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Simon Birmingham, Liberal leader in the Senate, says the party has to stop being nasty and start supporting women, migrants, urban and younger voters if it wants to regain power, and it’s finally happened: Donald Trump has been arrested and has faced court in New York.

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Michael Pascoe: How can Dutton remake the party of Parliament’s biggest RWNJ?

Who is the biggest looney in Parliament? It’s purely a matter of opinion, but for mine, Gerard Rennick has shot ahead of a crowded field.

The New Daily

Liberals say 'no' to Indigenous voice in constitution

The Liberal Party will oppose an Indigenous voice in the constitution, but support a revised referendum to recognise Indigenous people and a legislated voice.

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Dutton defies calls for change, with Liberals tipped to reject Voice proposal

Peter Dutton appeared to hold firm against calls to bring the party towards lost seats in metropolitan Australia.

The New Daily

How the ghost of John Howard haunted the Aston byelection

The one true architect behind the Liberal Party’s growing malaise is the man who poisoned the very soul of democracy in Australia.

Crikey

Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph

A federal Newspoll, conducted March 29 to April 2 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the early March Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up one), 33% Coalition (down two), 10% Greens (steady), 8% One Nation (up one) and 11%…

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Liberal Party searches for ways to win back voters

Engaging in "crazy" culture wars is pushing voters away, says a Liberal MP keen to bring his party back from the fringes and into the mainstream.

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Liberal MP calls for free vote on Indigenous voice

Ahead of a key party room meeting about the Indigenous voice, Peter Dutton faces pressure to allow MPs a free vote on supporting the proposal.

AAP

PM reportedly issued invitation to visit Beijing – as it happened

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Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton can’t say yes, despite the Aston wipeout

Saturday’s by-election loss is the second time in less than a year the voters have got it wrong, according to Peter Dutton.

The New Daily

It's time to stop the election hand-outs when we cast our votes

A clear majority of people do not take the paper and I never see people stand and look at any of the posters along the way.

Newcastle Herald

Another MP overboard? Former Liberal minister Stuart Robert ‘under pressure’

Amid rumours Scott Morrison will soon be quitting politics, speculation is now rife that close ally Stuart Robert could follow.

The New Daily

Peter Dutton urged to differentiate Liberal party after Aston loss prompts identity crisis

Opposition leader blames state division for result, while Victorian MPs say lack of distinct policy direction hindered candidate

The Guardian - AU

Liberal’s dire warning on Voice as party calls snap meeting after by-election

Liberal MPs have been called back to Canberra for a snap meeting to determine the party room’s official position on the Indigenous Voice.

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After Aston, the right has — hahaha, I can’t finish this headline

The Liberal Party isn’t going to split. But its secular-moderate core must now devote themselves to bloody internal struggle for years on end.

Crikey

The Liberal Party doesn’t have a clue how to win voters back

What’s the main problem facing the Liberals? That they don’t know what the problem is.

Crikey

The perennial problem of defining Peter Dutton

Following defeat in Aston, some Liberals think they need to better ‘define’ Peter Dutton to the electorate. How’s that gone in the past?

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Former NSW deputy Liberal leader says party has ‘moved too far to the right’ – as it happened

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Newspoll shows plunge in support for Coalition

The latest Newspoll shows a plunge in support for the coalition while Anthony Albanese has extended his lead as preferred PM.

AAP

Newspoll shows plunge in support for coalition

The latest Newspoll shows a plunge in support for the coalition while Anthony Albanese has extended his lead as preferred prime minister over Peter Dutton.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Dutton hangs on, Russian pro-war blogger killed in bomb blast, Sakamoto dies at 71

With the loss of Aston, the Liberals now hold just 14 of 79 federal urban seats – leading to calls for a change of direction

Crikey

Hope springs eternal in Ukraine

As Ukraine emerges from a brutal winter, its armed forces prepare for an apparent major counteroffensive as Russia suffers battlefield losses in Donbas, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton licks his wounds after the crushing loss to Labor in Saturday’s Aston byelection in Victoria.

The New Daily

Liberals look for answers after Labor by-election win

The Liberals are reflecting on what went wrong in Aston, as the first opposition in a century to lose a by-election to a government.

ABC News

Fears for the future of the Liberal Party as factional infighting blamed for resounding Aston by-election defeat

Political experts say the Liberal Party's resounding defeat at the Aston by-election is a result of factional infighting and internal issues that's led to a "monumental shift" as voters abandon the Coalition in droves.

AAP

'Why risk racial harmony?': Key Lib queries voice vote

Opposition Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser has suggested the government should reconsider the timing of a referendum on a voice to government.

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