Two-stroke, VB, and broken hearts: Phil Coorey’s ode to Phillip Island
by Phillip Coorey · Australian Financial ReviewPhillip CooreyPolitical editor
Oct 30, 2026 – 3.10pm
The best definition of grief I have ever heard is that it is “love with nowhere to go”.
My mother-in-law shared it with me three years ago when our dog, Barry, a loyal and loving rescue, died suddenly.
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Phillip CooreyPolitical editorPhillip Coorey is The Australian Financial Review’s political editor based in Canberra. He has covered federal politics since 1998, beginning at The Advertiser before serving as a New York correspondent for News Corp and later as chief political correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald. A two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham Award for press gallery excellence, he joined the AFR in 2012 and writes the weekly Canberra Observed column. He is a regular commentator on ABC TV’s Insiders program. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
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