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Greg BrownCanberra Bureau chief

Greg Brown is the Canberra Bureau chief. He previously spent five years covering federal politics for The Australian where he built a reputation as a newsbreaker consistently setting the national agenda.

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Defence

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton announcing the Next AFP Commissioner will be Reece Kershaw, who is Currently Commissioner of Police for Northern Territory at a press conference, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

MPs wage war over terror exile bill

Peter Dutton has accused Mark Dreyfus of seeking to push left-wing outcomes on national security.

Greg Brown

Politics

Newly appointed Australian Federal Police AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Top cop to review media raids

New AFP boss Reece Kershaw has vowed to review whether it was appropriate for the federal police to have raided journalists.

Greg Brown

Politics

Liberal member for Hughes Craig Kelly at a campaign rally at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Sunday, April 28, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

BHP demonising coal, say Libs

Conservative Liberal MPs have attacked mining group BHP for speaking out against climate change

Greg Brown

PoliticsNowPolitics

Liberal Member for Wentworth Dave Sharma makes his maiden speech in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

What a start! Turnbull in full praise of MP

The deposed PM went missing during Dave Sharma’s first shot at Wentworth, but has weighed in on his maiden speech.

Richard Ferguson, Greg Brown and Agencies

Super stormPolitics

Senator Andrew Bragg delivering his maiden speech in the Senate Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Lib senator defies PM

Andrew Bragg has joined a growing group of Coalition MPs to break ranks on super policy.

Adam Creighton and Greg Brown

Politics

Senator Kristina Keneally speaking at a press conference held in Mona Vale Library on the 16th of June 2019. Photographer: Adam Yip

Foreign fighters bill delayed

Labor will seek to amend the foreign fighters bill in the Senate today to reflect a parliamentary committee’s recommendations.

Greg Brown

Politics

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Leader’s Newstart solution: Dubbo

Deputy PM Michael McCormack has pushed back on calls from within his partyroom to support an increase in Newstart.

Greg Brown

PoliticsNowPolitics

Handout image released on July 23, 2019 showing a boat carrying asylum seekers from Sri Lanka which was the third intercepted while trying to reach Australia since the Federal election. Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton said the passengers - five males - were flown back to Colombo on a government charter jet in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Refugees ‘sweating on’ Labor win

Peter Dutton reveals asylum-seekers were ready to set sail, as 20 Sri Lankans are picked up.

Richard Ferguson and Greg Brown

CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITIONNation

PM Scott Morrison and Ken Wyatt is the first Aboriginal minister for the Indigenous Affairs portfolio, after the 2019 Coalition government swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Indigenous ‘voice’ will never make it into Constitution: PM

Scott Morrison tells MPs he does not think the Coalition would attempt to enshrine an indigenous voice into the Constitution.

Greg Brown

Drought packagePolitics

David Littleproud during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Labor backflip seals $5bn win for farmers

Desperate farmers are a step closer to receiving ongoing funds to combat drought after Labor backed a relief bill in an 11th-hour backflip.

Greg Brown

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