Liberals’ only identity crisis is a self-made one
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Liberals’ only identity crisis is a self-made one

Peter Dutton and his party’s problem is that they keep blaming everyone else for their failure.

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Here’s a map of misery in the Liberal heartland

Here’s a map of misery in the Liberal heartland

The Liberal Party hoped its fortunes would recover with the removal of the Scott Morrison factor. They haven’t. The party’s problem now is demography.

  • byGeorge Megalogenis
Albanese cabinet to decide if Morrison will be censured over damning secret ministry report

Albanese cabinet to decide if Morrison will be censured over damning secret ministry report

The former PM has defended his decisions to take on multiple portfolios,saying they were taken during an extremely challenging period.

  • byJames Massola
Judge’s inquiry into Morrison due Friday as Frydenberg,Andrews condemn secret ministries

Judge’s inquiry into Morrison due Friday as Frydenberg,Andrews condemn secret ministries

In his first public comments on the secret ministries’ saga,former treasurer Josh Frydenberg condemned Scott Morrison’s actions as an “extreme overreach”.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘Extreme overreach’:Frydenberg felt betrayed by Morrison’s secret appointment

‘Extreme overreach’:Frydenberg felt betrayed by Morrison’s secret appointment

Scott Morrison began in politics with few friends and ended with even fewer. In an extract from Niki Savva’s new book,Bulldozed,those who were once closest to the former prime minister speak about feeling used and deceived.

  • byNiki Savva
How Scott Morrison wrecked the Liberal Party
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Wipeout

How Scott Morrison wrecked the Liberal Party

The former prime minister played a central role in his own downfall. Here is how his government unravelled.

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Floods result of decades of political climate inaction
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Letters

Floods result of decades of political climate inaction

Surely country and regional people will now realise the disaster of a near decade of neglect on climate action and hold the federal coalition to account.

Coalition must learn from its electoral wipeout

Coalition must learn from its electoral wipeout

If the Coalition opposition does not learn the lessons of defeat it will be a very long road back to government.

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Listen:What led to Scott Morrison’s wipeout?

Listen:What led to Scott Morrison’s wipeout?

From bushfires to COVID,then-prime minister Scott Morrison helmed the Coalition’s third term through an extraordinary time in history. But it all fell apart.

Hawthorn Greens candidate hopes political cycle will suit him

Hawthorn Greens candidate hopes political cycle will suit him

In May’s federal poll for this area,the Greens’ vote fell by 15 percentage points. The party’s young cycle-riding candidate hopes he can avoid a similar fate.

  • byClay Lucas
Power companies can afford to share the pain of energy crisis
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Energy

Power companies can afford to share the pain of energy crisis

Energy Minister Chris Bowen intends to take a much greater role in setting prices on the gas and electricity markets.

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