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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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(L-R) Newly endorsed Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, former Australian opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles andDeputy Opposition Leader in the Senate Kristina Keneally attend a Labor party Caucus meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, 30 May 2019. The 46th parliament is expected to open in the first week of July, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘It’s not me, it’s them’

Bill Shorten has blamed “corporate leviathans” and a “financial behemoth” for Labor’s historic election defeat.

Joe Kelly and Greg Brown

Shadow cabinetPolitics

Newly endorsed Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese addresses a Labor party Caucus meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, 30 May 2019. The 46th parliament is expected to open in the first week of July, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Albanese: I accept my share of blame

Anthony Albanese officially takes over as Labor leader as frontbench announced.

Richard Ferguson and Greg Brown

exclusivePolitics

NEWS2019ELECTION 18/4/2019. Day 8Pat Dodson speaking .Opposition Leader Bill Shorten visiting Bathurst Island apart of Tiwi islands in the NT and attending a BBQ. Picture Kym Smith

Dodson ‘not interested’ in opposition

The man who was set to be Labor’s indigenous affairs minister isn’t interested in the role in opposition.

Greg Brown

exclusivePolitics

***Exclusive The Australian**Ken Wyatt was sworn in by the Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra, as Australia's minister for indigenous Australians, the first Aboriginal person ever to hold the role.He was wearing his traditional

Wyatt calls for patience

Ken Wyatt says systems have to be in place before indigenous people get a voice in parliament.

Greg Brown

CabinetPolitics

PM Scott Morrison and his Cabinet meet for the first time at Parliament House in Canberra, after being sworn in at Government House. Picture Kym Smith

PM vows to end nation’s ‘curse’

Scott Morrison outlined the ambitious plan as he addressed his new cabinet for the first time.

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Shadow cabinetPolitics

NEWS2019ELECTION 11/05/2019. DAY 31Senator Kristina Keneally attends Guide Dogs Victoria in Kew, Melbourne, where he announced a Shorten Labor Government will invest $2 million in guide dog assistance.

Husic out, Keneally in

Ed Husic is stepping down from the shadow ministry team to accommodate Kristina Keneally.

Greg Brown

New ministryNation

2019 Coalition government swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra. Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Ken Wyatt at Government House after the swearing-in of the coalition new government ministry. Picture Gary Ramage

Historical moment for all right reasons

The swearing-in of Scott Morrison’s new ministers has shown a more human side of our senior MPs.

Rosie Lewis and Greg Brown

Election falloutPolitics

Liberal politician Simon Birmingham with his wife Courtney and children Amelia 6yo and Matildas 8yo, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (Pic: AAP/Brenton Edwards)

Libs ‘in line with public’

Simon Birmingham says election victory shows the Liberal Party’s values are more in line with the Australian public than Labor’s.

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Shadow cabinetPolitics

18/05/2019: MARGIN CALL: Bill Shorten makes his concession speech, with wife Chloe, at the 2019 ALP Election Night function in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Shorten ‘won’t be a Rudd’

Labor powerbroker Stephen Conroy backs Bill Shorten for the frontbench, saying he wouldn’t undermine Anthony Albanese.

Richard Ferguson and Greg Brown

AdaniPolitics

Labor leadership contender and member for Grayndler Anthony Albanese speaks to the media in Sydney, Monday, May 27, 2019. Albanese is currently running unopposed for the Labor leadership after Jim Chalmers announced he would not run. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Markets ‘will determine mine’

Anthony Albanese says the markets would ultimately decide the economic case for Adani as he visits Queensland today.

Richard Ferguson, Greg Brown and ALICE WORKMAN

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