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Politicians from across the aisle farewell ‘man of conviction’ Kevin Andrews

Politicians from across the aisle farewell ‘man of conviction’ Kevin Andrews

Family, friends and former prime ministers have gathered to farewell Liberal Party stalwart and former defence minister Kevin Andrews at a state funeral in Melbourne.

  • by Holly Hales

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Let’s rethink The Lucky Country. Australia’s fortune was never dumb luck

Let’s rethink The Lucky Country. Australia’s fortune was never dumb luck

Donald Horne’s seminal book cast Australia as a mediocre country run by second-rate people. The truth is its brand of democracy has often led the world.

  • by Nick Bryant
The nation has lost its horsepower. Why? Because our leaders are too scared to act

The nation has lost its horsepower. Why? Because our leaders are too scared to act

The mid-year economic update is a dismal portrait of a mediocre nation, but both sides of politics are culpable.

  • by David Crowe
Howard, Abbott mooted as Deeming peacemakers in abandoned deal

Howard, Abbott mooted as Deeming peacemakers in abandoned deal

Previously undisclosed details of John Pesutto’s settlement plan will be weighed by Liberal MPs as they prepare for Friday’s vote on Moira Deeming’s return.

  • by Chip Le Grand
Liberals’ ‘broad church’ has become a pervasive sect

Liberals’ ‘broad church’ has become a pervasive sect

Behind the Liberal banner, reasonableness has been steadily squeezed out and, with supreme irony, the breadth of its ranks has been shrivelled to exclude moderation, pragmatism, compromise and tolerance.

Where have all the liberal Libs gone? This is Dutton’s cue to learn from Howard

Where have all the liberal Libs gone? This is Dutton’s cue to learn from Howard

The Liberal Party, said John Howard, was a “broad church”, at its best when it embraced both its conservative and liberal traditions.

  • by George Brandis
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Faith and conviction: Tributes flow for late Liberal minister Kevin Andrews
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Faith and conviction: Tributes flow for late Liberal minister Kevin Andrews

The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.

  • by Ashleigh McMillan
Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

The bedrock political couple are calling time after more than 15 years.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Bedrock political couple call time after more than 15 years.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Demonising Dutton will backfire for Labor, just as it did for Harris with Trump

Demonising Dutton will backfire for Labor, just as it did for Harris with Trump

I expect Anthony Albanese’s Labor will do it just the same, all the way until Peter Dutton is elected.

  • by George Brandis
Renowned barrister Tom Hughes was admired and feared in equal measure

Renowned barrister Tom Hughes was admired and feared in equal measure

Although his first love was law, Tom Hughes – the father of former Sydney lord mayor Lucy Turnbull – also had a distinguished political career.

  • by Amy Ripley

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