Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Hastie

Ley reveals fresh front bench after Hastie departure

The Liberals have shuffled the decks of its leadership team after the resignation of rogue MP Andrew Hastie triggered a second reshuffle in five months.

AAP

Backers hose down Hastie's fiery email to supporters

Liberal MPs have tried to clarify renegade member Andrew Hastie's remarks after he made another cryptic suggestion about his future within the party.

AAP

As the Liberal party’s key demographic shuffles off, how can Sussan Ley appeal to Australia’s younger voters?

The party that ‘got smashed’ in the May federal election attracted only about 18% of gen Z’s vote

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Hastie left with a Scarr in Liberals immigration spat

The coalition's immigration lead wants cooler heads to prevail in the migration intake debate after weeks of inflammatory comments from Liberal colleagues.

AAP

Pennywise or Bozo: Labor pounces on Liberal turmoil

Sussan Ley has sought to put internal divisions in the coalition to rest but not before comments were used against them in parliament.

AAP

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition

Sussan Ley’s challenge as opposition leader is to keep her party united and ready to govern in the event that the government loses public favour. That is, they need to be a ready alternative government.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: police arrest alleged ‘kill team’ in Sydney; Price calls out Liberal leaks; and an ode to horny Hollywood

NSW police say alleged planned killing in Sydney’s south-west could have resulted in ‘so much collateral damage’

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Morning Mail: Gaza activists accuse Israel of brutality, cost of extreme weather soars, Australia’s porridge champion

Flotilla activists deported by Israel add to claims by Australians of mistreatment; Melbourne food stylist takes a prize at the Golden Spurtle

The Guardian - AU

'Fight Labor': Libs urge unity after Hastie resignation

Liberals are being warned from within that they could lose seats if internal rifts aren't put to bed following the front bench resignation of Andrew Hastie.

AAP

View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?

When you look at Sussan Ley’s predicament, you can’t help thinking of Brendan Nelson.

The Conversation

'Sort it out', junior coalition partner tells Liberals

Nationals leader David Littleproud has begged the Liberals to sort out their squabbling as a fresh poll paints a dire picture for the coalition.

AAP

Victorian DPP confirms it will appeal Erin Patterson’s sentence on the basis it ‘is manifestly inadequate’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Senior Liberal backs rogue MP's immigration stance

Despite the coalition shedding frontbenchers, a senior MP has backed her party leader as the Liberals recover from their "dismal state".

AAP

Liberal MP dispels leadership challenge, defends exit

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is facing a fractured coalition, split over immigration and climate policy, as she deals with the fallout from a shock resignation.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Andrew Hastie quits Ley’s shadow cabinet, saying he was excluded from immigration policy role

Liberal rebel Andrew Hastie has quit the shadow cabinet, declaring he could not serve there because Sussan Ley had told him he would have no role in formulating the opposition’s immigration policy.

AAP

Hastie exit: outspoken MP out, citing migration muzzle

An outspoken Liberal MP and leadership hopeful has quit the opposition front bench, declaring he won't remain silent on immigration.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

The federal opposition, embattled on many fronts, is trying to gain ground by establishing an alternative economic and fiscal narrative to that of the government.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: PM backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan; festivalgoer’s legal win after strip-search; and a night out in Sydney’s coolest suburb

The Australian government says the 20-point peace plan leaves the door open to a two-state solution

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Future Fund profits from war, Liberal women sound net zero warning, and Trump spruiks new Gaza peace plan

Sovereign wealth fund surges in value helped by investments in defence firms; party told it risks losing more key voting groups if it drops net zero

The Guardian - AU

Senior Liberal women warn party will alienate female and younger voters if it abandons net zero as Andrew Hastie urges

Exclusive: Three high-profile female members speak out as the party publicly fractures over its climate and energy policy

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Albanese’s diplomatic triumph, the rise of Andrew Hastie, a rethink of human evolution

The prime minister heads to London after successful week in New York; is the WA Liberal a potential leader or just a disruptor?

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: As the government rejects Trump’s stands, Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian

After the work was over, Anthony Albanese went to the Australian-owned and themed “Old Mates Pub”, in Lower Manhattan, and poured the beers. He felt his week had been mission accomplished.

AAP

Liberal hoses down leader talk, defends outspoken posts

Conservative pin-up Andrew Hastie has ruled out a tilt at the Liberal leadership, saying he's focused on policy despite his rhetoric putting some MPs offside.

AAP

Demoted Liberal backs Ley rival as internal rift widens

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is under growing pressure from members of her backbench as a breakaway faction backs Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

Australia’s emissions are only about 1.1% of the global total. But it is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes of CO2 don’t matter, experts say

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.