Greens deal in play as Coalition backs away from Labor’s hate and gun reforms
Liberals are backing away from a push to tackle antisemitism with stronger racial hatred laws, with some senior…
Liberals divided over Labor’s plan to outlaw inciting racial hatred
Liberals are divided over Labor’s proposed hate speech laws making it a criminal offence to incite or promote…
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley guarantees she will remain leader until next election
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she can “guarantee” voters that she will lead the Coalition into the next…
Sussan Ley’s net zero problem won’t only impact the Coalition
Sussan Ley put on a brave face this week, fronting up for a round of interviews to insist…
News Corp’s call to ‘Back Australia’ is nostalgia-laced stupidity
You might find it odd that the US-owned tax dodgers of News Corp have taken a break from…
Senior conservative James Paterson cautions Liberal Party against splitting
“Marginal” voices agitating to break up the Liberal Party would cause disaster for the nation’s oldest political alliance,…
Who’s in and who’s out in Sussan Ley’s new shadow cabinet
Opposition leader Sussan Ley has unveiled her new-look shadow cabinet following former shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie’s…
Liberals find brief lull in internal hostilities for a passable week
Notwithstanding the low bar of recent performance, Sussan Ley’s battered and slouching Liberals managed a passably good sitting…
Coalition frontbencher tries to reframe immigration policy debate
The Coalition’s immigration spokesperson has sought to reframe its approach to migration policy, calling for a “measured and…
Could Andrew Hastie be Australia’s Nigel Farage?
Sam Hawley: He’s been seen as leadership material ever since he entered the parliament a decade ago. But…
Andrew Hastie says quitting frontbench not an attempt to replace Sussan Ley
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie insists his decision to quit the frontbench is not part of an attempt to…
Soldier, Shakespeare die-hard, and the next Liberal leader? Andrew Hastie’s week in the headlines
When Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie first told people of his plans to swap his special forces camo for…