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Liberal Party leadership candidates Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley.

Ley gets backing from party elders as Liberal leadership battle grows hostile

Others are throwing their support behind shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, with duelling files being circulated by allies that threaten ongoing instability.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal

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Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price poses in a MAGA cap with her husband Colin Lillie in this Yuletide snap taken from her social media page.

Happy snap! Jacinta Price poses in a MAGA cap for family Christmas selfie

A Christmas social media post has brought new tidings of the Liberal senator’s association with Donald Trump’s famous campaign slogan.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Lindsay Fox poses for a selfie with Mark Vincent during Fox’s birthday party.

Tartan party! Lindsay Fox throws another men-only birthday bash

The billionaire trucking magnate rented out Crown Resorts’ flagship restaurant for his birthday shindig, where tartan, kilts and whisky flowed freely.

  • Stephen Brook
Fitzroy pool

How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • Rachael Dexter
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has apologised for calling a woman a “bitch” at a Young Liberal event.

Jeff Kennett apologises for derogatory jibe at woman

The former Liberal premier has apologised for a sexist remark directed towards a woman at a Young Liberal function at the weekend.

  • Benjamin Preiss
John Pesutto, Moira Deeming and Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett receives legal warning from Moira Deeming

The former Liberal premier confirmed a letter he received appeared to argue he had made comments that discouraged witnesses in the defamation trial ousted MP Moira Deeming launched against John Pesutto.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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Opposition Leader John Pesutto and wife Betty arriving at the Federal Court on Wednesday.

‘A very unusual situation’: Pesutto shared defamation settlement efforts with Kennett

Opposition Leader John Pesutto also conceded he’d drafted a statement on a possible resignation for Moira Deeming hours before she was brought in to explain her actions to the leadership team.

  • Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
John Howard favours a ban on gambling ads.

‘It’s too much’: Howard urges tobacco-like ban on gambling ads

The former prime minister and sports fan says the spread of gambling and the social harm from it is a serious issue for our country.

  • Paul Sakkal
Jeff Kennett

‘That’s just Alastair’: Jeff Kennett’s candid assessment of ‘firecracker’ coach Clarkson

The former Victorian premier and ex-Hawthorn president weighs in on the controversy the Hawks can’t shake. Plus, an Aussie surprise at Comic-con in San Diego.

  • Mathew Dunckley and Michael Idato
Victorian parliament dress code

Crocs in the chamber? Politicians test boundaries of parliamentary dress code

Some state MPs are ditching their collared shirts, voting in their activewear and even wearing Crocs. But certain limits remain.

  • Broede Carmody

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