Muslim community leaders including representatives of the Islamic Councils and Imams Council have deplored Labor’s cabinet dumping of fellow Muslim Ed Husic, pressing Anthony Albanese to explain or intervene.
Former Morrison government minister Matt Canavan is challenging David Littleproud for the Nationals leadership, as senior members accuse the Liberals of not behaving like true partners and blaming the party for the extent of the election loss.
Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic has snubbed the Labor Party’s first caucus of the parliamentary term after a fierce factional brawl led to him being demoted from the ministry.
A heated factional brawl has sparked a refresh of Anthony Albanese’s second-term ministry, demoting Labor’s most senior Jewish and Muslim MPs while boosting the Left’s representation.
NSW Labor Right legend Paul Keating has lashed Anthony Albanese for allowing the Victorian Right to garner more power, saying the Prime Minister failed to make another ‘captain’s call’ to keep Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus in the ministry.
The Greens are in crisis and searching for a leader after Adam Bandt became the latest victim of Anthony Albanese’s stunning election victory by losing the far-left party’s stranglehold over the centre of Melbourne.
Despite her chequered past, Sussan Ley has made history by becoming the first woman to lead the Liberal Party.
Sussan Ley is believed to have already offered top jobs to colleagues in exchange for their support, as Tony Abbott condemned a ‘lack of courage’ for the spectacular election failure.
A raft of Liberal policies across environment, health, defence, tax and education were either not released or held back, as Sussan Ley emerges as the ‘pragmatic’ frontrunner in the race for the next leader.
The man at the helm of the campaign that delivered Labor its biggest victory in decades has cemented himself at the heart of ALP leadership.
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