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.
The Liberal Party needs to listen to its grassroots
The party is run by powerbrokers and their foot soldiers, organised around individuals and shifting backroom deals with little interest in ideas or principles.
May
Liberals win Goldstein as ousted MP hints at comeback
Liberal Tim Wilson has won back the seat of Goldstein in Melbourne’s bayside with a final margin of 175 votes following a partial recount of ballots.
Four Nation: Pauline Hanson pulls off Senate stunner
The One Nation leader is planning to run again for the Senate as 73-year-old as her party grows its parliamentary numbers.
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.
Sussan Ley lays down the law to rivals
The opposition leader has marginalised her political rivals as she focuses on winning the economic narrative.
Zoe Daniel gets a promotion and demotion at the same time
Melbourne’s members-only club circuit is as confused about her title as the Australian Electoral Commission.
Recount for Goldstein; wafer-thin Bradfield win could end up in court
Tim Wilson confident despite teal Zoe Daniel getting part of her request for a recount in Goldstein while Liberal Gisele Kapterian leads by seven votes in Bradfield.
Recount to start in election’s closest run race
Bradfield on Sydney’s North Shore goes to a recount, while independent MP Zoe Daniel has requested one in the Melbourne seat of Goldstein.
Tim Wilson and Geoff Wilson together again, at last
There’s the opportunity for a campaign manager to join them in their fight against Labor’s tax changes for $3 million super fund accounts.
Can slow votes from Nairobi save Zoe Daniel? (Probably not)
Liberals Tim Wilson and Gisele Kapterian maintain leads over teal independents Daniel and Nicolette Boele, but formal results await postal votes.
Employment jumps; Goldstein race tightens; How Brian Hartzer uses AI
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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.
Why Ley says she’s up for the job
The first woman to lead the Liberals is optimistic about the way back, but the party’s woes are likely to get worse.
Coal lobby spins electoral defeat to its advantage
A vote against the Greens is a vote for coal mines, it seems, and Canberra is going to hear about it.
Liberals implode but Labor’s hardest test to come
Not even a Paul Keating spray can deflect Labor’s euphoria over its extraordinary win. What Anthony Albanese will do with that in government is much less secure.
Kooyong race tightens; How Zoe Daniel lost; Fed’s game of chicken
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Inside the campaign that brought Zoe Daniel down
Tim Wilson retreated overseas to lick his wounds after losing his seat in 2022. He came back with a plan that defied the Liberal bloodbath and returned him to parliament.
Labor pushes ahead on super tax, comeback kid Wilson promises fight
The Albanese government says it intends to press ahead with plans to increase the tax on superannuation accounts worth more than $3 million.
I would’ve led a very ‘aggressive campaign’ says Wilson as he backs nuclear
Liberal Tim Wilson demurred on leadership aspirations after claiming victory over teal Zoe Daniel, but flagged interest in a front bench spot, backed nuclear energy and said Peter Dutton should have campaigned harder on Labor’s superannuation tax.