December 2024
- Exclusive
- Zali Steggall
The athlete-cum-Liberal willing to test the party line to beat teals
Jaimee Rogers, the former professional swimmer and Tabcorp presenter, backs a total ban on gambling advertising on television.
- Ronald Mizen
April 2022
- Analysis
- Federal election
Katherine Deves is making a Seinfeld campaign interesting
In an election of little substance, the Liberal candidate has stoked a culture war that will help the Coalition.
- Aaron Patrick
The Katherine Deves drama lurches from bully to victim
An unauthorised television interview was designed to end perceptions the Liberal Party had shut down its newly famous candidate. But did it help?
- Aaron Patrick
How a gender warrior hijacked the 2022 election
Political novice Katherine Deves was grossly under-prepared to become the best-known new candidate of the year.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Federal election
The conservatives wanted a war, and they’ve got one
The Liberal Party always believed a candidate’s opposition to transgender athletes could be a potent political weapon, Aaron Patrick writes.
- Aaron Patrick
Morrison refuses to dump anti-transgender candidate
The Prime Minister said Warringah candidate Katherine Deves had learned from mistakes in her campaign over trans-gender athletes competing in women’s sports.
- Updated
- Michael Read and Aaron Patrick
February 2022
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Biological-sex campaigner to seek Liberal endorsement for Warringah
Katherine Deves, a founder of the Save Women’s Sport lobby group, argues that part of the Sexual Discrimination Act is unconstitutional.
- Aaron Patrick
December 2021
- Opinion
- Federal election
Will Berejiklian try to save Morrison?
In a tight election, the former NSW Premier could be the difference between a Labor or Coalition victory.
- Aaron Patrick
November 2021
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Berejiklian ‘open to’ Canberra move
A campaign to convince the former NSW premier to run in Warringah has led her to consider re-entering politics, allies say.
- Aaron Patrick
June 2019
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How Zali Steggall beat Tony Abbott
The giant slayer who defeated Tony Abbott at the election reveals how approaching her campaign like one of her ski races helped.
- Andrew Clark
May 2019
Zali Steggall's election party celebrates change
Supporters of Zali Steggall moved from deflation to elation when ABC election analyst Antony Green called the seat of Warringah.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Warringah voters have made up their minds
Two things stood out after trailing a GetUp! volunteer doorknock in the calm, leafy streets of Mosman this week.
- Natasha Gillezeau
April 2019
Tony Abbott off-brand for younger voters
Young voters in the electorate of Warringah say that their local MP Tony Abbott is out of step with what matters to Millennials, making the independent candidates running against him all the more appealing alternatives.
- Natasha Gillezeau and Liz Main
The most fascinating election contest is in NSW
Former prime minister Tony Abbott is under siege from Olympic skier and barrister Independent Zali Steggall in Warringah.