This Month
Frydenberg’s glorious return to Kooyong appears inevitable
The former treasurer has the chess pieces in place to insert himself back into federal politics.
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.
Ley’s decision time to try to fix the NSW Liberals is here
Conservative control imposed by Peter Dutton is set to expire and his successor is grappling with a factional fight over the troubled NSW division of the party.
Sussan Ley’s chief of staff is a young, political animal
There’s disquiet among some Liberals about Dean Shachar running the opposition leader’s office, with close ties to factional leader Alex Hawke.
Big majority doesn’t mean big plans, Albanese cautions
Anthony Albanese is hosing down expectations he is about to embark on a bold new agenda, saying Labor must deliver what it promised in the election.
Liberals spruik tax-deductible school fees in policy overhaul
Tax-deductible private school fees and split incomes to help lower family tax bills are some of the agendas being canvassed by Liberal MPs.
Super tax to catch 500,000 workers if not indexed
About 500,000 workers will be caught by Labor’s new super tax if the $3 million threshold is not indexed. Only 64,000 will be hit if it is.
NSW Liberal Party takeover shaping up as Sussan Ley’s next big test
The widespread criticism of former party president Alan Stockdale after his “assertive women” comments has brought more aggravation for the federal opposition leader.
‘Grossly unfair’: Coalition to fight super tax but powerless to stop it
The shadow treasurer said the tax “defies everything we believe in”; Tasmania will head back to the polls if a motion passes today. How the day unfolded.
‘Read the room, Alan’: Ex-Liberal president’s comments on women lashed
Sussan Ley and Bridget McKenzie have led condemnation of the former Liberal president after he said female members were so “assertive” men may need quotas.
What Sussan Ley can learn from John Howard’s ‘lazarus’ moment
When the opposition is looking hapless, and you’re pondering why she even bothers, the new leader can look to John Howard, Tony Abbott – and even herself
Nuclear policy was at odds with Lib philosophy: Paterson
Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson has put the Coalition’s nuclear power policy to the sword .
May
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Glass cliffs? As the Liberals’ new leader, I couldn’t give a stuff
When the most successful political party in our nation’s history picks a leader, it doesn’t do so based on chromosomes.
Liberals’ IR man Tim Wilson wants school kids taking up ‘side hustles’
Wilson, who was punted from parliament by teal Zoe Daniel in 2022 but clawed his way back on May 3, also has his eye on Labor’s multi-employer bargaining laws.
How a crushing defeat shifted factional power in the Liberal Party
All federal elections reshape power within political parties, but the Liberals’ devastation on May 3 has allowed Sussan Ley to transform the landscape.
Sussan Ley lays down the law to rivals
The opposition leader has marginalised her political rivals as she focuses on winning the economic narrative.
Ley might not save the Liberal Party, but she won’t die wondering
Sussan Ley speaks like someone reading a children’s book. Behind the scenes, she’s as ruthless as Thatcher.
Ley purges Dutton’s frontbench in shadow ministry overhaul
Sussan Ley has put a broom through the Coalition frontbench, promoting supporters but also looking after key conservatives.
Inflation above forecast; Coalition back together; Bulls ignore 2 risks
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