Penny Wong

Monday, August 03

Penny Wong biographer's tale of tenacity

Walkley Award-winning journalist Margaret Simons is no stranger to writing about people who don’t want to talk. But writing her unauthorised biography Penny Wong: Passion and Principle – to be launched next week – took years of persistence.

Sides firm for Labor leadership battle

Labor frontbencher Penny Wong has confirmed she is backing Anthony Albanese to become the party’s next national leader.

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DJ Albo ready to spin some sick beats in Adelaide

Federal Labor MP Anthony Albanese, AKA DJ Albo, will take the expression “political spin” to a whole new level on Sunday when he hits the decks at Adelaide’s King’s Head Hotel.

Don't condemn my family: Wong

South Australian Senator Penny Wong says straight politicians pushing for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage don’t understand what it’s like to be the target of hate.

Labor takes swipe at 'bizarre' foreign investment rules

Federal Labor has taken a swipe at the government’s foreign investment rules as the Senate prepares to debate new laws.