The Latest Breaking News from Liberals

The Liberals and Nationals seem increasingly incapable of breaking with their losing ways, writes Paul Bongiorno.

Victoria's Shadow Treasurer David Davis and the Liberal Party say Victoria's debt is larger than Queensland, NSW and Tasmania combined. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers.

Women make up fewer than a third of Liberal MPs across the states and Commonwealth, when all the evidence indicates voters won’t accept that.

By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.

Hawthorn and Kew seen as vital seats for the Victorian Liberals, still reeling from their federal election rout

A key issue for the Liberals’ election post-mortem that reports later this year – conveniently after the Victorian election – is how the party deals in future with the “teal” phenomenon.

The recent selection of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader and Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will lead the Liberals into the next federal election has started a chain of events that will play out over the next 12 months.

The Liberals' youth wing has cited failures on integrity, climate and women in a submission to the party's review of its federal election defeat in May.

Party’s youth wing also cites failure to recruit women and to deliver national integrity commission as factors in Coalition loss

Ed Cocks was once a fixture in Canberra's night club scene.

Labor will need to rely on the United Australia Party, Jacqui Lambie, One Nation or David Pocock alongside the Greens to pass legislation in the Senate.