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The Liberal party’s local government elections nomination fiasco is a boon to the left but bad for democracy

Political parties play a crucial role in simplifying the choices for voters – a voter confronted by a list of names without any party signals is forced to do a lot more work

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Not 'realistic' Libs didn't know deadline: commissioner

The NSW Liberals have threatened legal action after the state's electoral commission refused to extend a deadline for local government candidate nominations.

AAP

Former Liberal MP settles bitter lawsuit with ex-lover

Ex-Liberal minister Craig Laundy, his wife and daughter have almost settled a lawsuit by his ex-lover who claimed she was threatened, lied about and harassed.

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‘Absolute disaster’: Liberal Party blame game likely to result in heads rolling

The NSW Liberal Party stuffed up enormously yesterday, failing to nominate candidates for several councils. Who is to blame?

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Leaked letter reveals NSW Liberal leader’s fury after preselection defeat

Exclusive: Even allies of Mark Speakman wonder whether he is in control of his party after he failed to influence a council ticket in his own backyard.

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Compulsory voting in Australia is 100 years old. We should celebrate how special it makes our democracy

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

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Dutton doesn’t realise importing US politics means the death of the Liberal Party

As the Liberal Party has moved to the right, compulsory preferential voting has enabled the moderate centre it once represented to find new candidates.

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From broad church to narrow cult: Peter Dutton’s ‘Hansonisation’ of the Liberal Party

The Liberal Party has fully embraced the divisive right-wing populism past leaders worried would destroy it.

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Peter Dutton’s nuclear push makes sense in the modern Liberal Party

To conservatives and libertarians alike, the ‘moderates’ of the Liberal Party appear to be unprincipled shills virtually indistinguishable from the modern Labor Party.

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Can future Liberals achieve small government?

Peter Dutton’s vision for an Australian nuclear energy industry is incompatible with the idea of small government. But when push comes to shove, politics always trumps ideology.

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Something is deeply wrong with business regulation. Even the Liberals know it

What does it say about Labor when the Liberals are the ones pushing for more regulation of business conduct?

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What’s the deal with Dai Le?

The Fowler MP’s politics leave many scratching their heads. But she’s a clear warning to the ALP not to take its working-class heartland for granted.

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Jane Hume reignites the ‘gender’ wars ahead of the election

I suspect most Australian women don’t see addressing the cost of early childhood education or superannuation on parental leave as ‘welfare’.

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Unfriendly fire: famous fights and sledges between Australian politicians supposedly on the same side

Faction v faction or just a personality clash, some of Auspol’s most unforgettable spats have been between members of the same party

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Disastrous, dark shadow, destroys our economy: five climate elders on Peter Dutton’s emissions stance

From Peter Garrett to Lesley Hughes there is frustration, despair and ‘a towering sense of anger’ over the opposition leader’s shift on the 2030 target

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Australia's leader says opposition will renege on greenhouse gas emissions target if elected

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the opposition Liberal Party will renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if it wins elections due within a year

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As Frydenberg’s kite-flying flames out, Monique Ryan stays locked on TikTok

The battle for Kooyong may come down to who can reach frustrated millennial and Gen Z voters. The teal incumbent has her eye on them.

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Labor to allow foreign citizens to join ADF

Labor will loosen entry requirements for the ADF to allow permanent residents from the US, UK, New Zealand, Canada and Pacific Island nations to serve. And two-thirds of voters support increasing the age limit for social media use.

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Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong.

AAP

Josh Frydenberg rejects comeback calls

Josh Frydenberg will not contest his former seat at the next election after a push for him to re-enter politics, backing in the pre-selected female candidate.

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View from The Hill: Josh Frydenberg mulls political temptation after Kooyong gets new draft boundaries

Josh Frydenberg is mulling over whether to try to make a lunge for his old Melbourne seat of Kooyong, now that new circumstances have suddenly raised his political heart rate.

Evening Standard

General election 2024: What are the Liberal Democrats' policies and who is their leader Ed Davey?

The Lib Dems want to clean several Tory failures by focusing on health, care, crumbling schools and sewage

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Gaza stance will cost Labor in 2025

‘The ALP lacks moral clarity and consistency on Gaza — it does not deserve my vote.’

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Why moving to the right could be wrong for Dutton and the Coalition

The opposition leader’s strategy, outlined at his first press conference as leader and reinforced through words and practice since, emphasises a further hardening towards the populist right.

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Tony Abbott’s fun new friends, Julian Hill’s fun gift, Julie Bishop’s fun revisionism

Tony Abbott gives his time to anti-vax stars, Julie Bishop is once again met more than halfway by the media, and a curious declaration of interest.

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