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The climate won’t change for the Liberals without more women and fewer oldies

The Liberal Party is the Holden Commodore of politics. And it’s not roadworthy.

  • Ross Gittins

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Melissa McIntosh has retained the seat of Lindsay despite many of her Liberal colleagues failing.

As others around her fell, this Liberal MP stood her ground. But she’s not entirely happy

Melissa McIntosh’s seat of Lindsay is one of the Liberal Party’s few remaining Sydney seats. This is how she kept it.

  • Max Maddison and Mostafa Rachwani
Senator James Paterson has been labelled the opposition’s “attack dog”.

He was the Coalition’s campaign attack dog for five weeks; now James Paterson can speak freely

The Coalition’s chief campaign spokesman says “lots of things” went wrong in the lead-up to polling day, ranging from poor advertising to policy mistakes.

  • Matthew Knott

First step for the Libs? Embrace modern Australia

Readers respond to the Liberal leadership battle, and mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s comments about the party’s direction.

Liberal candidate Tim Wilson at Billilla Mansion in Brighton on Tuesday evening.

History-making Wilson wins in Goldstein, Hamer hopes in Kooyong

Liberal candidate Tim Wilson has triumphed over Zoe Daniel, riding a postal vote surge to an extremely rare win over a sitting independent.

  • Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Hancock Prospecting executive chairwoman Gina Rinehart.

Party faux pas leaves Libs in strife, and Rinehart not amused

The episode prompted Gina Rinehart to again distance herself from the Liberal Party’s beleaguered state branch.

  • Rachel Eddie
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The 12 seat races still too close to call – and those that changed hands

A dozen seats across the nation remain too close to call as the margins in some high-profile electoral battles narrowed to double digits.

  • Millie Muroi, Matt Wade and Olivia Ireland
Deposed opposition leader Peter Dutton’s campaign stop in the formerly marginal seat of Gilmore, on the NSW South Coast, was gatecrashed by nuclear protesters.

Scrap nuclear: Key Liberal senator wants radioactive energy plan buried

The move comes as deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor approach immigration spokesman Dan Tehan to serve as deputy.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton attempted to make Welcome to Country ceremonies an election issue.

Dutton tried to make my people political footballs. Australians chose not to play

The former opposition leader appeared to assume that because the country rejected the Voice to parliament, he had a green light to keep attacking Aboriginal people.

  • Jessa Rogers
Peter Khalil and Samantha Ratnam.

Victoria’s hot seats week one as it happened: ‘Quinoa curtain’ that divides Wills into Greens and Labor halves is fading

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

  • Clay Lucas, Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter and Charlotte Grieve

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