February 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
Female independents have Liberals on the run
Scott Morrison wants to emphasise national security in a brutal election campaign. But his own electoral security is vulnerable to a more internal threat, Many women, a lot of them former Liberals, have turned off him and the government.
- Jennifer Hewett
November 2021
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
She was a star Liberal candidate. The party passed
Did Liberal leaders convince a Melbourne lawyer of Indian heritage to seek a federal seat she couldn’t win?
- Aaron Patrick
September 2021
Senate President Scott Ryan to resign
Senator Ryan will quit this year, creating a casual vacancy and an election for a new presiding officer.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
March 2021
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella appointed to plum Fair Work job
Former federal Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella has been handpicked by the Morrison government to join the Fair Work Commission on at least $387,000 a year
- Phillip Coorey
September 2019
Sarah Henderson's Senate bid too close to call
The Liberal Party's most senior figures are watching nervously ahead of Sunday's Victorian Senate preselection race to replace Mitch Fifield as it descends into a battle between split factions and personality cults.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2019
Woman charged after egging attempt on Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison has dismissed an attempted egging in Albury, as he fights to protect former health minister Sussan Ley in her safe seat.
- Tom McIlroy