

Dai Le in parliament on Monday: “This migration story belongs to all of us. It’s our story, and we can all be proud to share it.”

From refugee to MP: Dai Le flags her joint identity

Newly elected Vietnamese-Australian MP Dai Le wore a traditional Vietnamese dress made from a print of the Australian flag for her maiden parliamentary speech.

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  • Maeve Bannister
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July 2022

Eddie Obeid, Joe Tripodi and Tony Kelly.

Ghosts from Labor’s past are good news for Perrottet

News of the prosecution of three NSW ex-ministers,12 days after the charges were filed, is a useful distraction for the Coalition government.

  • Aaron Patrick

May 2022

"Immigration has been the special sauce in our national history," says Clare O'Neil, Labor's shadow minister for the future of work.

Labor Right faction gets Home Affairs

Victorian Clare O’Neil replaces failed Fowler candidate Kristina Keneally in the latest factional split of portfolios

  • Tom McIlroy
Independent candidate Dai Le is taking on Kristina Keneally in the western Sydney seat of Fowler.

‘Loyalty no longer exists’: Why the teals could go after Labor next

Community-based independents could dislodge Labor MPs from safe seats in Melbourne and Sydney if the party does not stop taking its voters for granted.

  • Michael Read
Independent candidate for Fowler Dai Le (right) in Cabramatta on Saturday.

‘Labor took us for granted’: Mistake costs Kristina Keneally

Fowler victor Dai Le says the multicultural Sydney seat interpreted the attempt to parachute in the Labor frontbencher as a slap in the face.

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  • Georgie Moore
Josh Frydenberg and wife Amie thank Liberal supporters at the Grace Park Hawthorn Club.

Election 2022: denial is an ugly thing

Wherever you looked, torrents of illogic spewed forth on election night.

  • Joe Aston
Albanese says his opponents “still think it’s ok to make fun of someone’s name in their advertising”.

‘Making fun of people’s names’: Albanese hits out at Liberal ads

The Labor leader said Italian-Australians had made their own judgments about Liberal advertisements using his surname

  • Tom McIlroy
Kristina Keneally at a community event with the Hindu Council of Australia.

Keneally faces tough fight to take Fowler

Labor is redoubling efforts in the western Sydney electorate amid fears the ultra-safe seat could fall to an independent.

  • Phillip Coorey
Anthony Albanese visited the Hindu Council of Australia in Parramatta last week.

‘Our voice is growing’: Hindus welcome the political spotlight

Upwardly mobile yet lacking intergenerational wealth, many Australian citizens from a Hindu background are swing voters, an expert says.

  • Gus McCubbing

March 2022

Labor’s Senate leader team Katy Gallagher, Penny Wong and Kristina Keneally in Parliament on Monday.

Let’s honour Kitching with an election win: Keneally

The Senate was recalled a day early to honour late Labor senator Kimberley Kitching, amid recriminations within the Labor Party

  • Tom McIlroy
The late senator Kimberley Kitching with her Cavoodle, Nancy-Jane.

Two years of ‘micro-aggressions’: Kitching felt frozen out by Labor

From comments about her hair colour to exclusion from important meetings, the late Victorian senator experienced unpleasant treatment she said verged on bullying.

  • Aaron Patrick
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Anthony Albanese has been under pressure to open a formal inquiry into bullying allegations by the late Kimberley Kitching.

Albanese denies Kitching was bullied

Anthony Albanese has rejected calls for an inquiry and backed the alleged bullies as the “solution” to Labor’s shift towards a more female friendly party.

  • Phillip Coorey
The late Kimberley Kitching (left) put noses out of joint in the Labor hierarchy. It was an open secret that Wong

Mean girls and boys’ clubs plague all the parties

Once more in politics, we have serious allegations being levied by friends of a dead woman. This time, however, it concerns Labor.

  • Phillip Coorey
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has become embroiled in recriminations over Kimberley Kitching’s tragic death

Bullying allegations rock Labor

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is being blamed by some in the ALP for not supporting deceased Labor senator Kimberley Kitching in her battle to retain preselection.

  • Phillip Coorey

February 2022

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed that Labor leader Anthony Albanese would appease China in government.

Labor sidesteps attempt to make it look weak on criminals

Scott Morrison created uproar by labelling Anthony Albanese as Beijing’s candidate of choice.

  • Phillip Coorey
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese

Shake up in the wind for Border Force under Labor

Labor sources say there will be no radical shake up of national security policy, but are concerned by the over-emphasis on security in immigration.

  • Andrew Tillett

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