This Month
Instead of gaining teal seats, Dutton could lose another one
Liberals are targeting three Sydney electorates, Bradfield, Mackellar and Warringah on cost of living, but there’s little buyer’s remorse in electorates that sent teals to Canberra.
February
Liberals face strife in teal seats, Ruddock warns
The party has a tough fight in the old Sydney heartland seats of Wentworth, Mackellar, Warringah and Bradfield, the former attorney-general says.
January
Liberal stalwart’s wife defects over ‘incredible disconnect’ within party
Heather Ruddock has quit the Liberal Party and endorsed the community independent candidate taking on Liberal MP Julian Leeser in the Sydney seat of Berowra.
June 2023
Sydney council loses High Court plea on GST
Hornsby Council, led by former Coalition minister Philip Ruddock, claimed GST paid since 2000 should be refunded because the tax did not apply to local governments.
July 2022
NSW Liberals asked to consider end to new native title claims
A year after the High Court ruled anyone with Indigenous heritage could not be deported some NSW Liberals are calling for a referendum to change the constitution.
March 2022
Faction-riven NSW Liberals can’t agree on election candidates
Party president Philip Ruddock may seek federal intervention after his state executive refused to approve a factional deal to preselect candidates.
February 2022
NSW Liberal sues Hawke, Ruddock, Olsen over pre-selections
State executive member Matthew Camenzuli has named the immigration minister, and state and federal presidents of the Liberal Party as defendants in a lawsuit.
A Liberal Party president doesn’t know if he’ll have a job in a week
Told their terms expire next Monday, the NSW Liberal Party’s leaders, including Philip Ruddock, are struggling to break an impasse over election candidates.
NSW Liberal executive asks for federal intervention
The federal party will step in to re-appoint the NSW state executive, a decision that could break an impasse over the selection of candidates.
December 2020
The inside push to shift the Coalition's climate scepticism
A swell of determined conservatives are wading into the fierce battle over climate change.
July 2020
Did a GPS bought in Australia help spark the Iraq war?
Former PM John Howard has played down the significance of a New York Times report that intelligence gathered in Australia helped galvanise George W Bush.