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John Pesutto, Brad Battin and Moira Deeming

Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition

If the Liberal Party wants to move towards the voters it seeks to represent it may need to open its wallet.

  • The Age's View

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Every seat has been called, but one might end up in court. Here are the 19 that changed hands.

It’s taken more than a month, but the final seat from the May 3 election has been decided… pending a potential court appeal.

  • Matt Wade, Shane Wright, Millie Muroi and Olivia Ireland
Tim Wilson at Little Sister Cafe.

The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush

The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.

  • Stephen Brook
Julian Leeser

Pro-Voice Liberal says referendum defeat gave the party ‘a false sense of confidence’

Julian Leeser, who campaigned for the Yes vote, says he was shocked the Coalition kept campaigning on the Voice when Australians just wanted to move on.

  • Michelle Griffin
Illustration by Dionne Gain

With the Coalition in disarray, Albanese’s on a collision course with the ‘real’ opposition

In a campaign in which the PM scarcely put a foot wrong, the Liberals forgot that Rupert Murdoch’s interest is not their interest.

  • David Crowe
Artwork: Dionne Gain

The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B

The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet.

  • Shaun Carney
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Aahana Nag, 18, is flanked by supporters as she appears at Brisbane Magistrates Court for vandalising Peter Dutton’s Arana Hills office.

No conviction recorded for teen behind attack on Peter Dutton’s office

Supporters flanked the 18-year-old when she arrived at court, covering her face, then surrounded her again when she spoke outside court after her sentencing.

  • Fraser Barton
Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, and the numbers that swayed the election.

Inside the votes that swept Albanese to a generational victory – and it starts in his backyard

Detailed analysis of around 8000 polling booths across Australia has revealed the swings that transformed the electoral map into a sea of red.

  • Shane Wright
Voters angry over power bills, stagnant wages and the general state of the economy are being driven into the arms of independents and populists.

Economic anger driving people away from major parties

The share of vote won by the major parties fell again at the May 3 election. New research shows energy-poor voters are looking elsewhere for answers.

  • Shane Wright
Frustrations: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Angus Taylor.

Jacinta Price ‘chickened out’ of deputy vote, say infuriated and blindsided Angus Taylor backers

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shocked the allies who brought her into the Liberal Party when she did not put her hand up to run as deputy leader.

  • Paul Sakkal

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