7 h. ago Octogenarian Victorians ousted from NSW Libs, but not before trying to block appointment of a woman

A new committee handpicked by Sussan Ley and Mark Speakman will run the troubled NSW Liberals.

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13 h. ago Australia news as it happened: Trump complains about Putin’s G7 summit exclusion; airstrike hits Iran’s TV network

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15 h. ago Australia news LIVE: G7 meeting begins with Trump Russian complaint; Airstrike hits Iran’s TV network; Liberals set to dump Victorian elders

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29 h. ago Liberals firm on dumping Victorian elders after ‘assertive women’ comments

The Liberal Party’s federal executive will meet on Tuesday to consider the fate of the NSW division. Sources said the two Victorians in charge would be replaced.

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5 d. ago Australia news as it happened: Morrison says AUKUS critics ‘delusional’ amid US review; Monash IVF CEO resigns after second embryo bungle

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Morrison says AUKUS critics ‘delusional’ amid US review; Monash IVF CEO resigns after second embryo bungle

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5 d. ago Pesutto offered $1 million by Deeming backer to swear off leadership

The offer, if accepted by John Pesutto would have given property developer Hilton Grugeon a financial mortgage over the Victorian Liberal Party leadership.

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Paul Keating blasts ‘American apologists’ over AUKUS review; Monash IVF CEO resigns after second embryo bungle

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: AUKUS deal in doubt; US embassy staff evacuated from Iran; Monash IVF CEO resigns

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5 d. ago Australia news LIVE: AUKUS deal in doubt; arrests in LA; Liberals to launch radical review

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5 d. ago Ley to order radical Liberal review after Dutton’s campaign disaster

The new investigation will examine an existential crisis that threatens to keep the party out of government for a generation.

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8 d. ago Men extradited from NSW to Queensland to face deprivation of liberty, extortion charges

Four men have been extradited from New South Wales to Queensland to face charges of deprivation of liberty and extortion.

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1 week ago The Bradfield booth that swung it for the teals and how the Liberals’ lead slipped away

It was one of the tightest races in electoral history, and analysis of Bradfield votes shows how and when it was won for teal Nicolette Boele.

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1 week ago From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world

Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.

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1 week ago Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition

If the Liberal Party wants to move towards the voters it seeks to represent it may need to open its wallet.

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1 week ago He stopped women joining the Australian Club. Now he’s rewriting the NSW Liberals’ rules

Retired Federal Court judge Peter Graham, KC, blocked women from joining the Australian Club. Now he is rewriting the NSW Liberal Party’s rules.

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1 week ago Australia news as it happened: Tasmania’s AFL dreams up in the air as premier loses vote; Trump plays down Russia

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1 week ago Foot in the mouth elder statesman has done the Liberals no favour

Alan Stockdale, a former Liberal federal president and Victorian treasurer brought in to reform the NSW party should head south after his gormless words about Liberal women.

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Tasmania’s AFL dreams up in the air as premier loses vote; Trump plays down Russia

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1 week ago ‘A sexist man’: Catley slams Speakman after he calls her ‘hysterical’

The NSW Liberal leader made the comments on the same day he slammed a Victorian party elder for claiming Liberal women were “sufficiently assertive”.

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