The Latest Breaking News from the Liberal Party

Tasmania’s election on July 19 will be a welcome circuit breaker following the recent mayhem and dysfunction which has addled state politics.

A proposal that could have averted bankruptcy for a former Liberal leader has been referred to an anti-corruption body, as a party stalwart hits out at an MP.

One day after the Liberal Party secured their fourth consecutive federal election victory, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tabled legislation to change the signature threshold needed to put citizen-proposed constitutional questions on the ballot. She lowered it from the current 600,000 signatures to 177,000.

Exclusive: Campaign to raise funds for former Victorian opposition leader has split party as deadline to pay $2.3m in defamation costs looms

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

National Party says it is ‘time to have a break’ with the Liberals

In the weeks since the federal election, there’s been much speculation about the future of the Coalition agreement. In their soul-searching, it seemed possible the Liberals might pull the pin, given the degree of their electoral losses and their need to rebuild.

What do all the Liberal-National break-up headlines really mean? We break it down.

The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their policy demands being part of a new agreement between the parties.