Michael O'Brien
Coalition torn over super tax fight as budget reality bites
The Coalition is likely to oppose Labor’s proposed superannuation tax changes but is unlikely to repeal them as Sussan Ley attempts to boost her economic credentials.
- Shane Wright and James Massola
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- Liberal Party
State opposition reshuffle renews leadership tensions
The major reshuffle, which is expected to be Battin’s last before next November’s election, will plunge his leadership into an immediate period of uncertainly.
- Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie
Former Liberal leader Michael O’Brien to quit parliament
The shadow attorney-general and one of the Liberal Party’s longest-serving MPs has announced he will not contest the next election.
- Rachel Eddie
Queensland demands GST reform as state faces years in the red
Queensland’s LNP government has demanded a bigger slice of the GST pie, as its first budget forecast deficits until at least the next state election.
- Cameron Atfield
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- Victorian Parliament
Coalition push to give police the power to break up protests
Dumped laws that allowed Victoria Police to break up protests will be back in parliament in a Coalition push to revive them in the wake of angry clashes over the Gaza conflict.
- Annika Smethurst
‘We insult people’s intelligence’: The Liberal Party recriminations begin
Old, elite, out of touch, poorly organised, unpopular and devoid of fresh ideas. The criticisms of the Liberal Party after its election loss have just begun, and the harshest come from within the party itself.
- Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal
Michael O’Brien to return to Matthew Guy’s frontbench in opposition reshuffle
The political comeback suggests former Liberal leader Mr O’Brien has made peace with Mr Guy, whose supporters voiced loud dissent during the Malvern MP’s leadership.
- Paul Sakkal
Business Council director wins Kew preselection over shadow treasurer
Jess Wilson, a policy director at the Business Council of Australia, has been endorsed as the Victorian Liberal candidate for the seat of Kew, knocking out shadow treasurer David Davis in the final vote.
- Rachel Eddie, Paul Sakkal and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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- Liberal Party
Victorian Liberals abandon push for gender quota
The Liberals have 31 MPs in State Parliament, seven of them women. But the push for quotas to increase female representation is not on the agenda at this weekend’s state council meeting.
- Paul Sakkal
Five sitting Liberal MPs face fight for preselection and David Davis to vie for Kew
At least five sitting Liberal MPs will face preselection challenges, in what will lead to months of infighting as the opposition tries to refocus its sights on Premier Daniel Andrews.
- Paul Sakkal and Annika Smethurst
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