Editor’s view: Uniting the Liberals will be no Ley down misere
Sussan Ley’s key challenge will be to unite the party after a leadership ballot she won by only four votes, writes the editor.
Analysis
Sussan Ley’s position is far from assured
The newly elected Liberal leader now presides over a fractured party room where almost half of her colleagues do not believe she is the right person to lead them.
Downer: The most foolish move the Liberals could make
The Liberal Party is at risk of making a fatal mistake and its time is fast running out, writes Alexander Downer.
Hildebrand: It’s a global goodbye to our goofy Greenies
While Labor has retaken three of the four seats the Greens held, the party’s outgoing leader is pointing the finger at a non-existent Labor deal with the Liberals, making the Greens the updated version of Lenin’s “useful idiots”, writes Joe Hildebrand.
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Hildebrand: Election lessons for a party in total despair
Denial from the Coalition and its supporters ultimately led to the crippling losses in the election. There are eight lessons the Liberals must learn if they want to survive, writes Joe Hildebrand.
‘A nervous wreck’: What Dutton’s inner circle didn’t tell him
Election campaign staff deliberately shielded ousted Opposition Leader Peter Dutton from key intel because “he was already a nervous wreck”, writes James Campbell.
Editor’s view: Libs’ only way back from political wilderness
Attracting the support of the centre is the only way to win when you have a compulsory voting system, writes the editor.
Bolt: Trump helped smash the Liberals. Here’s how
Trump just helped defeat the Liberals, but he didn’t harm his closest political ally in Britain, Nigel Farage — so what happened with Dutton?
Albo, heeds the words of the Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Albanese are not names you normally hear together. Then again, our re-elected PM might do well to take some of her sage advice, writes James Morrow.
Energy, economy or housing? Your say on Albo’s biggest problem
Cost of living dominated the Albanese Government’s first term in office – but what do you say is his biggest area of concern? VOTE NOW
We just witnessed a defeat for the ages. The fallout should be profound
The psychological shock of the scale of Peter Dutton’s loss should be profound. In fact, it should force a rethink of everything in Liberal world, writes James Campbell.
‘Talentless hacks’: Brutal Aussie reaction to election result
Peter Dutton apologised to Liberal Party supporters, Anthony Albanese waved as he celebrated … and many Aussie voters lost their minds. HAVE YOUR SAY
The private dinner that sparked Labor’s political fightback
A small gathering of the Labor Party faithful came together for a dinner. The tone that night was grim, but the party has come a long way since then, writes Joe Hildebrand.
The era of the two-party vote is over in Australia
This election has proven that the age of most punters voting either Labor or Liberal is over — and the ongoing effects of this won’t bode well for either party, writes John Rolfe.
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