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Tony Abbott is demanding Opposition Leader Sussan Ley persist with Peter Dutton’s clean-up of the Liberal Party’s biggest state division.

Abbott makes factional demand as deadline looms for Ley

As the new leader prepares to decide on the future of the party’s biggest state division, Abbott threw down the gauntlet in an early test of Sussan Ley’s authority.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was described as a “factional assassin” by his colleague Ed Husic, but denied personal responsibility for axing ministers on Thursday.

Marles praises Dreyfus while refusing to acknowledge he deposed him

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles also rejected suggestions the move would backfire on either the government’s stability or his own leadership ambitions.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Artwork: Dionne Gain

Marles is deluded. In a world where merit mattered, he would be shown the door

Richard Marles was warned that if he knifed Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic, there would be grave repercussions. Initially, he appeared to take it all on board. Then he didn’t.

  • Niki Savva
Ed Husic (left) was elbowed aside, apparently at the behest of Richard Marles (right), whom Husic promptly labelled a “factional assassin”.

Labor factions dealt Ed Husic in. He can’t complain when they deal him out

Ed Husic has fallen foul of the numbers. Should he change the spelling of his name?

  • Michelle Cazzulino
Illustration by Simon Letch

Albanese has seen off Dutton and Bandt. Now he faces his greatest challenge

The PM can’t afford to rest on his laurels. Remaining humble, and maintaining factional discipline within Labor, will cement his powerful position.

  • David Crowe
Deposed opposition leader Peter Dutton’s campaign stop in the formerly marginal seat of Gilmore, on the NSW South Coast, was gatecrashed by nuclear protesters.

Scrap nuclear: Key Liberal senator wants radioactive energy plan buried

The move comes as deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor approach immigration spokesman Dan Tehan to serve as deputy.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
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Demands for quotas as three post-Dutton leadership options firm

The battle for the Liberal leadership will be fought between regional and outer metropolitan areas after the once-powerful moderate faction was all but wiped out.

  • Paul Sakkal
Michael Sukkar.

Numbers man: What Liberal powerbroker Michael Sukkar really believes

He’s an influential Liberal conservative fighting for his political life in the nation’s most marginal seat. How deep does Michael Sukkar’s conservatism run and how does religion guide his politics?

  • Melissa Fyfe
Bennelong Liberal candidate Scott Yung in Lane Cove.

Frantic calls, party concern as Lib candidate under spotlight

Bennelong’s Liberal candidate Scott Yung spruiks a tale of typical Liberal aspiration and success but others in the party are less convinced by the Yung lore.

  • Max Maddison
Peter Dutton (right) and Angus Taylor.

‘The leaking has to stop’: Dutton warns dissent will cost seats

The Coalition has been under big pressure to announce detailed policies lately and a series of stories have revealed a level of internal angst among MPs.

  • Paul Sakkal

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