Opinion

When Christian met Sally: a match made by a pandemic

Michelle Grattan
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:06am, first published May 30 2020 - 4:30am
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has bought in to negotiations with the government - but she must be aware of the risks. Picture: AAP
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has bought in to negotiations with the government - but she must be aware of the risks. Picture: AAP

It was Greg Combet, one-time ACTU secretary and former Labor minister, who got Christian Porter and Sally McManus together in the early days of the pandemic.

Michelle Grattan

Michelle Grattan is a press gallery journalist and former editor of The Canberra Times. She is a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra and writes for The Conversation, where her columns also appear.