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The opposition leader has taken the helm at a dire time for her party - and the sharks are already circling.
The Liberal rebel has dramatically quit Sussan Ley’s shadow frontbench citing being unable to craft the Liberals’ immigration policy as his core reason.
Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson canvasses the economy and the budget, says the Liberals need to sort out its stance on net zero sooner rather than later.
The prime minister avoided any major pitfalls during his week in the US. Back at home, the Liberal party’s infighting has shown no signs of stopping.
The Liberals, already an awkward grouping of various beliefs, is losing its moderate flank to the teals. It may need to transform to remain a viable political force.
Only a few months into her leadership, Sussan Ley is facing an extraordinary insurgency from Liberal frontbenchers.
After mishandling the initial incident, Ley now has to contend with a freelancing backbencher in a deeply divided opposition.
The ructions within the Liberal Party deepen over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent comments on Indian immigration.
The Senator made life difficult for the Liberal Party with her comments about Indian immigration. When they blew up, she made it worse.
The Liberal Party used to lead the way on female representation and socially liberal policies. History shows us where the party’s “women problem” began.
As any leader of a political party knows, when you demote people they can become difficult, or worse, for Sussan Ley her problems seem vast.
As the preferences are distributed in the island state, Labor look likely to take half the seats in the northern electorate, despite a lower primary vote.
The Nationals antics on climate targets put the new Coalition leader in a diabolical situation. Ley should act now to lessen the inevitable political damage.
The 48th parliament is about to begin. Here’s who will be there, what’s on the agenda, and the political and policy challenges ahead.
There’s a lot at stake for the island state, which desperately needs budget repair and improved services - but you wouldn’t know it from the lacklustre campaign.
The husband of antisemitism special envoy Jillian Segal has donated to Advance. Here’s what the group’s all about.
While the lion’s share of Greens preferences went to Labor, 75% of One Nation put Coalition ahead.
The Liberal party is still reeling from their 2025 election defeat, it now turns to the future of the party. We’re joined by Liberal Zoe McKenzie to talk about this.
After a party room meeting, the Liberals will broadly accept four policy demands from the Nationals, paving the way to reconciliation.
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