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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.
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.
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.
‘Even chance’ Taylor challenges Ley this week
The Coalition reunion may have bought time for Sussan Ley, but she’s still likely to face a leadership challenge from Angus Taylor.
Ley was handed a ‘smouldering wreck’. Could she have done any better?
The first woman to lead the Liberal Party at a federal level is widely expected to last days to weeks in the role.
This Month
How the Liberal Party can win back voters on migration policy
The Liberals should support a move towards a genuinely skilled migration program that relies on labour-market signals.
January
Paul Erickson helped Albanese win two elections. Here’s his next political move
Labor insiders want Erickson to keep running their election strategy forever. He has other plans.
Labor won over blue-collar voters, people working from home: review
A review of the party’s 2025 election win says in the modern political landscape every seat is vulnerable to well-resourced challenges from independents.
Littleproud and Ley reach the end of the road
How the Coalition managed to disappoint an Australia searching for healing and instead make itself the story in an orgy of mutual destruction.
Hate speech compromise signals fresh battles ahead
Despite community hopes of a better outcome, the performance in Canberra sets up another anxious year of tension and conflict.
Could Albanese’s leadership failures spur Labor’s economic pivot?
A chastened prime minister needs to restore his undermined authority and lost ascendancy. An ambitious reform plan could be a way to achieve it.
The centre-right is going extinct as a political species
Ley leads a hopelessly divided Liberal party at war with itself. She’s had more positions on combating hate speech than the Kama Sutra, and none as satisfying.
Liberals delay election post-mortem amid Dutton defamation fears
The former opposition leader was given an advance copy of the report but was not allowed a right of reply. The party is now awaiting legal advice.
Climate 200 raising funds for High Court fight over donations laws
Independents would have lost $11 million if Labor’s new donations laws applied to the 2025 election, Climate 200 says, vowing to help a High Court challenge.
December 2025
Test of faith: Inside Labor’s rethink after Bondi
Pollsters warn that while gun laws are popular, Labor risks a backlash if it ignores fears regarding migration and radical ideologies.
Former Liberal MP Katie Allen dies after cancer battle
Dr Allen represented the Melbourne seat of Higgins from 2019 to 2022, entering politics after being a paediatrician for more than two decades.
Labor loses skin over expenses scandal but keeps strong poll lead
Voters have sent a warning to the government following a week of scandal over the use of parliamentary entitlements, but the Albanese government is still well ahead.
5 things to look out for in MYEFO (and where to find them)
Previous treasurers set quantitative fiscal rules for themselves against which the government’s performance could be measured. Not this one.
The Liberal Party’s ‘better economic managers’ brand is broken
The Australian Election Study found that the party’s traditional advantage has evaporated, making it nearly impossible for it to win a federal election.
‘Minister for scarves’ learns a lesson about judgment
Anika Wells has broken no rules with her enthusiasm for attending sporting events. It’s her judgment that is being questioned.
This summer Ley won’t be on holidays, she’ll be fighting for her job
A lot is starting to go wrong for the government, but it is being masked by the Coalition’s own struggles.
Talk grows about new movement to replace ‘irretrievable’ Liberals
With the Liberal Party at one of its lowest ebbs with voters, some disaffected members are starting to think a new political movement might be the answer.
One in four male Gen Xers now support One Nation
Males over 50 and under financial stress are the new political “anti-heroes”, says a new jumbo poll looking at the rising support of Pauline Hanson’s party.
Can these three women drag the Liberals back to their principles?
For Ley, Wilson and Sloane, bravery means confronting an electorate that has become accustomed to a culture of dependency fostered by Labor’s political sugar hits.
November 2025
Joyce defends Hanson’s burqa stunt as One Nation defection plan firms
Barnaby Joyce has ignored pleas to reconsider his potential One Nation defection and says he’ll make his decision at the end of this week.
