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Joe Kelly is The Australian’s Washington correspondent, covering news and politics from the US capital. He is an experienced political reporter, having previously been the masthead’s National Affairs Editor and Canberra bureau chief, having joined the parliamentary press gallery in 2010.

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Labor leader Bill Shorten surrounded by members of GetUp when he made an election day visit to Winmalee with candidate Susan Templeton (far right) in 2016.

Labor attack fails to add up

Bill Shorten is peddling an unverified estimate to attack the BCA, claiming it is using a $26m war chest to “buy” the election for the Liberals.

Joe Kelly

Defence

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull right and former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shake hands during the official opening of the Sir John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Mr Turnbull is in France to commemorate ANZAC Day. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Abbott hails ‘our greatest moment’

Australians should not let the ‘heroic defeat of Gallipoli obscure the terrible victory of the Western Front’, the former PM says.

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Justice Party Senator Derryn Hinch during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Tax-wavering duo ‘want a trade’

Derryn Hinch has accused senators Rex Patrick and Sterling Griff of ‘trying to grab something for South Australia’.

Ben Packham and Joe Kelly

Anzac DayNational Affairs

Western front our win: Abbott

Tony Abbott says the part Australians played on the western front in 1918 was “the one time thus far we impacted on wider world”.

Joe Kelly

Defence

Pictured is Michael Bennett Great Grandson of Sir John Monash at the Sir John monash Centre near Villers-Bretonneux in France. Picture by Patrick Walters

Aussie victory ‘one to revere’

The fields around Villers-Bretonneux are described by Sir John Monash’s great-grandson as the ‘most important piece of land outside Australia’.

Joe Kelly

Defence

Darren Chester at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Centre to broaden Anzac tale

The Sir John Monash Centre will better recognise the achievements and sacrifices of soldiers on the Western Front.

Joe Kelly

The Nation

Interactive screens inside the galleries at Sir John Monash Centre on the site of the Australian Memorial outside Villers-Bretonneux. Picture: Ella Pellegrini/ News Corp Australia

Reliving the Anzac experience

The story of Australia’s diggers is one we take pride in and now at the Sir John Monash Centre in France, their steps can be retraced.

Joe Kelly

exclusiveNational Affairs

19/04/2018: Len Morabito is the General manager of four Super IGA stores in Victoria and is concerned about the rising price of electricity. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Sparks fly over energy guarantee

Major Australian companies and small businesses are struggling to cope with record electricity price hikes.

Joe Kelly

National Affairs

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson and Labor Senator Kimberly Kitching visited Afghanistan as part of the 2018 Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (ADFPP) where they travelled in a Bushmaster armoured vehicle and Chinook military helicopter and met with Australian troops.

Senators answer the call to arms

Three Australian senators are home after a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan.

Joe Kelly

Foreign Affairs

Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud is seen during a press conference in Brisbane, Queensland, Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Richard Walker) NO ARCHIVING

Call for live sheep ban savaged

Bill Shorten’s ‘kneejerk’ call for a live sheep export ban would hurt farmers who had done nothing wrong.

Greg Brown and Joe Kelly

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