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View from The Hill: Paul Fletcher’s rant against the teals risks insulting voters the Liberals need to win

Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher got a big shock last election in his Sydney seat of Bradfield. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele pushed the result to preferences, leaving her within striking distance for next year’s poll. She has been further helped by the redistribution.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

The Conversation

Labor outcry over Libs 'outrageous' spending on polls

In the midst of a by-election the SA government has accused the opposition of squandering taxpayers' money but the Liberals say it was all approved by Treasury.

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The Liberal party is 80 years old. But what would Menzies think of Peter Dutton’s divisive negativity?

The purpose of a political party, Menzies believed, was not just to occupy the government benches but to serve the national interest

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Trudeau To Lead Liberals Into Next Election Despite Challenges

Prime Minister Trudeau faces internal dissent and opposition challenges as he prepares to lead the Liberal Party in the upcoming election.

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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Under Pressure To Resign From Members Of His Own Party

Trudeau says they are "strong and united" after a faction in the Liberal Party gave him a letter urging him to step down.

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NSW needs Liberals to step up to leadership challenge

The NSW Liberal Party is at a crossroads.

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Fight over Libs leadership after record election loss

The Liberal Party faces a battle over its direction in the ACT, with conservative MLA Jeremy Hanson launching a mutiny against moderate leader Elizabeth Lee.

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How democracy nearly collapsed — in 1914

Once upon a time, a charismatic demagogue threatened civil war, while elected liberals flailed around helplessly

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No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War

More than a year after the eruption of conflict between Hamas and Israel, the escalating war in the Middle East is roiling Australian society and politics.

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'It's not our fault we've won elections': Barr on longevity and his agenda

Chief Minister says it'd be 'absurd' to retire at his age.

The Canberra Times

Liberal Free Fall Fuels Quebec Sovereignty

New polls warn Canada at a political crossroads as separatists find momentum

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Dumped Liberal defends integrity against 'very dishonest' party

Kikkert says she was possibly dropped out of 'pure jealousy'.

The Canberra Times

Sacked MLA denies hitting staffer labelling footage 'deliberately edited'

Comes as the MLA announces a new tilt for Assembly.

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Canada’s Trudeau says ‘a lot of work to do’ after Montreal by-election loss

PM Justin Trudeau says he will work to ‘regain confidence’ of Canadians after his Liberal Party loses long-held seat.

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‘Only gets worse from here’: court hears Victorian Liberal leader’s texts about Moira Deeming before he ‘tarred her with the Nazi brush’

Liberal leader had attempted to force Deeming’s resignation and falsely portrayed her as a Nazi sympathiser, court hears

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Montreal by-election presents ‘litmus test’ for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals

Frustrations with Trudeau’s government and desire for change could see Liberal Party lose a long-held seat, experts say.

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Shane Rattenbury for Chief Minister? Greens shift campaign pitch

Greens could lead government, more credible than Liberals, leader says

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Dumped Libs MLA meets with Belco Party over political future

Liberals have advised the minor party against picking up the MLA.

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'No tolerance': Kikkert dumped from Liberal party room after being disendorsed

Party room vote comes after allegations over compliance obligations.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Liberals send in veteran warhorses to deal with party’s hot mess

Finally, just months out from the election, the Liberal Party is tackling the Augean stable that is its New South Wales division. It is a task that should have been a priority two years ago, after the division’s toxic factionalism had been on inglorious display in the run-up to the…

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Federal Liberal party to forcibly take over NSW division after ‘scathing’ nominations debacle review

Committee will be appointed for 10 months and the NSW Liberals have until next Thursday to comply

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Wild weather across three states – as it happened

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Ex-Lib ordered to fly in for Pesutto's defamation trial

A former Victorian Liberal MP-turned-educator in the UK must return to Australia to give evidence in a defamation trial brought against his former boss.

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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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