Yesterday
Same errors caused Liberal Party crisis
A scan over the Liberal Party’s review of the 2022 federal election loss under former prime minister Scott Morrison and previous reviews exposes how Peter Dutton’s team repeated the same mistakes.
Liberals need a bigger base and better ideas
In the contest for new leadership, these should be the questions the party must ask itself to spark a proper conversation on ideas.
Ley, Taylor, Tehan bidding to save Liberals from ‘existential crisis’
As recriminations continue after the Coalition’s drubbing at Saturday’s election, three people have been sounding out colleagues about inheriting the mess.
Nationals driving Liberals to extinction, says Climate 200
The crowdfunding group says the Coalition must act on climate or face political annihilation, after some low-profile candidates it backed made inroads at the election.
Four trends that defined the shock election result
The major parties are on the nose, Chinese voters love Labor, the gender divide is stark and the Coalition has retreated to the bush.
Pressure on PM for frontbench spots after big win
Former Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White is expected to be elevated into Anthony Albanese’s new ministry. Tanya Plibersek could be shifted sideways.
‘If they choose two men, they’re morons’: grassroots Liberal leader
After Saturday’s electoral drubbing, Liberal grassroots movement leader Charlotte Mortlock says the party must learn from the ‘kick up the arse’ voters gave it.
How Albanese learnt from Labor losers and won big on Saturday
For six months, he has been privately telling his supporters that he had the plan to deliver Labor a second-term majority, and the skill to pull it off.
Liberal blasts Taylor; Trump ‘friendly’ with PM; Westpac reverses
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Liberals must stop treating women, professionals, young people as the disposables
A frequent error is the assumption that to appeal to these demographics, the party must change or compromise its values. Far from it.
This Month
Avalanche of demands as six more years of Labor looms
Labor and the Greens are poised to control the Senate, meaning plans to increase taxes on superannuation should pass.
How the election was won and lost (and the key voters that mattered)
Labor gained seats with a higher share of mortgagors, renters, young people and ethnic communities. The Coalition’s base is looking whiter, older and poorer.
Dutton’s political legacy will be a cautionary tale of what not to do
It was a difficult task to define and sell the former opposition leader. But ultimately, Peter Dutton has only himself to blame for failing to grow into the role of a national leader.
‘I just can’t vote for Dutton’: How Peter Dutton lost heartland seats
Labor went into the federal election with just five of the 30 seats in Queensland with little genuine hopes of gains. But Anthony Albanese has reclaimed prized inner-Brisbane electorates and the Coalition’s heartland outer suburbs.
How a likely Coalition win turned into a Labor landslide
Anthony Albanese just grew in confidence as the campaign progressed – and more voters than just the party faithful responded.
Albanese hasn’t just fought the Tories, he’s destroyed them
Anthony Albanese once vowed to make Labor the natural party of government. For the next six years, at least, that is very likely to be the case.
Dutton is now the least of the Liberals’ problems
How and why the Liberals lost the campaign so very badly and why there’s no rescue coming.
Basil Zempilas laments Liberal failure as teal Chaney holds Curtin
The Liberal Party has failed to win back the prized Perth seat, with the party’s state leader describing MP Kate Chaney as a phenomenon.
Victorian Libs look to Hamer for showdown with Allan
The state party will pursue failed federal candidates including Amelia Hamer, Simmone Cottom, Darcy Dunstan and Jason McClintock for the 2026 election.
Costello lashes election failure as stunned Libs look for a new leader
With counting still underway in many seats that were too close to call on Sunday, it looked like the Coalition would be left with fewer than 50 seats when the dust settles. Those left are pondering who will lead them.