3 h. ago NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman is on borrowed time. He knows this and so do his colleagues

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman was not responsible for his party’s byelection loss, but he will wear the blame.

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59 h. ago In a week when many wondered what the Liberal Party was smoking, its members will get a vote on it

Decriminalising and taxing cannabis is up for consideration at the party’s state council, which will be overshadowed, as is the custom, by infighting.

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3 d. ago Liberals scramble to reorganise state council as director resigns over disparaging remarks

Stuart Smith apologised for his comments, which mocked women and a Liberal colleague, and said he was resigning for the good of the party.

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3 d. ago Liberal Party state director resigns after texts mocking women and MP

Stuart Smith apologised for his disparaging comments, saying he was resigning for the good of the party.

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3 d. ago Her behaviour is bonkers, but the Liberal Party’s rank and file can’t get enough of Jacinta Price

Price’s political persona is built entirely on her grim-faced certainty about everything. Her rapid rise since entering the Senate in 2022 owes much to her willingness to involve herself in whatever culture war issue is on the go.

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4 d. ago Ley seeks to keep Coalition, and her leadership, intact with net zero deal

Before a critical fortnight in the energy debate, expectations are growing in the Liberal Party that Sussan Ley will find a way through the latest Coalition climate war.

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4 d. ago Liberal MPs apologise to Indian community as colleagues, PM add to pressure on Price

The federal Liberal Party descended further into infighting on Tuesday as Julian Leeser and several members of the NSW Liberals apologised to the Indian community for Jacinta Price’s comments.

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4 d. ago Is Basil more popular than the premier? Cook casts doubt on Liberals’ polling

Internal Liberal Party polling has Basil Zempilas ahead as preferred premier, and also pours cold water on Labor’s Burswood racetrack. But is Roger Cook concerned?

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5 d. ago Division bells ring loud as Senator Price errs over migrants

The frankly dishonest claims of Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price about Indian migrants show that for some in the Liberal Party at least, there are no boundaries.

Events

6 d. ago Kiama corflute kerfuffle a sign of the times for Kate Dezarnaulds

The teal candidate has recycled her old yellow posters, as well as preferencing the Shooters Party over the Liberals.

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7 d. ago Price accuses Liberal colleague Hawke of ‘cowardly, inappropriate conduct’

Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has claimed her party does not stand up for women mistreated by their own colleagues in a Facebook post addressing the fallout from an interview last week.

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2 w. ago Archibald finalist’s portrait mirrored in Geelong’s historic seafront carousel

A wander along Geelong’s waterfront this week might have you wondering about the big issues.

Culture

3 w. ago How Merivale’s powerful political ties helped move a light rail stop

The hospitality giant’s chief executive, Justin Hemmes, has spent a decade cultivating his contacts at the top of the Liberal Party.

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3 w. ago SRL to proceed regardless of who wins next state election – but there’s a catch

The Liberal Party has confirmed it would proceed with the SRL, assuming that tunnelling begins before the election.

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3 w. ago How do you decarbonise an economy? Line by line, says Matt Kean

The Liberal Party true believer finds himself at the centre of one of the Albanese Labor government’s most confounding policy challenges.

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