To understand why voters have turned on the Liberals, after last Saturday’s car crash, you have to talk about culture. Not just the culture inside the Liberal Party — as important as that is — but the culture in which these voters live their lives, writes James Campbell.
A Liberal trying to explain massive swings in his party’s heartland, likened Malcolm Turnbull’s dumping to the fight that ends a marriage. So where does the party go from here, asks James Campbell.
The Liberal Party is in big trouble in Victoria — not just the sort of trouble that comes to all parties from time to time as the political cycles turn, but the deep existential kind, writes James Campbell.
Victoria Police will probe a massive data breach that has hit the state government, with the personal medical information of hundreds of staff circulating on the dark web.
Labor has been mired in scandal since forming government. If it can do that in four years, what will it manage in eight, asks James Campbell.
The nation’s top prosecutors fear foreign criminals could escape justice in Australia by taking advantage of a ruling by the Department of Home Affairs and asking to be deported.
Labor powerbroker and gambling lobbyist Stephen Conroy has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Westfield billionaire Stephen Lowy as the boss of Football Federation Australia.
Indonesia’s refusal to sign a trade deal while the Israel embassy debate goes on is a big headache for Prime Minister Scott Morrison, writes James Campbell.
PRESSURE is growing on Premier Daniel Andrews to release a secret trade and infrastructure deal he signed with the Chinese as the federal government moves to boost its spending in the Pacific amid concerns over China’s increasing influence.
THE Coalition intends to go large on negative gearing before next year’s election but the wisdom of this move is debatable, writes James Campbell.
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