Today
Taylor pledges tax cuts at the next election
Angus Taylor matches Sussan Ley’s promise of income tax cut package; WATCH LIVE: Taylor gives a speech at Centre for Independent Studies.
David Rowe cartoons for January 2026
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
I’m Chalmers’ hand-picked budget expert. He should raise the GST
There’s one thing the treasurer should not do: he should not give in to increasingly noisy demands to slash spending for its own sake.
Coalition planning to ban migration from ‘high risk’ places
Before she was rolled by Angus Taylor and her party room on Friday, Sussan Ley was preparing to release the new immigration policy this week.
Yesterday
Revealed: What the Liberal election review said about Peter Dutton
The report is deeply critical of the former opposition leader’s role in the campaign and recommends a leader never be allowed to run their own campaign again.
Founder of network promoting Liberal women quits in protest
Charlotte Mortlock, the former staffer and founder of Liberal women’s network Hilma, has announced she is quitting the network and the party due to “recent events”.
Howard battlers turning to One Nation is risky for business
Alienated Coalition voters are walking out the door. But the message they are sending to Canberra is one corporate Australia would be wise to heed.
RBA to offer more rates call insight before jobs data
The Reserve Bank will shine new light on why it decided to hike interest rates, while fresh data should offer insight into whether a further increase is on the cards. NSW to get bonus Anzac Day public holiday. Follow live.
This Month
Liberals pin hopes on housing to turn fortunes around
In his first day as opposition leader, Angus Taylor vowed he would reverse potential changes to the capital gains tax discount to assist with home ownership.
From Bad Bunny bets to the Big Build, we’re being swallowed by grift
Whether it’s crypto, prediction markets or union scandals, corruption is no longer hidden and only a rort if you’re not in on it in this new transactional world.
Victoria is what happens when Labor governs unchallenged
Without a robust sparring partner to take on Labor, we are left with the soft tyranny of unchecked power and the inevitable decline of the state.
Taylor’s big advantage could be 35pc of voters don’t know who he is
The new opposition leader is standing at the bottom of a mountain and there is doubt among many in his own party that he can climb it.
Hume forgiven election blunders to return as Taylor’s deputy
A moderate senator scapegoated by some in her own faction for the 2025 election loss now finds herself back in the shadow ministry, and the leadership team.
‘Don’t dwell on disappointment’: Ley quits politics after leadership loss
At just 276 days, Sussan Ley’s stint as Liberal leader is the second-shortest in the party’s history. No wonder she left suggesting she wasn’t given a fair go.
Daniel Andrews claims Bike Boy demanded $550,000 in new lawsuit
The ex-premier and his wife claim the cyclist who accused them of fault in a collision demanded more than half a million dollars to settle a defamation dispute.
‘What a farewell gift’: Liberals face tough battle for Ley’s seat
A hotly contested byelection in Sussan Ley’s seat of Farrer will be an early test of Angus Taylor’s political leadership.
Liberal Party ‘still a dead horse’, Hanson says
The One Nation leader was not worried about the leadership change threatening her gains; Angus Taylor and Jane Hume pick fight on immigration and taxes; Ted O’Brien and Tim Wilson vie for shadow treasurer. Follow live.
Taylor pins recovery on immigration crackdown, economic rebuild
Angus Taylor says it will take time to rebuild the Liberal Party. His first test will be the Farrer byelection.
A Liberal Party that can’t win women can’t win Australia
We may not want to cry for Ley – or even for the Liberal party itself. But we should pause for what it says about diversity of representation in our democracy.
The easy coup is over. Now for Angus Taylor’s impossible job
The new Liberal Party leader rose in an overwhelming vote against Sussan Ley. Will that be enough to arrest the party’s steep decline in public support?
How Liberal MPs are set to vote at leadership spill meeting
Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor are both canvassing votes from their party; Pro-Palestine protesters gather in Melbourne’s CBD. Here’s how the day unfolded.
Taylor is an old-school Liberal. But the rescue task is Herculean
While he has extensive experience, Angus Taylor is saddled with being a poor communicator and, like fellow Rhodes scholar Malcolm Turnbull, poor at politics.
Taylor ahead of Ley in battle to ‘save’ the Liberal Party
Angus Taylor will go into Friday’s party room meeting as the favourite to win the leadership ballot, as Ley supporters concede it looks like he has the numbers.
Vic officials back $15b cost of union corruption despite Allan denials
Fair Work Commission head Murray Furlong says the figure aligns with what government officials told him, and more inquiries into CFMEU misconduct should be made.
Protesters block Melbourne CBD as Herzog ends visit
The Israeli president said he found it “obscure and odd” that so many police were needed for his security during his Australian visit.
