High-stakes meetings to thrash out Liberal energy plan The Liberals and Nationals are a step closer to formalising their approach to energy and climate policy, with a series of crucial meetings scheduled. AAP · Nov 5, 2025
‘Nationals-lite’: former Liberal president says party would be ‘rewarding standover tactics’ if net zero dumped Exclusive: Jason Falinski says cutting net zero would tell young Australians ‘we have given up’ and could have negative impact at next election The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025
View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking. The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025
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 · Oct 6, 2025
Grattan on Friday: Sussan Ley hasn’t solved her Jacinta Price problem – it may just become bigger It says everything about the Liberals that the fracas over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments about Indian immigrants became a proxy for the longer-term, debilitating battle over the party’s leadership and identity. The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025
Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyalty Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has sacked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow ministry, citing the senator’s failure to endorse her leadership as well as her refusal to apologise over her comment about Indian immigrants. The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025
View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals In their different ways, Liberal frontbenchers Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke are two bare-knuckle fighters. The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025
Buoyant Albanese plots next phase of Labor dynasty Childcare reform, cutting HECS debt, enshrining penalty rates and initiating a new class of Labor MPs are the prime minister's priorities as parliament resumes. AAP · Jul 20, 2025
‘A very divisive period’: the challenges facing a Liberal party in existential crisis In the first of a four-part series, Liberal party insiders look to whether Sussan Ley will lead a new era of conservative politics or face ongoing internal brawls and lingering animosity The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2025
Grattan on Friday: New parliament presents traps for Albanese and Ley Anthony Albanese hasn’t been in any rush to convene the new parliament, which Governor-General Sam Mostyn will open on Tuesday. The Conversation · Jul 17, 2025
Capability to dictate Australian defence spending A senior minister says Australia will base its defence spending around capability and giving the armed forces what they need to protect the country. AAP · Jun 28, 2025
'Subverting democracy': Liberal hits out at quota push A senior Liberal has rejected calls to introduce gender quotas for the party, but denies it's undermining efforts of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. AAP · Jun 26, 2025
Concerns over US AUKUS review dismissed by deputy PM Australia's deputy Prime Minister has dismissed concerns about the nation's US submarine deal as the Trump administration reviews the AUKUS pact. AAP · Jun 14, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2025 PM says Dfat will upgrade Middle East travel advice ‘very soon’ – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Conversation · May 28, 2025 View from the Hill: Liberals and Nationals patch things up and announce a shadow ministry Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow cabinet in the new frontbench announced by Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud.
Pedestrian.tv · May 28, 2025 Sussan Ley’s Unveiled Her First Shadow Cabinet — Who’s Been Promoted, Demoted Or Dumped? The Liberals and Nationals have unveiled who's in and who's out of the new Coalition shadow ministry.
The Conversation · May 15, 2025 Likely final House seat outcome: 94 Labor, 44 Coalition, 12 Others The ABC has called Labor wins in 93 of the 150 House of Representatives seats. The Coalition has won 43 seats, the Greens one and all Others 11, with two seats (Bradfield and Calwell) remaining undecided.
The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025 Andrew Hastie reveals ‘desire to lead’ Liberals one day after Sussan Ley takes top job MP cites ‘personal reasons’ for not opposing new leader but wants to contribute to party’s coming ‘battle of ideas’
The Conversation · May 13, 2025 View from The Hill: Ley says Liberals must ‘meet the people where they are’, but how can a divided party do that? Cynics point out that when a party turns to a woman leader, it is often handing her a hot mess. That’s certainly so with the federal Liberals, now choosing their first female leader in eight decades.
The Conversation · May 13, 2025 From nuclear to nature laws, here’s where new Liberal leader Sussan Ley stands on 4 energy and environment flashpoints Sussan Ley has been elected Liberal leader after defeating rival Angus Taylor in a party room vote on Tuesday. Now the leadership question is settled, the hard work of rebuilding the party can begin.
Pedestrian.tv · May 13, 2025 Sussan Ley Becomes First Female Liberal Party Leader As She Takes Peter Dutton’s Gig Fun fact: apparently she added the extra “s” in her name in her 20s to align with numerology.
The Conversation · May 13, 2025 Liberals elect first woman leader, with Ley defeating Taylor 29-25 The federal Liberal party has elected its first female leader, with Sussan Ley narrowly defeating Angus Taylor, 29-25.
The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2025 Morning Mail: Liberal showdown, toxic algae spreads, Trump backs down on China tariffs Sussan Ley takes on Angus Taylor in leadership spill as voters urge PM to spped up reform; US trade U-turn welcomed by markets
AAP · May 12, 2025 Liberals' first female leader promises strong policies Liberals need to reconnect with Australians who deserted them, Sussan Ley says as her election as the party's first female leader signals an era of refreshment.