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Liberal party opposes Labor’s truth in political advertising and spending cap laws

Dispute between major parties in parliamentary inquiry sets up battle on electoral law before 2025 election

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2022

Jim Chalmers says the Coalition is responsible for $1 trillion of debt in the federal budget. Is that correct?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget is "heaving with a trillion dollars in Liberal Party debt". Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott hits out at party factions as he announces retirement

Transport Minister David Elliott takes aim at factional power within the Liberal party as he becomes the latest Coalition member to announce their resignation ahead of the 2023 state election.

ABC News · Oct 23, 2022

Liberal Party legal counsel quits as concerns raised over postal vote application forms

Chandra Lloyd quit as the secretariat's legal counsel after raising concerns about the way the party's Victorian election campaign was being run.

ABC News · Oct 12, 2022

Brittany Higgins unavailable as trial of Bruce Lehrmann enters second week

A jury has been told former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins is unavailable in the trial of her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

ABC News · Oct 10, 2022

The Liberal Party is in a dire state across Australia right now. That should worry us all

“The duty of an Opposition is to oppose” – attributed to Lord Randolph Churchill – is one of those quotations I remember seeing on exam papers in high school politics classes. It is true, but only half-true.

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2022

Police clash with abortion protesters, as opposing rallies take to the streets of Melbourne

Police tried to hold opposing groups of abortion protesters apart in Melbourne. The anti-abortion march was led by ousted Liberal MP Bernie Finn, who called for the repeal of Victoria's abortion laws. At the pro-choice counter rally, protesters said they were fighting "for the lives of women".

ABC News · Oct 8, 2022

Wedged between the CPAC circus and the teals, will Peter Dutton wither or find a new way to live?

Could the Liberal party be co-opted by the rightwing fringe? It is structurally and institutionally weak after the May election loss

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2022

Power and politics: how the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins sparked a reckoning

The trial concerning an alleged sexual assault in the heart of Canberra has heard about the effects of ‘party implications’ and the culture of parliament

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2022

Brittany Higgins knew her partner sent documents about her alleged rape to journalists before her police interview, court hears

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins is under cross-examination on the fourth day of the trial of her alleged rapist and former colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022