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'Not about religion': Liberals told to condemn sect

Leaders of the secretive Exclusive Brethren church will be compelled to speak at a federal inquiry, after it was reported they harassed MPs and voters.

AAP

Brazil's Election Just Got Too Close to Call: What's Behind Lula's Shrinking Lead

Lula's lead over Flávio Bolsonaro is narrowing ahead of Brazil's October vote, as U.S. tariffs, Javier Milei and a slowing economy reshape the race.

Latin Times

Zed, I should have known you were a master of the dark arts

Sure, he didn't get power. But he was a wizard at advancing his career.

The Canberra Times

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'Still have a punt': Labor spruiks gambling reforms

Contentious gambling reforms are finally within sight of the winning post for the government as its brushes off criticism from the cross bench and advocates.

AAP

Libs move against former federal candidate in fallout over 'large' campaign debt

Recruitment of next candidate would be 'severely constrained' by debt.

The Canberra Times

Lobbyist for developer defends digging up dirt on MP

A corruption inquiry has been told details of a dirt file created about a former state minister which was intended to discredit the MP.

AAP

Voter beware: how electoral commissions are powerless to stop deliberately misleading party names

A “Free Palestine” party is registered to contest the Victorian state election in November. The conflict in the Middle East is notoriously complex. But what could be simpler than a single-issue political cause, with such a direct slogan as “Free Palestine”?

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Fugitive developer offered $100K to Perrottet brother

Controversial property developer Jean Nassif dangled a $100,000 political donation in front of a former premier's brother, phone taps have revealed.

AAP

'Screwed': ex-premier's brother fumes over factionalism

The brother of a former state premier became obsessive about stacking Liberal Party branches but felt slighted for not being paid for his endeavours.

AAP

Change or die: how the Liberal Party’s long resistance to reform has left it fighting for life

The Liberal Party of Australia has fallen on hard times. The party has struggled to attract voters and has gone through leadership uncertainty. In his first press conference as leader in February 2026, Angus Taylor said that his party needed to “change or die”.

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Dodgy donations, desperate denials in Liberals probe

The first week of an explosive inquiry investigating potential corrupt conduct in the Liberal Party has shown how factionalism thrives behind closed doors.

AAP

‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart

Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative group

The Guardian - AU

Secret tape recordings and ‘sham’ payments: the Liberals’ internal ideological war laid bare

The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has begun a public inquiry into allegations of branch stacking, illegal donations and interference with preselections

The Guardian - AU

The Victorian Labor government had many successes. But it has also had its failures – and these have lost the voters

The Labor Party in Victoria is going through its most difficult period in the 21st century.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on why Albanese is ‘misunderstood’ and Taylor needs to stay

In more than 50 years of covering Australian politics, journalist Paul Kelly has “certainly never seen a crisis like this”.

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming disendorsed as Victorian Liberal party candidate for upcoming state election

The party’s state executive decided MP’s fate after she withdrew her legal action against the party earlier this week

The Guardian - AU

The Hills were alive with a NSW Liberal factional war – now the corruption watchdog is sniffing around

Thanks to two hearings involving serious allegations of corrupt conduct in 2022 involving political operatives in Sydney’s Hills district, the party now faces an existential crisis

The Canberra Times

Our leaders are gutless prisoners of entrenched corruption

Is it any wonder voters are angrily switching to One Nation?

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Deeming delays de-selection move, as Hanson declares One Nation doesn’t want her

Victorian Liberal rebel Moira Deeming on Friday delayed a move to de-select her, with her court action leading to the Liberal Party agreeing to stay its hand until after further legal proceedings.

The Canberra Times

A 'new coke' moment: why rebranding would destroy the Liberal party

Any 'rebrand' would be a Liberal surrender.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Even when they’re doing quite well, Liberals find a way to put their foot in it

The Liberals, it seems, can’t resist returning to damaging infighting even in the one part of the country where things have been going quite encouragingly for them.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole

The Liberal Party reminds one of that cumbersome machine, nicknamed Florence, that became stuck (twice) in a tunnel in the Snowy 2.0 project.

AAP

Liberals 'stuck in the past' as party hits new poll low

The federal opposition has fallen further in public support, as one frontbencher calls for the Liberal Party to undergo an overhaul.

AAP

Internet dark corners led teen on path to terror trial

A jury was shown extensive text messages, memes and web searches that led to a fresh-faced teen boy facing trial accused of planning terrorist bomb attacks.

AAP

Liberal stalwart and defector dead after short illness

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Liberal Party has "lost a fine servant" in Teena McQueen, who died following a short and severe illness.

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