May 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
Why women are Morrison’s weakest political link
National polls are tightening but the level of female antagonism to Scott Morrison as Prime Minister is a drag on the Coalition’s ability to fight back.
- Jennifer Hewett
December 2021
- Opinion
- Gender equality
How ‘pearl-clutching feminists’ are failing the Liberal Party
The group responsible for recruiting Liberal women is too old and conservative to attract professional candidates.
- Aaron Patrick
July 2021
Labor picks senior union official for key marginal seat
Victorian Trades Hall assistant secretary Carina Garland, who has a PhD in gender and cultural studies, will tussle with Gladys Liu for the seat of Chisholm.
- Andrew Tillett
Federal politics stuck in the 1980s: Julia Banks
Former Liberal MP Julia Banks has described entering federal politics as like stepping back in time to the 1980s.
- Tom McIlroy
November 2020
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
It's still a man's world in the Coalition's Canberra
Once again a woman's career is ended while blokes let themselves off on technicalities. But there is a deeper problem.
- Laura Tingle
February 2020
Alex Turnbull's vanishing 'six figures' donation
The ousted PM's son claimed he'd donated 'six figures' to independents running at May's election. But only $20,000 has been disclosed.
- Joe Aston
May 2019
The election's biggest winners and losers
Every election brings with it a set of winners and losers, with Pauline Hanson and Julia Banks numbering among the collective this year.
- Lucas Baird
April 2019
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Liberals see Morrison starting to win over Victorians
Liberal research shows the Prime Minister's charm offensive is starting to work in the battleground state of Victoria.
- Aaron Patrick and Andrew Tillett
Victoria is a key battleground for the government
Once viewed as the jewel in the Liberal crown, it's now where the Coalition is defending three seats with a margin of 6 per cent or less.