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Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas

The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women.

The Conversation · Dec 22, 2022

Liberals' election post-mortem blames COVID-19, scandals and faction warlords for loss

An internal Liberal Party review of the Coalition's devastating election defeat finds Scott Morrison was a decisive factor in the result, and recommends an overhaul of the party organisation to end factional infighting and improve candidate preselections.

ABC News · Dec 22, 2022

ACT government announces board of inquiry into trial of Bruce Lehrmann for alleged rape of Brittany Higgins

A board of inquiry will examine the conduct of police and the ACT's top prosecutor in the case against former Liberal Party adviser Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of raping his then colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019.

ABC News · Dec 20, 2022

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NSW Liberal ministers condemn 'inappropriate' comments made to Parramatta hopeful Tanya Raffoul

One of the NSW government's most senior ministers says his party is making the "wrong decisions" by sidelining talented women, as his chief of staff speaks out about party members telling her to "settle down and have children".

ABC News · Dec 19, 2022

Councillor calls out bullying: "I have nothing to hide"

Newcastle Liberal councillor Jenny Barrie has sensationally called out a culture of bullying and bitter infighting in her party's local branches.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 18, 2022

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Albanese flags new progress in China relationship 'in coming weeks'

In this, our last podcast for 2022, we talk with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. We spoke to each of them on the day the parliament was back to pass the energy package.

The Conversation · Dec 16, 2022

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen presents new government

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has presented a three-party majority coalition crossing the left-right divide that includes the leader of the Liberal Party as defense minister and a former prime minister in charge of foreign affairs

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

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Danish PM picks right-leaning rivals as key ministers in new government

Denmark's Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday appointed right-leaning political rivals as key ministers in her new reform-oriented bipartisan government.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

Danish Social Democrats agree new government with right-wing opposition

Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday she had agreed to form a rare bipartisan government with the main opposition party, the Liberal Party, and the Moderates to form a government with her as prime minister.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

'Teal' independent Jacqui Scruby taking on the Liberals in Sydney's Northern Beaches at March election

Jacqui Scruby was part of the team behind federal "teal" independent MP Sophie Scamps. She's now running in the same area on the Northern Beaches for the state election in March 2023.

ABC News · Dec 11, 2022

Former high-ranking NSW Liberal warns he'll back breakaway independents over preselection 'games'

Former Liberal Matthew Camenzuli, who took Scott Morrison to court over preselections ahead of the federal election, warns over ongoing "games and chicanery" ahead of the NSW election.

ABC News · Dec 10, 2022

The Young Liberals posted a 'renewable superpower scorecard' graphic using WWF research. But they used that research selectively

A graphic shared on social media by the youth wing of the Liberal Party has misappropriated WWF Australia branding to points-score on renewable energy. But there are a few details the Young Liberals left off.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

Peter Dutton too prominent in Labor’s national security plans, says expert

'While it's easy to fund poke fun at Peter Dutton, it's missing the point. We need to be more ambitious,' says security expert.

The New Daily · Dec 8, 2022

Bruce Lehrmann engages defamation lawyer Mark O'Brien after rape trial abandoned

Lawyers for the former Liberal Party adviser are considering legal action over several statements and reports related to his now discontinued rape trial.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

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ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Victorian election results confirmed for Labor in Preston as Liberal MP laments party's 'existential crisis'

The Liberal Party is facing a crisis and must undergo generational change, one of the few MPs to gain ground in the election says, as his party prepares to elect a new leader in the wake of a widening electoral defeat.

AAP · Dec 7, 2022

Bruce Lehrmann preparing defamation action

The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has engaged lawyers for potential defamation action over statements, broadcasts and social media posts about him.

ABC News · Dec 6, 2022

Victorian election result closer to being finalised as preferences distributed by VEC

Labor could have as many seats in the Victorian lower house as it did in the 2018 "Danslide" election, with its victory in Northcote taking the party to 53 MPs in the legislative assembly.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2022

Teal voters are more likely to be Labor-leaning than conservative, study finds

Majority were not disaffected Coalition supporters and voted tactically to defeat incumbents, according to report

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The Canberra Times · Dec 4, 2022

Ignoring women and young voters is coming back to bite

There have been exhaustive warnings about ignoring women and younger voters "at peril", yet here we are.

ABC News · Dec 3, 2022

COVID-19 'complicated' Liberals' SA election campaign but not sole factor in loss, review finds

An internal review has found the former South Australian government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was not the sole factor that lost the Liberal Party the state election.

ABC News · Dec 3, 2022

Liberal Party dumps conservative Noel McCoy for Castle Hill pre-selection over COVID criticisms

The NSW government is facing another pre-selection debacle after the far-right lawyer expected to replace the Transport Minister was dumped in a shock move by the Liberal Party.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2022

Victoria’s election result dispelled the myth of Daniel Andrews’ supposed unpopularity

Media and the Liberal party were enthralled by the ‘toxic Dan’ narrative in the face of evidence to the contrary

The New Daily · Dec 2, 2022

Julia Banks: Liberals pay a high price for their unholy merger with the hard right

The Liberals seem to talk to themselves, about themselves, and defend their actions rather than face reality, Julia Banks writes.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022

NSW premier dodges preselection debate

Snubbed senior Liberal minister Natalie Ward says she's focused on the people of NSW, not the Liberal Party processes that stopped her moving into a safe seat.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

'He was woeful': in Bulldozed, Niki Savva catalogues Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour

Niki Savva doesn’t like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as “petty and vindictive.”

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