Dennis Shanahan

Dennis Shanahan has been The Australian’s Canberra Bureau Chief, then Political Editor and now National Editor based in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1989 covering every Budget, election and prime minister since then. He has been in journalism since 1971 and has a master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University, New York.

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MELBOURNE, MARCH 2, 2022: Archbishop Peter Comensoli and Ukrainian Bishop Mykola Bychok attend mass at St Patrick's Cathedral. Picture: Mark Stewart

Australian-based Ukranian bishop named among new cardinals

Pope Francis has surprised the Australian Catholic Church with the appointment of a new Cardinal from Melbourne because the new Cardinal is neither from Melbourne nor Australian.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 18: Bill Shorten, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme & Minister for Government Services addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

The message in Shorten’s exit that has Labor figures panicked

Bill Shorten’s resignation suggests a deeper fear, even panic, within the party about what has been achieved by the Albanese government — and what the Greens have in store.

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‘Panic and disloyalty’: Howard blasts Chalmers over Reserve Bank spat

John Howard has accused the federal Treasurer of panicking at the first whiff of economic grapeshot and desperately and disloyally seeking to shift the blame for high interest rates on to RBA governor Michele Bullock.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 30, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a toast at the Cauliflower Club rugby lunch on Friday honouring former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Labor prepares for early budget before election

Senior Labor figures are already planning for the March budget, which has been brought forward from May because a budget cannot be delivered after parliament has been dissolved in the election lead-up.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JULY 27, 2024: NSW Labor Conference held at Sydney Town Hall.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the delegates.Picture: NewsWire / Simon Bullard.

Why an early federal election in 2024 is now looking virtually impossible

Just as Anthony Albanese has been saying since the beginning of this year, it seems all the speculation about an election this year has come to naught.

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PM desperate to talk about anything other than Gazan visas

A titanic struggle of wills between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton has emerged as the PM ruthlessly uses the power of incumbency in government and parliament to block, bully and frustrate the Opposition Leader.

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Supplied image of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore. Picture: Facebook

Fizz jogs memory about what caused mayoral hangover

If Clover Moore is re-elected, Labor has only itself to blame, and a bottle of spumante.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at Question Time in the House of Representatives at Australian Parliament House on August 22, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Pressure is building on the Albanese government on a number of fronts, but cost of living pressures are top among them and may prove to be a damaging political liability in the months ahead as Peter Dutton gets the opposition ready for next year's election season. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Albanese falters on last question in a war of attrition

The PM has repeatedly refused to say that support for the proscribed Hamas terrorist group would fail the security ‘character test’ and deny entry to Australia.

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Chicken takes a lickin’ as costs bite

Times are tough when the cheapest treat or night out for a family – a bucket of KFC chicken or a McDonald’s family dinner – is off the menu, but that’s the shocking news federal MPs have been delivered.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 21, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

PM blinks on Gaza visas issue

The opposition has managed a small dent in the defences and set up another day of visa questions and focus on Albanese’s leadership.

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