4 d. ago Liberal moderate speaks out on Indigenous acknowledgments at events

Moderate and conservative Liberals are locked in an existential tug-of-war over climate change and migration. That’s about to spread further into cultural and national identity.

Politics

1 week ago Fifty Aussie women artists who conquered Europe (and art history)

The AGNSW exhibition, Dangerously Modern, explores how 50 Australian women artists found liberation – and created groundbreaking works – in Europe,

Culture

1 week ago McKenzie slams Liberal moderates after drawing lines on migration policy

Pauline Hanson grabbed the spotlight this week through her anti-Islam antics and attempts to wedge the Coalition, exposing a new schism in the opposition.

Events

2 w. ago ‘Sussan has been undermined from day one’: Former Liberal MP quits party in protest

Hollie Hughes resigned her membership of the party she spent six years with in the Senate on Tuesday with a furious spray at her former colleagues.

Politics

3 w. ago Moderate Liberals beg supporters ‘don’t give up on the party’

Nationals MPs are demanding Opposition Leader Sussan Ley abandon her resistance to subsidising new coal plants.“We should build some,” says Matt Canavan.

Politics

3 w. ago Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.

Politics

3 w. ago Moderate Liberals had the numbers on net zero. This is how it all changed

Energy spokesman Dan Tehan had nothing to offer members of the faction as they commiserated on Wednesday. The party room had spoken.

Politics

3 w. ago Moderates threatened to quit the Liberal frontbench over net zero. Here’s what they say now

After their faction was hollowed out by successive election defeats, many moderates appear to have fallen in line behind Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s abandonment of net zero.

Events