Liberal Party
Analysis
Political leadership
Labor had a hip-pocket agenda on chips and Oreos. Dutton and war cut in
As Anthony Albanese tried to focus on domestic affairs, world leaders including the UK’s Keir Starmer were addressing their nations about the Middle East.
- by Paul Sakkal
Latest
Three weeks of Deeming-Pesutto defamation drama wraps up with frankness and eggs
Witnesses finished giving evidence on Friday, but the hearings didn’t end without drama.
- by Rachel Eddie
Kate Chaney on duty to family, falling into politics – and not putting up with crap
Kate Chaney talks about what her prominent West Australian political family taught her, and about being bold on climate policy in a mining town.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Political leadership
Deeming has given Liberals the fuel to burn Pesutto. Who will dare to strike a match?
John Pesutto has just 11 days to quell the disunity that has overtaken the state Liberal Party as a result of numerous revelations from his defamation trial.
- by Annika Smethurst
Updated
Courts
‘My biggest fans are gay people and trans people’: New secret recording aired in Deeming case
In audio played to the Federal Court, Opposition Leader John Pesutto is heard opening a meeting by saying: “We’ve got a huge problem.”
- by Rachel Eddie
Former no more: What Peter Costello did next
Months after his departure as chairman of Nine, the one-time federal treasurer has a new gig.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Opinion
Political leadership
If Albanese repeats his performance over negative gearing, he can kiss the election goodbye
The government’s management of the economy has helped bring inflation down and keep employment up, but it has much to learn about communication.
- by Niki Savva
Updated
Courts
Pesutto backs deputy who secretly taped Liberal meeting as ‘insurance’
Opposition Leader John Pesutto says he “absolutely” trusts David Southwick, who told the Federal Court he secretly recorded an internal meeting as an “insurance policy” because he could no longer trust Moira Deeming.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
‘Many things are taped’ secretly in the Victorian Liberal Party, court hears
A former Liberal MP says he was warned on his first day in parliament that conversations in the party were often “surreptitiously” recorded, as leader John Pesutto moved to reassure Victorians that his position was safe.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Woollahra voters reject bid to cut down on councillors
The referendum to downsize from 15 councillors to nine was defeated by less than 300 votes, but residents in three other local government areas supported smaller councils.
- by Michael Koziol
Spreadsheet ranking Liberals on how they’d vote on Deeming expulsion shown to court
A colour-coded spreadsheet made by John Pesutto’s staff catalogues how every Victorian Liberal MP was expected to vote on a motion to expel Moira Deeming from the party room.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
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