Police investigate illegal riding on Sydney Harbour Bridge – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 3
Rebels benched, jobs swapped in coalition peace offer The Nationals are weighing a reconciliation deal proposed by the Liberals to restore the coalition after weeks of damaging infighting. AAP · Feb 2
Political parties receive more than $138m in ‘dark money’ before new donation rules begin Labor, Liberals and the Greens given tens of millions of dollars each from undisclosed sources, analysis shows The Guardian - AU · Feb 2
Spotlight remains on a Coalition in chaos as parliament returns, with splits and spills looming over policy Labor set to take advantage of shambles with blistering attacks in question time as Sussan Ley presides over barest opposition benches since 1943 The Guardian - AU · Feb 1
Nationals back leader as MP warns of 'political cliff' Nationals MPs are standing behind leader David Littleproud after a renegade backbencher announced his intention to challenge for the leadership. AAP · Jan 28
Nats' demands complicate Liberal leadership speculation Liberals are weighing up their options ahead of a looming leadership coup against Sussan Ley but fury at the Nationals leader is complicating the situation. AAP · Jan 23
Afternoon Update: Liberals say Ley’s leadership all but over; day of mourning for Bondi; and praise for Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ speech Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie are leading contenders to replace Ley as Nationals leader confirms his party will sit separate from Liberals The Guardian - AU · Jan 22
Nationals break Coalition, declaring it ‘untenable’ and blaming Ley The federal Coalition is dead, with Nationals leader David Littleproud on Thursday morning declaring it “untenable” after Liberal leader Sussan Ley stared down the Liberals’ minor partner. The Conversation · Jan 21
Unis to be home for foreign students under Liberal plan Liberals are walking a tightrope on immigration as they prepare to outline policy principles to guide migration cuts while not alienating migrant communities. AAP · Dec 12, 2025
Another Canadian Conservative lawmaker defects to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party A Canadian Conservative opposition lawmaker has defected from his party and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals, a political coup that leaves the Liberal Party just short of a simple majority of the seats in Parliament The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
Grattan on Friday: could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster? It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Now the Sussan Ley opposition is under pressure to produce policy that could arguably be premature. The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025
Liberals go back to basics after crawling to year's end The Liberals are attempting to win back the title of "responsible economic managers" and turn over a new leaf after a tumultuous parliamentary year. AAP · Nov 29, 2025
Election history awaits as voters 'yearn for change' Voters will soon start turning their minds to a state election contest with historic implications for the major parties, both led by glass-ceiling breakers. AAP · Nov 28, 2025
Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025
The Conversation · Nov 24, 2025 View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’ As federal parliament began its last sitting week for 2025, those around Sussan Ley were confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. There was no sign there’d be a challenge on Tuesday morning, when the last Liberal Party meeting for the year was scheduled (although the cautious always…
AAP · Nov 22, 2025 Liberal leaders try to repair party image after turmoil Winning over climate-conscious and diverse voters the coalition lost at previous elections won't be an easy feat, but new leaders are laying the groundwork.
AAP · Nov 17, 2025 New leader urges voters stick by divided coalition A renewable energy believer has been elected to lead the NSW Nationals but won't back the same climate target as the Liberals.
The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025 View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”.
AAP · Nov 14, 2025 Libs making 'same mistakes' after dumping net zero Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Liberals' climate policy will do little in helping the coalition win back ground to form government.
The Conversation · Nov 13, 2025 Sussan Ley buries Liberal commitment to net zero, but offers a fig leaf to moderates Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced on Thursday that the Liberal Party was dropping its commitment to net zero and said a future Liberal government would repeal Australia’s present legislated 2030 and 2050 targets for reducing emissions.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2025 Morning Mail: new Epstein emails mention Trump, NDIS trials AI process, Liberals face credibility test on climate Late sex offender said US president ‘spent hours’ at his house with one of his victims; FOI reveals use of machine learning
The Conversation · Nov 12, 2025 View from The Hill: Conservative Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero The Liberals are set to dump net zero after a strong majority at a special party meeting spoke against the existing commitment to it.
AAP · Nov 10, 2025 Moderate Liberal assumes leadership after party turmoil An ill-fated attempt to boot two Liberal MPs from the party has resulted in the leader and her deputy stepping down to pave the way for a new direction.
The Conversation · Nov 4, 2025 View from The Hill: fractured Liberals drown net zero and themselves in a torrent of verbiage Here is a statistic that tells you what a self-defeating funk the federal opposition is in. On Monday alone, as it wallowed in the crisis over energy policy, its parliamentarians indulged in more than 35 media appearances.
The Conversation · Nov 3, 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.