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Julian Leeser

December 2024

Liberal senator and former ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in line for promotion in the forthcoming reshuffle

Sharma tipped for promotion in opposition reshuffle

Peter Dutton is expected to use the departure of two shadow cabinet ministers and a handful of parliamentary secretaries to freshen his line-up ahead of the election.

  • Phillip Coorey

May 2024

Mount Scopus principal Dan Sztrajt said he had added extra security because students at his school felt unsafe.

School graffiti attack builds heat on government over antisemitism

The government could not say whether a graffiti attack on a Jewish school would be covered by proposed new hate laws.

  • Phillip Coorey

December 2023

Liberal MP Julian Leeser said Anthony Albanese’s decision was “about Grayndler not Gaza”.

Labor backing for UN ceasefire incenses Israel

Israel has rounded on the Albanese government after Australia backed a UN demand for a ceasefire that did not mention the October 7 attacks.

  • Phillip Coorey
No sooner had Leeser said that than Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi circulated on social media a photo of her at a ‘Student Protest for Palestine’ in front of a placard with the words ‘Keep the world clean’ with a drawing of an Israeli flag in a rubbish bin.

Libs and Labor should put the Greens last over antisemitism

Australia’s elites in business, the media, and our cultural institutions have for too long humoured the Greens. It’s time for that to stop.

  • John Roskam

October 2023

The exclusive Sydney school has sent parents a “uniform reveal”.

Elite Cranbrook dresses up in RM Williams

The exclusive Sydney school has welcomed girls into the fold, with uniforms courtesy of RM Williams’ former designer.

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  • Mark Di Stefano
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September 2023

Voice support should not be a political decision.

The moral imperative for saying Yes

Constitutional symbolism is not enough. It is the combination of moral and practical that makes the Voice the right thing to do.

  • Shireen Morris

August 2023

The referendum is set for October 14.

I’m confident Australians will find a reason to vote Yes

The Voice can do no harm – only good for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for the country more broadly.

  • Mark Dreyfus
Julian Leeser’s speech is titled Winning the Vast Middle.

Liberals must resist fringe politics: Leeser

The former frontbencher has called for the party to rebuild its branches and reengage with mainstream voters. 

  • Tom McIlroy
WA Premier Roger Cook (left) said he called Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday to alert him to plans to repeal the laws.

Yes and No cases hail scrapping WA heritage laws

Western Australia’s decision to abolish its controversial Aboriginal cultural heritage laws has left both sides of the Voice debate claiming victory.

  • Phillip Coorey and Tom Rabe

July 2023

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘Be stronger’: Albanese gives Yes campaign a rev up

The Prime Minister has dismissed speculation he would announce the Voice referendum date at the Garma Festival, in a strategy shift aimed at salvaging the campaign.

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  • Tom McIlroy

June 2023

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Display and sale of Nazi symbols to be banned

New criminal offences will be created before the end of the year, banning trade in any insignia associated with Adolf Hitler’s regime.

  • Tom McIlroy

May 2023

Stan Grant speaking at the Sydney Writer’s Festival last week.

Inside the Stan Grant fracas at the ABC

The crisis has consumed the public broadcaster, which now faces bitter criticism from critics and within.

  • Mark Di Stefano

April 2023

Dr Shireen Morris

The DNA of the Voice to parliament

Shireen Morris and Noel Pearson led one of the early projects on Indigenous constitutional recognition. A decade later, their work could become a reality.

  • Tom McIlroy
Nationals leader David Littleproud refused to demote a fellow Nationals shadow minister to make way for Jacinta Price.

Nats punch above their weight after Jacinta Price promotion

David Littleproud refused to dump another Nationals shadow minister to make way for Senator Price.

  • Phillip Coorey
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price takes the portfolio of Indigenous Australian in Peter Dutton’s shadow ministry.

Dutton promotes No supporters in reshuffle

Peter Dutton has doubled down on his opposition to the Voice to parliament by appointing to his frontbench two female Indigenous senators who support a No vote.

  • Phillip Coorey
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Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff is the nation’s most senior Liberal. He supports the Voice.

Tasmania’s Liberal premier at odds with Dutton over Voice

Tasmanian Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff says it is high time the nation tried a different approach to addressing Indigenous disadvantage.

  • Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy

Letters: Leeser for the greater good

Voice emotion should not trump practicalities; Activist urban elite will hold the power; Qho will pay for Victoria’s huge debt?; Easy come, easy go in tax dollars; Fossil-fuel merchants should pay up.

Peter Dutton has nothing to gain from actively opposing the Voice.

Dutton and the Voice: ‘If he loses he wins, and if he wins he loses’

The Liberal leader has taken a big risk by opposing a constitutional change that polls show most Australians support.

  • Aaron Patrick
Leeser sprinkles lemon over a meat manoush: “It’s important to me to be able to say to my kids, you know, your dad stood for something.”

The real reason Julian Leeser quit over the Voice

Dining on manoush in north-west Sydney, the former shadow minister says his kids were top of mind when he even tried “speed dates” to win over his colleagues.

  • Michael Pelly
The opposition’s spokesman for Indigenous affairs Julian Leeser announced his resignation from the frontbench on Tuesday.

It’s hard work finding a job you can believe in

Julian Leeser quit on principle this week. But it’s not easy to make a clean break of it.

  • Rowan Dean

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