This Month
Why Tim Wilson is risking being rejected (again)
For a politician with mostly centrist policies, the Liberal candidate for Goldstein arouses unusually strong feelings. What lies behind the man whom you can thank for your franking credits?
ASX wipes $35b; Hackers attack super funds; Joe Aston on James Hardie
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
February
‘Marketers operating on polling’: Liberals hit back at teal pitch
Roanne Knox, the Liberal Party’s candidate for Wentworth in Sydney’s east, says the shift in focus by teal MPs to more economic issues is “disingenuous”.
November 2024
Josh Frydenberg still a rainmaker in Kooyong
The former treasurer was a guest speaker at a recent dinner event that seems to have inspired some $300,000 in donations in the days after.
July 2024
Tim Wilson rattles the can to rich Sydneysiders
The former Liberal MP has told prospective interstate donors “I refuse to die” in his battle to win back Goldstein.
March 2024
Dutton talks up hopes to win back teal seats
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says strong swings back to the Liberal Party in Dunkley booths that were at risk of going teal are a “great encouragement”.
January 2024
‘They have decided to be a conservative, right-wing party’
Melbourne’s Goldstein electorate is a test of whether the Liberal Party can create a cohesive national strategy to defeat the teal independents.
Kennett backs Millennial renewal for Liberals in Kooyong, Goldstein
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says the Liberal Party needs renewal, backing two young women in key seats ahead of the next federal election.
December 2023
Albanese is running Australia like a low-energy state premier
Labor would be foolish to blame their poll slide solely on interest rates. Their problem is their model of governance belongs in the cheap-money era.
Sargon’s Kingston bankrupted over $154m China financier debt
Phillip Kingston, founder of superannuation technology venture Sargon Capital, did not appear at a court hearing about money. He says he’s in Ukraine.
September 2023
Why politics is harder than it looks
Well-meaning reformers like the teals want to impose change over the heads of the people who will be affected by it the most.
April 2023
Letters: Super wreckers are at it again
Paul Keating on superannuation and housing; Liberal Party’s woes; immigration and wages; LNG exports; Chanticleer columnist Tony Boyd.
January 2023
Reform is not just efficient, it’s the moral thing to do
Reform can only be sold to voters as the right and fair thing to do, not because it is coldly cost-effective.
November 2022
Labor urged to curb negative gearing, CGT concessions
Andrew Wilkie says Labor could “win the argument” on curbing concessions for property investors this time because it has built up significant political capital.
Letters: Encouraging steps at the G20
Albanese, Biden and Xi Jinping’s talks in Bali; Coalition’s offshore wind initiative; Australia’s COP27 role; costs of logging; crypto regulation; RBA cash rate.
John Pesutto’s plan to save the Victorian Liberals
There are more than a few people who believe that John Pesutto could lead the Victorian Liberals out of the wilderness and back to the political centre, but first he has to win back his seat.
September 2022
The Powerless List: once you are on it, it’s hard to get off
The Power List does not tell you that fame and influence are also revolving doors. Or is that sliding doors?
June 2022
AEMO cool on offshore wind boom
Head of the Australian Energy Market Operator has tempered expectations about the role of offshore wind in the country’s energy mix, as Australia follows other parts of the world in ramping up the sector.
May 2022
These are the polling booths where most people voted ‘teal’
Teal candidates scored their biggest wins in the less affluent parts of the very wealthy electorates they contested.
Defeated Liberal Tim Wilson: I’ll be a ‘constructive voice’ on climate
The former Liberal MP and assistant minister for energy and emissions told a climate conference he was “great”, despite losing his seat on Saturday.