Tony Abbott
Coalition ban on foreign property buyers is not a policy, just an election ploy
Purchases of property by overseas buyers account for only 1 per cent of all such transactions in Australia.
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Warren Mundine loses teal target seat preselection as Liberals pick tech executive
The race in Bradfield shaped up as a test of the right-wing establishment’s influence in Liberal branches of the blue-ribbon territory.
- Paul Sakkal
Blame game is the most overplayed Trump card
Donald Trump’s criticism of President Joe Biden and Californian Governor Gavin Newsom over the Los Angeles wildfires is starkly at odds with his support for the fossil fuel industry, a reader writes.
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Anti-Voice band back together as Price, Abbott back Warren Mundine for key seat
The one-time Labor Party president turned anti-Voice campaigner is running in one of the few seats that voted “yes” for the Indigenous body.
- Paul Sakkal
Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!
With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.
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.
- Holly Hales
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- Liberal Party
Pesutto’s leadership hanging by a thread after deadlocked Deeming vote
John Pesutto has been given 24 hours to stand down or face a leadership challenge after the narrow vote on allowing Moira Deeming back into the party room cost him support from key backers.
- Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
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.
- Chip Le Grand
- Editorial
- Bali Nine
Calling time on the remaining Bali Nine members
The remaining five members of the Bali Nine have returned to Australia, but nobody is the wiser about the deal struck to secure their release.
- The Herald's View
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- Vale
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.
- Ashleigh McMillan
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