The Liberals are dead and the rot will kill its moderates. What next?
Australian political history is replete with examples of parties staging recoveries from the brink of political death. Less…
Labor’s big backbench isn’t interested in having a debate
Hopes that Labor’s gargantuan backbench might inject a frisson of ambition or liveliness into the business of government…
Labor’s roundtable has started a long overdue debate on prickly topics
Thumping election victories can have perverse consequences. One of them is how they create the conditions for hubris…
No finding of guilt in blackmail case against former MP and husband, court reveals
A South Australian court did not find former MP Annabel Digance and her husband guilty of blackmailing Premier…
David O’Byrne elected before Dean Winter as Nic Street, Simon Behrakis lose their seats
Former Labor leader, now independent David O’Byrne, has been elected before current leader Dean Winter after preferences in…
Mark Latham denies breaching parliamentary rules, abuse allegations in lengthy statement
Independent NSW MP Mark Latham has again denied breaking any laws or breaching legislative standing orders in a…
Why Mark Latham is likely to remain in NSW parliament
As politicians call for Mark Latham’s conduct in parliament to be investigated by the privileges committee, a top…
Tanya Plibersek says she cried the day Mark Latham became federal Labor leader
Veteran federal Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek says the only time she recalls crying after work as an MP…