October 2023
Savage Club coup elevates pedigreed artist
David McCubbin’s election at the Bank Place institution has caused all manner of tut-tutting among more respectable parts of the membership.
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- Myriam Robin
May 2023
Mark Bouris sets up Collins St rival to Melbourne’s men’s-only clubs
Businessman Mark Bouris has moved his new private members club - open to men and women - to the “Paris end” of Melbourne’s Collins Street to poach members from the private men-only The Australian, Athenaeum, Savage and Melbourne clubs.
- Patrick Durkin
Liberal Party heavyweights gather to farewell Tony Staley
Tony Staley was a kingmaker in conservative Australian politics and a cabinet worth of Liberal Party heavyweights joined his friends and family for his funeral.
- Gus McCubbing
March 2023
Coalition’s tin ear leaves Labor, Greens to claim safeguard spoils
The opposition cannot complain about the safeguard mechanism agreed to by Labor and the Greens, because it chose not to participate.
- Phillip Coorey
Two-party state under threat if Libs don’t recover: Fletcher
Opposition frontbencher Paul Fletcher says the Liberal Party has a duty to rebuild its fortunes and prevent Australia becoming a multi-party state.
- Phillip Coorey
November 2022
Turnbull, Kroger trade blows over ‘toxic’ Liberal leadership
Progressive Liberal John Pesutto has confirmed he will contest the leadership of the Victorian Liberal Party as party elders bicker over who is to blame for the devastating loss on the weekend.
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
October 2022
Derby dilemma: Is it OK to party yet?
Even corporates and politicians appeared wary about attending one of the best parties on the business calendar.
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- Mark Di Stefano
August 2020
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
Why won't Frydenberg save the Victorian Liberals?
No one is in charge of the Victorian Liberal Party, which is why it isn't taken seriously in the exhausted, recessed state.
- Aaron Patrick
June 2019
Victorian Liberals face difficult choice
The Liberal Party's least-successful division will choose between a member of the political establishment and a challenger for the party presidency.
- Aaron Patrick