Yesterday
Liberal luminaries tasked to review party’s 2025 election disaster
The party has appointed “eminent Australians” Nick Minchin and Pru Goward to review its disastrous performance at the polls.
This Month
‘Bunch of losers’: What Victorian Liberals think about their party
The chasm inside the Victorian Liberal Party has grown so big, some fear a one-party state will emerge from all the chaos.
New MP Mary Aldred urges business to help women into the Liberals
The new Liberal member for the Victorian seat of Monash, one of seven female lower house representatives for the party, says employers need to take a bigger role in boosting women into their ranks.
Freshwater Strategy moves on from election disaster
The polling outfit looks for happier clients now that its cock-up for Peter Dutton is out of the way.
Liberal admits ‘tactical errors’ on tax and spending
Shadow finance minister James Paterson has admitted it was a mistake to oppose Labor’s income tax cut at the election and says the Coalition must re-establish its economic credentials.
May
Rinehart, Pratt and Trump pollster’s secret trip to Australia
The pair of billionaires may have helped the president’s campaign mastermind get to these shores.
Vote magnet: Albanese eclipsed previous leaders’ popularity
Almost a quarter of those who voted for the ALP cited the prime minister as their reason, while less than 10 per cent of Coalition voters cited Dutton.
Why Sussan Ley should say no deal to the Nats
Unless the Liberal Party regains the support of professional women, it is difficult to see how it, with or without the National Party, can form government.
Labor’s campaign mastermind reveals how he beat the Liberals
Despite the thumping win, Labor national secretary Paul Erickson is already thinking about how the party could face future challenges from teal candidates.
Nats must reunite with Libs sooner rather than later
The prospect of prosecuting their agenda is made more likely if the Nationals end their self-imposed exile and recombine with the Liberal Party.
‘Major shift in our understanding’: Japan resells more Australian gas
Japan is reselling record volumes of Australian liquid natural gas to Asian trading partners, sparking concerns over domestic shortages.
Dutton dines out in the mean streets of his favourite city
The defeated Liberal leader has bravely defied the threat of gang crime and abandoned restaurants in Melbourne’s CBD.
Gina Rinehart’s benefits leave Basil Zempilas gibbering
The definition of a billionaire’s in-kind benefit shouldn’t be this confusing.
Federal Liberals ‘didn’t learn’ from 2022 election wipeout
Victorian shadow treasurer James Newbury has blamed the federal Liberal Party’s failure to heed the message voters sent the Morrison government in 2022.
Four charts that show why Liberals are struggling to win elections
A “first past the post” electoral system would have delivered the Coalition an extra 13 seats, analysis by The Australian Financial Review shows.
Liberals put tax and economic reform on to-do list
The new Liberal leadership says tax and economic reform will be a core part of its agenda, with a shift away from Peter Dutton’s populism.
Sussan Ley, the Liberals’ rebel with a cause
Sussan Ley has made history as the first female Liberal leader. It’s been an unorthodox path to the top.
Albanese starts fixing, the Coalition starts breaking
Anthony Albanese has put two of his best ministers in charge of his biggest problems. Meanwhile, the change to the Coalition’s internal ratio adds to its woes.
Don’t believe the spin – the Australian election was Trumped
I’ve had enough of the misreading of the result. It was not about Labor’s strategic brilliance but rather voters’ response to Donald Trump’s wrecking ball.
PM calls for unity amid ministry dramas; Aly to be promoted
Australia’s first female Muslim MP Anne Aly will be elevated into cabinet while economist Daniel Mulino is favourite to become assistant treasurer.