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Brad Norington is an Associate Editor at The Australian, writing about national affairs and NSW politics. Brad was previously The Australian’s Washington Correspondent during the Obama presidency and has been working at the paper since 2004. Prior to that, he was a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald. Brad is the author of three books, including Planet Jackson about the HSU scandal and Kathy Jackson.

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Foreign Affairs

Trade representatives for a group photo during the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) meeting in Sydney, October 26, 2014. Pictured are (L-R) Malaysia's Mohamed Mustapa, Australia's Andrew Robb, United States' Michael Froman, Mexico's Ildefonso Guajardo and New Zealand's Tim Groser. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR4BLL6

I won’t sell us short on deal: Robb

ANDREW Robb has rejected claims a trade deal for Pacific nations will lead to Australians paying more for pharmaceuticals.

Brad Norington

Opinion

Obama faces troubling blow

US President Barack Obama faces the prospect of even his modest reforms being overturned by a resurgent Tea Party mood.

Brad Norington

Gough Whitlam

Loans affair exposed naivety, arrogance

NO scandal contributed more to the downfall of Gough Whitlam’s government than the infamous “loans affair”.

Brad Norington

Inquirer

Unfinished business

THE royal commission into union corruption has used its blowtorch on small fry. Will an extension net the big fish?

Brad Norington

Foreign Affairs

‘Mightiest building in the world’ burns

A WHITE House insider reveals the intimate story of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Brad Norington

AWU Files

Gillard at Unions Royal Commission. Video still from live feed of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard giving evidence in Sydney at the Royal Commission into Trade Unions

Gillard: I would have done it differently

JULIA Gillard has admitted she would have acted differently in setting up a slush fund for her former union boyfriend, Bruce Wilson.

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Industrial Relations

OSB Senate Committee Hearing: Chair of the Senate Committee into Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB); Senator Sam Dastyari, with Senator Stephen Conroy faced off with Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, DSC, AM-Commander of the Joint Agency Task Force Operation SOVEREIGN BORDERS, Martin Bowles-Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Michael Pezzullo-CEO of the Australian Customs and Border Protection and Rear Admiral Michael Noonan RAN-Commander Border Protection Command at Parliament House in Canberra.

Senator chased for printer’s bill

NSW Labor powerbroker Sam Dastyari was at the centre of a big-spending campaign to install the ALP’s preferred candidate as leader of the HSU.

Brad Norington

Inquirer

Mark Latham: You’re bonkers

IN one corner is Mark Latham, the ex-Labor leader unafraid of a bit of biffo. In the other, Hedley Thomas, our hard-hitting journo.

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Opinion

Messenger becomes focus of suspicion

THE royal commission into union corruption shows it pays for a whistleblower to be squeaky clean.

Brad Norington

AWU Files

THE Health Services Union whistleblower Kathy Jackson. Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption was established on 13 March 2014 by the former Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency the Hon Quentin Bryce AC CVO. The Hon John Dyson Heydon AC QC has been appointed to lead the Royal Commission in accordance with the terms of reference as set out in the Letters Patent . The Commissioner has been asked to provide a report of his findings and recommendations on or before 31 December 2014.

Jackson fell short on standards

UNION whistleblower Kathy Jackson has admitted to falling short of proper practices “in terms of what the public expects” in controlling union money.

Brad Norington

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