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Mark Riley

Mark Riley’s career began in 1979 as a cadet journalist on the Newcastle Herald, first tackling the shipping news and social rounds, working his way up the ranks to become Chief of Staff on the day of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Mark has won a number of awards for his journalism, including the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism and a Walkley Award for his collection articles and opinion pieces in The West Australian.

Recent articles by Mark Riley

MARK RILEY: An old Chinese proverb came to mind this week as the Federal Government made significant announcements on defence and the economy that both had obvious Beijing bearings.

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Can Australia get its fish and keep clear of the bear’s paw?

MARK RILEY: An old Chinese proverb came to mind this week as the Federal Government made significant announcements on defence and the economy that both had obvious Beijing bearings.

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The claims of a government cover-up by Brittany Higgins have been found by a civil court to have no substance, writes Mark Riley.

Higgins cover-up claim was bad for ScoMo. But it wasn’t true

Claims of a conspiracy to hide Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations were political TNT for the Coalition. But they weren’t true, writes Mark Riley.

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MARK RILEY: Yesterday, Anthony Albanese laid out a new vision. It is one of an Australia that makes things. And not just any things.

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PM is eyeing a future in which Australia is a maker of stuff

MARK RILEY: Yesterday, Anthony Albanese laid out a new vision. It is one of an Australia that makes things. And not just any things...

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MARK RILEY: Why politics is now in a parallel universe

MARK RILEY: The supermarket brawl has Labor defending capitalist principles and the Coalition arguing for ‘Soviet-style’ intervention. It’s like a parallel universe.

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Anthony Albanese is finding himself in difficult territory when it comes to supermarkets.

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MARK RILEY: Albo facing some serious strife on supermarkets

With the Coalition looking to support a Greens Bill to ‘smash up supermarkets’, Anthony Albanese finds himself in some uncomfortable company.

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China’s trade war is cooling down. But Penny Wong insists mutual concessions aren’t transactional

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MARK RILEY: Wong earned respect with strength and commitment

Delivering the Whitlam Oration in 2022, Penny Wong gave the first outline of the new Government’s position on China, which included this: ‘We will seek to co-operate where we can and disagree where we must’.

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Anthony Albanese’s senior ministers will be sweating on the outcome of the latest immigration detention case to come to the High Court.

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Why every Albanese minister is stressing about this ONE case

Senior ministers within the Albanese Government are deeply concerned they are about to lose a significant power battle.

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Behind the scenes: Labor’s latest chapter in detention saga.

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Behind the scenes: Labor’s latest chapter in detention saga

Labor’s immigration minister was worried. Lots of legal challenges by advocates of detained asylum seekers concerned him. It was only a matter of time before a court ruled their indefinite detention illegal.

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Aged care politics just keep getting more ridiculous.

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Aged care needs help ASAP . . . so nothing will happen fast

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has spent months considering a report from a task force chaired . . . by herself. Welcome to politics in Australia where absolutely nothing is ever 'urgent‘.

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The Albanese Government has held back the inflation tide. Now it needs to encourage waves of growth.

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As inflation cools Labor must get economy growing

The impact of that unlucky 13th rate rise has been realised and the Albanese Government now faces the challenge of using the Budget to correct it.

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A loss would have thrown Anthony Albanese’s leadership into question.

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How bold tax cut gamble paid off for PM in Dunkley

Suggestions Labor was confident about winning Dunkley before Saturday are wrong. It wasn’t.

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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are fighting for the Dunkley trophy.

MARK RILEY: Why Labor is anxious about Dunkley poll

The Parliament is acting like a giant funnel this week in a manner that has left many observers scratching their heads.

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Yang Hengjun's severe sentence has caused heartache for family members and headaches in Canberra.

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Death row shock twist for Aussie activist in China

Good behaviour could save a jailed Aussie activist from execution, Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian tells 7NEWS political editor Mark Riley.

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There’s a lot riding on the Dunkley by-election.

MARK RILEY: Albo & Dutton battle ‘innocent indifference’

There’s a lot riding on the Dunkley by-election. But both sides of politics are facing a tough fight to convince an apathetic public to care.

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Peter Dutton knows the impression of chaos on the borders is a vote changer.

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The real target of Peter Dutton’s border wars

The controversy surrounding the arrival of an asylum seeker boat in WA last week is an important reminder of two things.

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