Speakman’s hold on top job faces test amid push to split Coalition

Speakman’s hold on top job faces test amid push to split Coalition

NSW Liberal Party MPs will consider the future of the Coalition at a party room meeting on Tuesday after Nationals leader Dugald Saunders defied the opposition leader.

  • byMax Maddison andAlexandra Smith

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Albanese had to act on Payman,but doing so creates new headaches for Labor

Albanese had to act on Payman,but doing so creates new headaches for Labor

It was Fatima Payman’s third strike against caucus solidarity,but Labor is likely to face blow-back from Muslim Australians.

  • byJames Massola
‘I walked for humanity’:Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to recognise Palestine

‘I walked for humanity’:Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to recognise Palestine

Labor senator Fatima Payman has become the party’s first member to cross the floor in decades after she voted with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood in a vote on Tuesday.

  • byAngus Thompson
Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash

Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash

A survey shows voters strongly back using subsidies to help families install solar panels,amid a wider argument about whether to embrace nuclear or renewable energy.

  • byDavid Crowe
Albanese’s GST mauling of NSW Labor mates invites blood at federal poll

Albanese’s GST mauling of NSW Labor mates invites blood at federal poll

Its treatment of the Minns Labor government in the GST carve-up could be costly for the federal ALP in critical NSW seats.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network

Senator Tammy Tyrrell quits the Jacqui Lambie Network

The senator said she will become an independent after Lambie told her she should leave the party.

  • byRachel Clun
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Labor ‘distraught’ over Minns’ new teen bail laws:Byrne

Labor ‘distraught’ over Minns’ new teen bail laws:Byrne

Labor mayor and senior party figure Darcy Byrne says ALP members are furious at the premier’s proposed new laws to lock children up.

  • byAlexandra Smith andMax Maddison
Disunity but not deterred:Why Pesutto still wants to lead

Disunity but not deterred:Why Pesutto still wants to lead

John Pesutto’s quest to make the Victorian Liberals electable remains hostage to a bitter and intractable dispute with an exiled colleague.

  • byChip Le Grand
The ‘deputy PMs’:Claims Albanese’s powerful inner circle is shutting out ministers

The ‘deputy PMs’:Claims Albanese’s powerful inner circle is shutting out ministers

A government minister has complained to Anthony Albanese about the influence of senior public servants,while the power of Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher has continued to grow.

  • byJames Massola andShane Wright
Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism

Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism

From Labor in Power in 1993 to the just-wrapped Nemesis,the four series on eight Australian prime ministers is a monumental achievement,one only the ABC could or would do.

  • byNeil McMahon
Was Nemesis a well-wrought historical documentary or Real Housewives of Canberra?

Was Nemesis a well-wrought historical documentary or Real Housewives of Canberra?

The series set in concrete the reputations of each of the prime ministerial protagonists but added nuance and delicious detail.

  • byJacqueline Maley