3 h. ago Moderate Liberals hail Joyce’s departure from Coalition after MP reveals call with Hanson

The Nationals MP said nothing had been locked in with One Nation, but some in the Coalition will be happy to see the former deputy prime minister leave the opposition.

Politics

10 h. ago Sussan Ley turns focus back to tax, industrial relations amid Coalition ructions

The opposition leader has vowed to return to core Liberal policies after the Coalition went to the last election opposing Labor tax cuts.

Economics

15 h. ago Prince Andrew facing police investigation over Giuffre smear claims

Prince Andrew’s biographer, Andrew Lownie, warned there was more scandal to come and this latest probe was “just the tip of the iceberg”.

Events

39 h. ago Libra: This week eliminate the fluff and be amazed at what you achieve

Free weekly forecast in life, love and career from renowned astrologer, Hedy Damari.

Politics

39 h. ago The Liberal Party’s on life support. Time for a deathbed conversion

What the Liberal Party needs to move forward isn’t more factional sniping, but the birth of a movement supported by people who believe in backing aspiration.

Events

3 d. ago Liberal Party has become irrelevant to our national conversation

Its differences with Labor on defence are minor and there’s little real difference on the economy or housing.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘Trashing conventions’: Coalition cries foul over PM’s pick for plum job

Labor in opposition criticised Scott Morrison for his pick of a “partisan operative” to an important national intelligence job. The Coalition says Anthony Albanese has just done the same thing.

Politics

4 d. ago Sussan Ley champions Liberal history of backing migrants, in challenge to conservatives

In a statement celebrating the 81st anniversary of the party, Ley said the Liberals must seek to win the votes of all “modern Australians”.

Events

4 d. ago The NSW Libs have picked a side in the housing war. Now they face their next fight

The NSW Liberals have accepted that the housing crisis is so pressing that they must be united in their stance. The same cannot be said about their approach to energy.

Events

5 d. ago McGowan rails against Trump, rates locking Eddie McGuire out of WA as a political highlight

“I got the trifecta,” former WA Premier Mark McGowan quipped, referring to keeping McGuire, David Koch and Scott Morrison out of the state during the pandemic. 

Politics

5 d. ago Former TV hosts announce engagement three years after affair scandal

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes whose alleged affair scandal captured headlines, have announced their engagement.

Politics

6 d. ago End this ‘mass public therapy session’: Key Liberal’s blunt message to his divided party

“An ongoing mass public therapy session doesn’t exactly scream ‘ready for government’,” Paterson said in a keynote speech. “The Liberal Party is not a think tank.”

Politics

6 d. ago Journalism or ‘malicious gossip’? Herald Sun story on MP’s sex life will test the definition of news

The Herald Sun argued an exemption for journalists shielded it from respecting the privacy of deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth’s wife, Brittany, when questioning the legality of how their relationship began.

Politics

7 d. ago Ley reshuffles her frontbench again after Hastie exit as Abbott chimes in

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Coalition to redirect its focus as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley named her third frontbench in five months.

Politics

7 d. ago Abbott says Ley and Liberals need to learn from his stint as opposition leader

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Coalition to redirect its focus as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley suffered a huge slump in her approval rating after a month of Liberal Party infighting.

Politics

8 d. ago Ley’s approval ratings tank after month of Liberal chaos and disunity

Just 33 per cent of voters rated Ley’s performance as either good or very good - a fall of 8 per cent in a single month.

Events

8 d. ago The forgotten hypocrisy over Whitlam’s dismissal: He tried to oust Libs the same way

Gough Whitlam, as opposition leader, declared his intention to “destroy” a Liberal government by blocking supply, but Labor’s myth-makers bury that inconvenient truth.

Events

8 d. ago Tutors are ‘clogging’ libraries – now one Sydney council wants to charge them

A cash-strapped Sydney council would introduce new fees targeting private tutoring sessions in public libraries in a move supporters say would stop the facilities being “overrun″ .

Politics

8 d. ago Tony Abbott on Turnbull, Keating, Costello, Morrison and the misogyny speech

“I was an extremely good opposition leader”. Tony Abbott looks back over his political career.

Politics

8 d. ago Taylor Swift and the Liberal Party suffer from the same problem

Once a political party starts fighting about its own fighting, and once its chief output is about itself, it needs fresh material. Just like Tay Tay.

Politics