Ley to do one thing Dutton wouldn’t
Sussan Ley is set to make her first major address as opposition leader in a move she’s hoping will set her apart from her predecessor Peter Dutton.
Peter Dutton
After the ABC evicted me due to old age, the hits just kept coming
As you may have read, I’ve had some bitter disappointments in recent months. But I do have some good news.
Liberal Party backflips again, this time on WFH
The Coalition will back dismantling barriers to working from home to help boost productivity, in a massive about-face on the agenda Peter Dutton took to the election.
Liberals have work to do in pointing out Labor failures
Apart from not attacking Labor’s poor first term, never did the Liberals warn voters of the radical plans Labor had for changing the country’s economic future.
Ousted Libs count cost of campaign clangers
As Sussan Ley works to patch up a splintered Coalition, the Liberal Party has finally laid bare the mistakes that led Peter Dutton to lose his own seat and more than a dozen others.
Littleproud takes swipe at Dutton
Nationals leader David Littleproud says the Coalition’s failure to neuter Labor criticism of its planned tilt towards taxpayer-funded nuclear power led to electoral defeat.
New details on Albo’s historic election win
Labor’s chief election guru has delivered a behind-the-scenes look at Anthony Albanese’ stomping May 3 victory and the key reasons behind the historic result.
Nationals MP calls for quick return of Coalition
Darren Chester has pushed for the Nationals to rejoin the Coalition before parliament returns, declaring that remaining separated was handing Anthony Albanese a ‘free pass’.
The Liberals face a long rebuild – so why not start at the epicentre
When Sussan Ley and her battered, depleted Liberals begin the arduous – and likely long-term – task of winning back disenchanted voters, they might want to start at ground zero.
Senator calls for national commission into Libs’ loss
An LNP senator from Peter Dutton’s home state of Queensland has called for a national inquiry to the Liberal Party’s bloodbath election loss, declaring women and under-40s have stopped listening.
Net zero without nuclear ‘impossible’: Nampijinpa Price
Liberal defector Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has told her new party that net zero emissions by 2050 is impossible without nuclear, as the conservative champion says Peter Dutton’s campaign ‘under-utilised’ her and was shackled by fear.
Time to learn from Peter Dutton’s ‘high risk’ stand, Noel
Far from Noel Pearson’s vow for the referendum result to ‘be the end of it’, his recent claims about the Indigenous voice have brought the divisive political debate back into the spotlight.
Did Trump really help Albanese win the federal election?
The US President didn’t dent Coalition hopes directly. But Labor acted as if he had. It worked. Anthony Albanese’s campaign succeeded in painting Peter Dutton in an orange shade. The LNP could not wipe off the fake tan quick enough.
Greens will always call out ‘genocide’: new leader Waters
Greens Leader Larissa Waters has declared the left-wing party will always call out ‘atrocities’ when they occur, in an allusion to the Middle East conflict, saying Jewish voters ‘don’t want a genocide either’.
Election wasn’t a thumping approval of energy policy
Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s claim that 47 per cent of the Dickson electorate voted against Peter Dutton on the nuclear issue needs to be examined closely.
Dutton’s woeful social media election campaign exposed
Did the Liberal Party think hiring the same digital agency that helped propel Scott Morrison to his ‘miracle’ election win would work similar magic?
Wannabe Libs leader rejects shock claim
Angus Taylor has rejected a shock claim levelled at him a day before he is set to contest the Liberal Party leadership.
Twist in battle for Liberal leadership
The Liberals will soon decide who will take over from Peter Dutton who led the party to its worst election defeat, but one name will be missing from the contest.
Plibersek axed from environment in cabinet reshuffle; Wilson won’t run for party’s top job
Tanya Plibersek will take over social services in the PM’s reshuffle, as Murray Watt moves to environment and Health Minister Mark Butler adds the NDIS portfolio; Tim Wilson says he won’t seek the Liberal Party leadership; David Littleproud retains the National Party reins.
Morrison, Dutton ‘deliberately ignored advice to back voice’
A longtime Coalition pollster has backed Noel Pearson’s claim that Scott Morrison and then Peter Dutton disregarded data showing the Indigenous voice was good politics for the Liberals.
Sussan Ley’s huge announcement
Sussan Ley has officially thrown her hat into the ring for Liberal leadership, arguing the party must ‘rebuild trust’ with its voters.
Berejiklian backs Ley to restore Libs
Australia’s first female Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian has endorsed Sussan Ley to succeed Peter Dutton as Liberal leader and ‘bring the party back to the centre’.
‘Dog’ act: Noel Pearson unleashes on all sides
Noel Pearson has broken his long silence since the defeat of the Indigenous voice with an excoriating critique of both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
The family seats Libs lost over work from home
Peter Dutton made a fatal mistake at the federal election, costing him and the Liberal Party a slew of seats in the nation’s crucial outer-suburban ‘family zone’.
With Labor’s super-sized majority, it’s time to go big, Australia
The electorate has rejected the failed, pessimistic Little Australia marquee Peter Dutton traded under, as well as the limitless freebies of the post-apocalypse Greens. The main game will be elsewhere for a long, long time – meaning the PM has a golden opportunity.
‘It’s a crisis’: Albo’s sausage admission
Anthony Albanese has faced a ‘crisis’ in the dying hours of the election campaign, calling into a radio station to share his struggle.
‘Back in the fight’: Taylor’s bid to lead Libs
Angus Taylor has put forward his official bid to lead the Liberal Party after a disastrous election result saw Peter Dutton ousted from parliament completely.
Taylor, Ley battle for Liberal leadership, Littleproud challenged
Leadership candidate Angus Taylor, running against Sussan Ley with Dan Tehan deciding not to stand, pledges to rebuild the Liberals on a foundation including ‘reward for effort’; Nats leader David Littleproud faces a challenge.
Liberals were crushed by millennial rage
For the first time in Australia’s history, there were more millennial and Generation Z voters than baby boomers at the election. The nation has just witnessed this newly formed cohort passing its judgment on the Liberals. The results couldn’t be clearer.
Liberals missed all of their main campaign targets
Anthony Albanese made more visits than Peter Dutton to 11 of the 12 seats that Labor picked up from the Liberal Party.
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