March 2022
Perrottet seeks to push out MP charged over sexual assault claim
The removal of former minister Gareth Ward could force a fifth byelection in NSW, and could jeopardise the Liberal Party’s chances in Gilmore federally.
- Aaron Patrick
February 2022
Liberals could lose Berejiklian’s old seat: ABC’s Green
Postal votes will determine if Liberal candidate Tim James holds on to his 1.4 per cent lead in the wealthy electorate of Willoughby.
- Aaron Patrick
Byelections cast doubt on Liberals’ hope of gaining key federal seat
As Parliament resumes, MPs in Canberra are examining the implications of NSW’s Super Saturday state byelections.
- Andrew Tillett
Byelection blow for Perrottet as NSW Liberals lose seat
The NSW government has suffered significant early swings against it on a “Super Saturday” of four byelections and was poised to lose a seat, plunging it further into minority government.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Perrottet faces super Saturday byelection test
Premier Dominic Perrottet distanced himself from Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the last day of campaigning ahead of the super Saturday of four byelections in NSW.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
NSW Liberals hesitate to hit campaign trail with PM in byelections
With just a week to go until four NSW state byelections, Scott Morrison has not hit the hustings with state-level counterparts or candidates.
- Finbar O'Mallon
January 2022
‘Strap yourself in’: NSW Labor leader plays down byelection chances
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns says politics is a bigger part of people’s lives thanks to the pandemic as he faces his first big test as leader in a fortnight.
- Finbar O'Mallon
November 2021
NSW byelections could clash with Scott Morrison’s federal poll
NSW’s electoral body says it’s “sensible” to delay five state byelections until February rather than rush them through this year.
- Finbar O'Mallon and Tom McIlroy
May 2021
Daley to stand for NSW Labor leadership
Michael Daley’s decision to stand for the NSW Labor leadership sets up a showdown for the job with rival Chris Minns.
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay resigns ‘for unity’
Opposition Leader Jodi McKay has quit to help “heal” the NSW Labor Party in the wake of last weekend’s Upper Hunter byelection.
- Updated
- Finbar O'Mallon
Labor’s great structural dilemma exposed
How does it lure back the old working class – the highly paid, high-viz-wearing voters who work in and around the resources sector – while not alienating the progressive classes in the cities.
- Phillip Coorey
NSW Labor leadership hopeful counts numbers
One of NSW Labor’s potential leadership contenders is contacting colleagues to consider a leadership tilt as he leaves the frontbench.
- Updated
- Finbar O'Mallon
NSW Labor leader digs in as shadow treasurer quits
NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay says no one has challenged her as leader in the wake of Labor’s ‘terrible result’ in a state byelection.
- Updated
- Finbar O'Mallon
Labor is split on tax cuts and energy
Federal Labor is sharply divided over income tax and energy policy, while NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay has been told to resign or be pushed.
- Phillip Coorey
Leadership spill on the cards for ‘shell-shocked’ NSW Labor
NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay’s position is in doubt as her Canberra colleagues weigh up what the party’s state byelection loss means for Labor federally.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Contact tracing ramped up as Victoria records four local cases
As four members of the same family in Melbourne’s north tested positive, South Australia revealed vaccinations for regional over-16s will start tomorrow while national cabinet will hear a vaccine passport proposal in June. How Monday unfolded.
- Updated
- Rohan Sullivan and Kris Swales
Alarm bells ring over Labor base
Potentially months out from a federal election, Opposition MPs say the loss in the weekend’s state byelection should prompt soul-searching inside the party.
- Tom McIlroy and Finbar O'Mallon
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Upper Hunter surfaces federal Labor’s political challenges
The byelection fallout leaves federal Labor in the weak position of needing to somehow resolve the internal culture war between its traditional blue-collar base and inner-city progressives.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
The Coalition peels away the high-vis vote from Labor
Scott Morrison will be just as relieved as Gladys Berejiklian after Labor’s disastrous showing at the Upper Hunter byelection.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Gladys Berejiklian
Upper Hunter byelection result sends fear through federal Labor
At first blush, Saturday’s result was just another COVID-19 election in which the voters opted for stability. But that doesn’t mean there are not other interpretations.
- Phillip Coorey