New arrivals should have 'Australian values': Ley The opposition leader has given more details about her soon-to-be-released migration plan as she also prepares to outline major defence changes. AAP · Nov 19, 2025
View from The Hill: Former Liberal senator accuses ‘the boys’ of using women to undermine Sussan Ley Former senator Hollie Hughes has gone on a verbal rampage to defend Opposition leader Sussan Ley, accusing “the boys” who want her job of using prominent female colleagues in their efforts to undermine her. The Conversation · Nov 19, 2025
One Nation’s surge continues in Redbridge poll, but Labor dominant One Nation surges to a new record 18% in a federal Redbridge poll as the Coalition falls to 24%, but Labor dominates with 38%. In Victoria, the final poll of Brad Battin’s Liberal leadership had the Coalition narrowly ahead. The Conversation · Nov 18, 2025
Ley tries to keep above fray amid Liberal infighting Current and former Liberals are locked in an extraordinary spat amid accusations some party members are undermining Opposition Leader Sussan Ley AAP · Nov 18, 2025
Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
Who is Jess Wilson and should the Victorian Labor government be worried? The Victorian Liberals’ first female leader will focus on the budget, health and housing, relegating crime to a second priority The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
Morning Mail: Hannah Clarke’s last texts, Korea’s coal change, Trump ‘panicking’ over Epstein Our investigation sheds new light on the final weeks of the Brisbane mother’s life; exporters put on notice over country’s fossil fuel switch off The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2025
PM launches blistering attack on climate policy 'mess' Anthony Albanese has torn strips off the coalition's climate and energy policies after an apparent about-face over public funding for coal-powered plants. AAP · Nov 17, 2025
Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticism The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2025
Liberal dramas continue as state leader faces spill A state Liberal leader is set to face a leadership challenge less than 12 months after rising to the top job as the party grapples with dire polling. AAP · 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”. The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025
Moderate MPs rally around Ley amid leadership turmoil Sussan Ley's allies insist they are not preparing to turn on their leader to support right-wing challengers after a damaging stoush over climate policy. AAP · Nov 17, 2025
Miners mixed on coalition's controversial climate plan Big mining companies are backing in some aspects of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's plan to wind back key climate policies but are still committed to net zero. AAP · Nov 16, 2025
View from The Hill: Coalition parties jointly cremate net zero, while leadership contenders circle Sussan Ley The Coalition parties on Sunday formally endorsed a joint policy on climate and energy that drops the commitment to net zero and gives priority to affordable power. But settling this contentious issue has failed to ease the pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership. The Conversation · Nov 16, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2025 Coalition announce emissions policy after joint party room; more magic sand products recalled over asbestos contamination – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2025 Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
AAP · Nov 14, 2025 Conservatives zero in on migration after climate coup The opposition's fight over Australia's climate targets might have been run and won, but MPs are now gearing up for a fresh battle on migration policy.
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 Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2025 Morning Mail: the 48 hours that killed a Liberal climate policy, thousands of diplomas dumped, pressure mounts on Trump Inside the politics of Liberal leader’s rejection of net zero commitment
AAP · Nov 13, 2025 Doubts over Libs gas edict while pledging emissions cut The opposition leader maintains the Liberals care about the environment and cutting emissions as she hits the road to sell a watered-down climate policy.
The Conversation · Nov 13, 2025 Grattan on Friday: In dumping net zero, the Liberals have thumbed their noses at voters they need to win With much talk this week about the end of the Whitlam government, Liberal conservatives might do well to read Gough Whitlam’s 1967 speech to the Victorian Labor Party, at the start of his climb to power.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2025 Afternoon Update: Liberals ditch emissions pledge; News Corp rejects climate ‘denial machine’ claims; and an F1 burger curse Liberal frontbench decides future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether
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 13, 2025 Liberals formally abandon net zero by 2050 but Ley says reaching target would still be ‘welcome outcome’ Future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether, Liberal frontbench decides a day after five-hour party room debate
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