Tasmanians head to July 19 election after Governor’s green light
Barbara Baker has granted Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s request for an early election – after his second visit to Government House.
Liberal Party
Coalition locks in its opposition to super tax plan
Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet has signed off on its first major policy position since Labor’s landslide May 3 election victory, determining Jim Chalmers is not serious about negotiating with the Coalition.
One Nation picks up fourth senate seat; Truth, treaty still on ALP’s agenda: Dodson
One Nation has won the sixth senate seat in NSW, propelling Warwick Stacey to the upper house and bringing its senate total to four; Indigenous leader Pat Dodson says he’s ‘encouraged’ by Labor signals on the Uluru Statement.
Baby come back: Liberals give Ley green light to patch up Coalition after days-long split; Bradfield dead level
The Liberals have given Sussan Ley the authority to reform the Coalition with the Nationals amid David Littleproud’s four non-negotiable demands; In Bradfield, teal Nicolette Boele and Liberal Gisele Kapterian are dead level as a recount looks likely.
Coalition split paused: Ley in talks with Littleproud, puts shadow cabinet decision on ice
Nationals leader David Littleproud has confirmed a morning meeting with Sussan Ley, during which the pair agreed to delay announcing their respective frontbench line-ups as talks to revive the Coalition continue.
Albanese fires back on Chinese ships response, Coalition’s ‘welcome mat’
The PM has defended the government’s response to Chinese warships that appear to be circumnavigating Australia, using a Morrison government decision to sign off on leasing the Port of Darwin in his attacks of opposition criticism.
Labor to work with Rex administrators to keep regional flights in air
Transport Minister Catherine King says Rex continuing to fly ‘is in the best interest of regional Australians’, as Qantas joins Virgin in offering stranded Rex passengers intercity flights at no extra cost.
Musk hits back: ‘Stop trying to control internet’
Elon Musk stepped up his war of words with the Prime Minister, flagging an urgent legal appeal against a court order to take the Wakeley stabbing video down from X.
PM: Dunkley win shows voters shun ‘division’
Anthony Albanese says Labor’s win in the Dunkley by-election showed people weren’t interested in the ‘divisive’ politics of Peter Dutton and the Advance Campaign.
‘No change’ to border security under Labor
The Albanese government says Operation Sovereign Borders operates ‘in exactly the same way’ under Labor as it did under the Coalition, after a second asylum-seeker group turned up in remote WA.
PM to seek ‘new way forward’ after voice rejected
An emotional Anthony Albanese says he will respect the result of the referendum and the process that has delivered it despite the result not being what he had hoped.
Libs hit back at claims Fadden win was ‘lethargic’
The Liberal Party chalked up a major morale-boosting by-election win, retaining the seat of Fadden, but Labor claims the party ‘underperformed’.
Liberals secure solid swing to win Fadden
It took just two hours for Cameron Caldwell to be declared the winner and manage to claw back some ground it lost to Labor at the federal election last year.
‘Members must pick leader to get Libs going’
A radical blueprint for reforming the NSW Liberals calls for membership to directly elect state leader
Appalling Deeming treatment cost Libs Aston: Howard
John Howard blames John Pesutto’s handling of expelled MP Moira Deeming for the party’s devastating by-election defeat.
Top MP takes ‘time off for mental health’
Queensland Speaker Curtis Pitt explains Saturday’s announcement he’s taking mental health leave; Thomas Mayo, of the Voice referendum working group, accuses No campaigners of misleading.
Conservative warrior puts heat on divided Libs
Hardline conservative senator Alex Antic is at the heart of a left-right malaise plaguing the Liberals nationally.
Battle for the heart of middle Australia
It’s a race against time as Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese vie over economic management and energy policy.
Deeming’s legal threat to Pesutto over ‘Nazi smear’
Suspended MP Moira Deeming has given John Pesutto a deadline to publicly declare he doesn’t believe she is a Nazi sympathiser.
The Liberal Party’s identity crisis rolls on
Relinquishing its blue ribbon seats is a case of if you don’t fight, you lose and if you keep losing, one day you might just disappear altogether.
Russian hackers leak Tasmanian government data
State Technology Minister Madeleine Ogilvie confirmed 16,000 documents had been compromised and said a helpline had been set up for victims of the breach.
No country for old, out-of-touch, Liberal white men
The Liberal Party is experiencing an existential crisis — there is no other way to put it. Peter Dutton’s choice is clear: he can be the leader who saves the Liberal Party or lead it to its demise.
Victoria: from Lib basket case to failed state
The Victorian Liberal Party is on its knees, and one of the root causes of its woes can be traced to former state director turned fraudster Damien Mantach.
Dutton’s voice fail remarks ‘disappointing’
A referendum working group member says Peter Dutton’s comments that the voice was ‘on track to fail’ was at odds with the feeling of the meeting room.
Call to lift school standards as PM meets Bill Gates
Billionaire tells PM he’s ‘excited’ about what Australia can do on science issues such as climate, energy and health amid pressure to lift public school funding by $6.5bn to meet lagging standards.
Perrottet defends diversity push
Dominic Perrottet refuses to back down over the decision to dump three senior Liberal men in favour of women candidates.
Covid ‘peaks’ warning as strict rules eased
Australia’s CMO has stressed that decision to end mandatory isolation does not mean pandemic is over with future virus waves ‘almost certain’.
Albanese won’t budge on childcare rebate
It was a key commitment in its election campaign … but Labor is in no rush to raise the rebate for a family’s first child in care.
Liberals plotting a federal return for Frydenberg
The Liberal Party has begun paving the way for Josh Frydenberg to return to parliament amid resistance to spending another $2m-plus to regain Kooyong after the teal victory.
Libs to debate members’ call to silence voice
West Australian Liberals will consider a motion calling for the party to oppose an Indigenous voice to parliament.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/liberal-party