Lenore Taylor
Lenore Taylor is Guardian Australia's editor. She has won two Walkley awards and has twice won the Paul Lyneham award for excellence in press gallery journalism. She co-authored a book, Shitstorm, on the Rudd government's response to the global economic crisis
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Coalition frantically selling the budget but voters stay switched offPeople have given up on politics as usual, with 54% believing the political system is ‘broken’ and ‘isn’t working’
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The bank levy is out there, now it's up to ministers to resist the corporate lobbyTurnbull and Morrison surprised the big end of town with their new levy, but they could face the same backlash that sank the mining tax
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Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget – Australian politics live podcast
Podcast Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget – Australian politics live podcast
Lenore Taylor, Greg Jericho and Katharine Murphy examine the contradictions in the budget. Are the other spending promises enough to bring voters back to the Coalition? -
Decent, trusted journalism is worth fighting for. We have to find a wayThe job cuts at Fairfax are just a symptom of the threats to all of us who care about serious reporting and the health of our public conversation
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Coalition panders to prejudice on welfare as it throws ideological red meat at its baseAlan Tudge seems to understand unemployment is no bludgers’ paradise, but does the rest of his party?
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Why reignite Tasmania's forest wars – to produce logs no one will buy?The state government’s determination to open up protected land for logging is a saga that moves from ridiculous to absurd
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Deep-pocketed miners don’t like it when those with different views wield cloutThe Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new mines
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Hard facts unmask the fiction behind Coalition's 'coal comeback'There’s a long list of blame and shame for Australia’s threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull’s party takes the cake
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Australia doesn't need to chase Donald Trump on corporate tax cutsThe Coalition says $48bn worth of company tax cuts would keep Australia competitive – but a debate is needed about what sort of society we want in the end
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My worst holiday: Guardian writers on breaks that nearly broke themRescues, rows and robberies – sometimes vacations don’t go according to plan. Tell us your own holiday nightmares in the comments or via GuardianWitness
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On climate change policy, neither time nor Trump are on Turnbull's sideAustralia cannot hail the Paris accord as a turning point and simultaneously rejoice in a great long-term economic future for coal
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First Brexit, then Trump: can Australia be spared a similar voter backlash?Political alienation is relatively muted here because we have a system that leaves fewer people behind – and we must hold onto it
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Coalition needs to abandon poverty politicking and fix its own 'welfare mentality'Zed Seselja’s comments came as the government was supposedly trying to address factors behind long-term joblessness
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Ian Macdonald could do with a lesson on the art of respectful questioningQueensland Liberal National party senator has perfected a style of combative inquiry that almost never manages to elicit significant information
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Carmichael coal mine: politics, activism and the search for truthFederal resources minister Matt Canavan says ‘legal delays’ to the mine have cost Queensland $3.9bn, but this is based on creative interpretation of the numbers
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The lights go out in SA and Turnbull flicks the switch to peak stupidThe PM ridiculed state renewable targets after the South Australian blackout, the very targets he has to achieve to meet his own emissions promises
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The question isn't which services to privatise but whether to privatiseIf the Coalition wants better services, not just cheaper ones, it should step back from its Productivity Commission brief and consider users’ best interests
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Beyond Hanson and Hinch: politicians' first speeches are a tonic for the jaded voterLook past the attention-seeking orations from Pauline Hanson and Derryn Hinch to find heartfelt words from new MPs that will restore faith in politics
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Pauline Hanson is back, and it's still just as hard to counter her rhetoric with factsIt’s 20 years since Hanson gave her first speech in the lower house with a string of complaints. Now she’s probably preparing for her first speech as a senator
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Gaping chasm between Coalition's climate mantra and the real debateLike the emperor with no clothes, Josh Frydenberg is continuing the grand parade, insisting that Australia is making a successful transition
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Climate authority split is no surprise – Australia has fought the same battle for 10 yearsAustralia’s climate debate is dominated by the the clash between what is necessary and what is possible, but the new report might permit a compromise
It's way past time to speak truth to climate arguments this stupid