Tony Abbott
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Albanese’s cautious approach risks a repeat of Turnbull’s wasted majority. He must find a middle path
The next three years will determine whether the prime minister can lead big national conversations that have the capacity to change the country.
- James Massola
Latest
Harbour City gains unexpected cheerleader in Melbourne’s lord mayor
Nick Reece broke official Victorian protocol when he followed his trip to Sydney with a glowing review.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
- Exclusive
- Factional politics
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
To boldly go ... Julia Gillard set to turn into a prime ministerial hologram
Not only has PM27 had a play written about her, which will play Melbourne (again) in June, but Julia Gillard is getting what no other prime minister living or dead has managed to achieve.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Sky News’ favourite college opens Cardinal George Pell hall
Campion College, a small institution in western Sydney, is a safe space for conservatives.
- Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Liam Mannix
Melbourne Airport mystery: The case of Tony Abbott’s missing spectacles
The former prime minister’s glasses went in one end of a security machine but seemingly did not come out the other.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
After election campaign blitz, Brethren return to real estate game
The family of the church’s leader keeps breaking property records in Sydney’s north-west.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
The Liberals must make peace with the ‘F’ word
The conservative side of politics has always had difficulty embracing the values of feminism. That stance has come with a hefty political price tag.
- Jacqueline Maley
After driving into ‘an electoral dead end’, where to now for the Liberal Party?
The Liberal Party abandoned the city voters it lost in 2022 for the suburban voters in 2025. Now it has lost the suburbs. Where does it go from here?
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Counting controversy: IPA sticks to claim that maths curriculum is 3500 pages long
The think tank says Australia’s maths curriculum is too complicated and packed with ideology. The body that writes the curriculum doesn’t agree.
- Madeleine Heffernan and Kishor Napier-Raman
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