Greg Brown

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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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, December 6, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Encryption laws before Christmas

PoliticsNow: Encryption laws will now be in place for Christmas, after Labor dropped proposed amendments so they could clear parliament.

Richard Ferguson and Ben Packham

National Affairs

Dr Kerryn Phelps with Julia Banks and Senator Jordon Steele-John at the protest.Protesters were forcibly removed by AFP officers from Parliament House in Canberra.School students traveled to Canberra to demand a meeting with the Prime Minister, who last week condemned their national school strike for climate action and is ignoring their requests to meet them.The school strikers are calling on all politicians to stop AdaniÕs coal mine and urgently move Australia beyond coal and gas to 100% renewable energy. Picture Gary Ramage

Banks backs kids’ illegal protest

The newly independent MP says what happened at Parliament House yesterday was ‘democracy in action’.

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Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten with Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Education & Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek, during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Nuclear ban treaty a landmine for Shorten

Bill Shorten’s foreign policy agenda is set to come under attack at Labor’s national conference.

Greg Brown and PRIMROSE RIORDAN

National Affairs

Former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrives during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, December 04, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Bishop-led energy ‘revolt’ queried

PoliticsNow: Labor asks whether Julie Bishop led a backbench revolt over the government’s “big stick” plan.

Richard Ferguson

National Affairs

Malcolm Turnbull leaving his home in Point piper on Tuesday the 4th of December. Malcolm Turnbull is talking at a Smart energy summit today in Pyrmont. (Photographer: Adam Yip)

Dumped PMs back full-term safeguard

Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott have welcomed a change in the Liberal Party rules that makes it harder to oust a sitting PM.

Greg Brown and Richard Ferguson

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Liberal Senator Jim Molan during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 26, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PM digs in over Molan

Scott Morrison won’t act to keep Liberal senator Jim Molan in parliament, despite intervening to save Craig Kelly.

Ben Packham and Richard Ferguson

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PM’s phone call saved Kelly

Withering leaked emails reveal a phone call from Scott Morrison saved Craig Kelly, and split furious Liberal moderates.

Andrew Clennell and Greg Brown

National Affairs

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull listens to New South Wales Energy Minister Don Harwin speak prior to delivering an address at the NSW Smart Energy Summit in Sydney, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Turnbull urges PM to revive NEG

Malcolm Turnbull makes another intervention in the political agenda, blaming a minority of Liberal MPs for torpedoing the policy.

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National Affairs

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is seen leaving his residence in Point Piper, Sydney, Monday, December 3, 2018. Mr Turnbull has suggested Prime Minister Scott Morrison should go to an early federal election, saying it would help save NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian from defeat in a state poll. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Cry of double standards on preselection call

Liberal are bewildered Malcolm Turnbull has come out against cancelling preselections for sitting MPs in NSW.

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National Affairs

08/06/2018: Former NSW Premier Nick Greiner in his Sydney office.Pic by James Croucher

Senior Liberals desert Turnbull after poll push Senior Liberals desert Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull is left isolated from the Liberals’ biggest powerbrokers, including Nick Greiner, after his attempt to embarrass the PM failed.

Greg Brown and Andrew Clennell

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