May
Liberals’ IR man Tim Wilson wants school kids taking up ‘side hustles’
Wilson, who was punted from parliament by teal Zoe Daniel in 2022 but clawed his way back on May 3, also has his eye on Labor’s multi-employer bargaining laws.
Ley might not save the Liberal Party, but she won’t die wondering
Sussan Ley speaks like someone reading a children’s book. Behind the scenes, she’s as ruthless as Thatcher.
Ley purges Dutton’s frontbench in shadow ministry overhaul
Sussan Ley has put a broom through the Coalition frontbench, promoting supporters but also looking after key conservatives.
Jacinta Price at risk of relegation in new shadow ministry
Her decision to defect to the Liberal Party could come at a cost as she faces being relegated to the shadow outer ministry on the new Coalition frontbench.
The longer the split, the harder it will be to reconcile
Sussan Ley, who used to hold her own in shearing sheds, is playing hard ball.
Nationals flex muscles as frontbench jockeying begins
The party wants to keep its nine ministerial positions and is demanding a senior economic portfolio as the Coalition frontbench carve-up begins.
‘No climate war’: Ley puts net zero up for review
Sussan Ley has become the Liberal Party’s first female leader. She needs to hold both her party together, and the Coalition with the Nationals.
Ley can’t win in 2028 but maybe she can carve a competitive Coalition
Sussan Ley’s challenge is so onerous that just making it to the next election will be achievement enough.
Why Ley says she’s up for the job
The first woman to lead the Liberals is optimistic about the way back, but the party’s woes are likely to get worse.
Libs lose thousands of members amid factional fighting
The collapse in Liberal Party membership highlights a challenge for leadership contenders Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor.
You thought the election campaign was nuts? This week took the cake
Anthony Albanese watches ministers get shot down, Angus Taylor takes the break-glass option, Matt Canavan jumps into the ring – and then there’s the Greens!
Coalition crisis worsens as Canavan mounts challenge
Sussan Ley says the Liberal Party has let Australian women down and must change. Jacinta Price’s defection has pushed the Coalition close to civil war.
Taylor vows Liberal rebuild after securing Price’s defection
Fresh from securing the defection of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Angus Taylor has vowed to rebuild the Liberals by encouraging more robust policy debate.
April
Senator utters the four words threatening to upset the Coalition
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price showed the Coalition is still trying to find the secret sauce that unites the conservative base with the moderate middle.
March
Multimillion-dollar Juukan Gorge remedy payments to remain secret
The charity regulator has granted the Indigenous foundation, set up after the destruction of the 46,000-year-old site, permission to redact its revenues.
February
Costello, Abbott, Credlin join global New Right circuit
The global conservative circuit has a growing cohort of Australians.
January
Peter Dutton is not Donald Trump. He can’t afford to be
The opposition leader’s role in delivering marriage equality should be a reminder that he is not an unyielding arch-conservative, as a growing narrative by his detractors suggests.
October 2024
White demographics did not drive the Voice vote
It wasn’t old, white voters who made the Voice referendum fail. The Yes campaign aimed at elites, and took the rest of Australia for granted.
Raw wounds and toxic politics: One year on from the Voice
After last year’s push to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution ended in defeat, the groups remain deeply divided.
September 2024
Australia’s 10 most powerful people in 2024
There are three new faces on the Power list – plus some big swings in the ranking.