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Dame Margaret Guilfoyle served from 1971 to 1987, during one of the most tumultuous periods in Australian political history.

The Liberal Party women’s network some forgot even existed

The party quietly launched the Margaret Guilfoyle Network last year. Since then, it’s held just a handful of networking events and Zoom meetings.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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Senator Jane Hume no longer has a job on the Coalition front bench.

One job Liberal senator Jane Hume is holding on to

As party elder Alan Stockdale’s “assertive women” comments surfaced last week, CBD was hearing concerns about the future of a forum for Liberal women quietly launched last year.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Size of Labor victory frees up backbenchers to speak out

Despite Labor’s success, it now faces a barrage of loud voices demanding action.

  • Sean Kelly
Liberal senator Jane Hume was dumped from the shadow cabinet by newly minted Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

‘Straighten your tiara and let’s get on with the job’: Hume admits she took Ley dumping personally

Liberal senator Jane Hume has rebuked Opposition Leader Sussan Ley for demoting her to the backbench.

  • Olivia Ireland
Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud.

Ley breaks with Dutton on immigration, DOGE, but ignites feuding after cull

Sussan Ley revealed a Coalition frontbench on Wednesday afternoon – just over a week after the Liberals and Nationals split. The shadow ministry selection reveals further fractures.

  • Paul Sakkal
Liberal senator Jane Hume.

The Liberals had a plan to court Chinese Australians. Then they blew it up

The major parties agree the Liberals’ plan to win back Chinese Australians went off the rails during a senator’s television appearance and a devastating Labor response.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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Dutton after voting on Saturday.

Dutton lost his seat. His colleagues were talking about his leadership before a vote was counted

Senior Coalition figures are jockeying for the leadership after a crushing loss that has set the stage for a reckoning over the party’s identity.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Labor candidate for Menzies Gabriel Ng, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon.

‘See you in caucus’: Albanese in last-ditch Chinese seat bid as ‘spies’ video goes viral

“There’s serious worry about the impact this could have late in the campaign,” one Liberal campaigner said.

  • Paul Sakkal
Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will release the Coalition’s election costings which are expected to show a $40 billion reduction in gross government debt.

Dutton promises $40b debt cut as nuclear questions grow

The Coalition will promise a better budget bottom line over the next four years as it releases its election costings just two days out from polling day.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley
Peter Dutton took some leads from the Donald Trump playbook, but it appears to have backfired.

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • Tony Wright

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