National affairs
21 August 2018
The reckoning has arrived for a party — and its Coalition partner — long riven by cultural fixations
National affairs
21 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull has survived a spill, but the rebels won’t leave it there
National affairs
20 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s predicament reflects the crisis of modern conservatism
National affairs
20 August 2018
Has the Liberal Party passed the point of no return?
National affairs
19 July 2018
Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July
National affairs
3 July 2018
Viewed warmly on both sides of politics and in the media, the finance minister is playing a vital role for the government
National affairs
18 June 2018
A Supreme Court decision on the Victorian branch’s finances has national implications — and not just for the party
National affairs
18 June 2018
The weekend’s call to privatise the ABC wouldn’t have impressed the founder of the party
National affairs
18 June 2018
The Liberal Party’s national council has just made the government’s job that little bit harder
National affairs
5 April 2018
The former treasurer rode a worldwide economic boom to fame; now there are calls for his return to parliament
National affairs
5 April 2018
Party hardheads know that a change of leader would be a disaster. That leaves only one alternative
National affairs
26 February 2018
The Liberals are ahead in the polls, but the state’s electoral system could create a chance for the opposition
National affairs
23 February 2018
Over almost a century, relations between the two major non-Labor parties haven’t always been smooth
National affairs
17 February 2018
The week’s events raise the age-old mystery: exactly what is this strange beast?
National affairs
16 February 2018
A looming court case is further evidence of a deep divide within a once-powerful election-winning machine
National affairs
21 December 2017
The Coalition has weathered periods of disunity before, but this time there’s the added problem of ructions within the National Party
National affairs
15 December 2017
Political year in review | A lack of state or federal leadership coups made for an unusual year in Australian politics. And the strangeness didn’t end there
National affairs
11 December 2017
Bad luck has played a part, but that doesn’t explain why the PM has had such a bad year
National affairs
1 November 2017
Australia’s offshore detention system hasn’t just been devastating for its victims, it’s also been bad for the Coalition and Labor
National affairs
28 July 2017
Conservative Catholics left Labor in the mid 1950s – and we now know they were bound for the Liberal Party
National affairs
21 July 2017
A quiet tête-à-tête won’t resolve the passions at work in the saga of the vanquished leader
National affairs
29 June 2017
Is it business as usual within the party, or are the Liberals heading for a showdown?
National affairs
23 June 2017
What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
National affairs
21 June 2017
It would be a mistake not to take Peter Dutton MP seriously
National affairs
15 May 2017
With Labor implacably opposed, the Greens must play a positive role in the Senate
National affairs
4 May 2017
It’s day nine of a classic News Corp–Coalition culture-war crusade
National affairs
3 May 2017
And how much did Labor’s “Mediscare” campaign narrow the margin? The Australian Electoral Study has its answers
National affairs
19 April 2017
Leaders turned wreckers have played a notorious role in Australian politics. Tony Abbott seems determined to continue the tradition, regardless of the growing anger among his…
National affairs
7 April 2017
While the Liberals deal with a series of setbacks, their Coalition partner is facing challenges of its own
National affairs
31 March 2017
Who will lead the government to near-certain defeat at the next federal election?