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'Thoughtless offending' blamed for Liberal poll rout

The Liberal Party alienated immigrants, young people and women during its calamitous 2025 election campaign, which a review describes as its worst in history.

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Labor down in Newspoll and Redbridge polls, with One Nation still in a clear second position

New federal polls from Newspoll and Redbridge have Labor’s primary vote dropping, with One Nation seven or nine points ahead of the Coalition in second place.

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'So-called children': Liberals' attack over IS brides

The coalition has hardened its stance on Australian families linked to Islamic state, labelling children in a Syrian refugee camp "ISIS sympathisers".

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'Absolute dream': candidate's hope for sex abuse reform

As politicians prepare for a hotly contested federal by-election, an independent reveals her hope for big reforms to protect child sexual abuse survivors.

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Betrayal: Liberals bury review into election disaster

The Liberal Party will not publicly release a long-awaited review into its deplorable 2025 election campaign, which one of its authors described as horrifying.

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View from The Hill: Ley formally resigns, tells Taylor it’s ‘vital’ he holds Farrer

Deposed Liberal leader Sussan Ley formally resigned from parliament on Friday – and sent a blunt challenge to her successor, Angus Taylor, in her farewell statement.

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Ley delivers parting shot as hotly contested seat opens

Ousted Liberal leader Sussan Ley has fired a shot at her successor, welcoming the "immediate re-adoption" of her policies as the battle for her old seat begins.

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2 of 3 new federal polls have the Coalition gaining from One Nation, but Labor clearly ahead

The Morgan and YouGov federal polls have the Coalition gaining from One Nation since Angus Taylor replaced Sussan Ley as Liberal leader. Unlike the DemosAU and Fox & Hedgehog polls that I reported Tuesday, these two polls have Labor clearly ahead of the Coalition and One Nation after preferences.

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Two new federal polls have One Nation gaining on Labor

Two new federal polls by DemosAU and Fox & Hedgehog have the combined primary vote for Labor and the Greens dropping as One Nation continues to surge. There’s no sign of a boost for the Coalition from Angus Taylor replacing Sussan Ley.

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Government announces review of triple zero laws – as it happened

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Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?

This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Liberal Deputy Jane Hume on why she wants a woman contesting every seat

After a coup by the Liberals’ conservative faction, the party has dumped its first female leader Sussan Ley, who had dire polling, in favour of Angus Taylor.

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Coalition wins 'reset' but first real test looms large

Angus Taylor has waived a six-week suspension for the Nationals, signalling a fresh start for the coalition after two messy splits.

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No quick fix for overhauled Liberal immigration plan

The coalition's plan to curb Australia's migrant intake will be formally costed before its public release, delaying the exact details of its immigration policy.

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View from The Hill: Angus Taylor appoints Tim Wilson as part of a new-look Liberal economic team

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has appointed Tim Wilson, the only Liberal to win back a “teal” seat last year, to go head-to-head as shadow treasurer against the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers.

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How a hardline ‘Trump-style’ Liberal immigration policy to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia was developed

Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the plan

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Afternoon Update: new Coalition frontbench revealed; ‘systemic’ racism at universities; and stories of Heath Ledger on set

Angus Taylor has named his new lineup with Tim Wilson among the winners after Sussan Ley was deposed as leader of the Liberal party

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Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned

Liberal leader also promotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie to shadow cabinet

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Labor approves 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums – as it happened

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Liberal leader's unity call as allies rule front bench

Prominent conservatives will return to the front bench as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor unveils his first shadow cabinet.

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Moderate Liberals warn Angus Taylor against adopting Trump-style immigration policies

Paul Scarr, the shadow immigration minister under Sussan Ley, and South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan expressed concern

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Afternoon Update: Liberals’ leaked immigration plan; Bondi accused appears in court; and how to grieve a pet

Migrants from specific regions of 13 countries would be banned according to the policy designed before Sussan Ley was ousted as party leader on Friday

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Libs and Nats to battle it out in by-election test

The two coalition allies plan to run separate candidates in a by-election triggered by the political knifing of Sussan Ley.

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Want to know what’s really going on in Australian politics? A four-way tussle in Farrer may tell us

Sussan Ley has announced that, after a fortnight’s farewell tour, she will step down as the member for Farrer.

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Ley’s shadow immigration minister ‘never agreed’ to unreleased Liberal plan to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia

Angus Taylor says the hardline policy document designed under Sussan Ley has ‘no validity’ but hints he will toughen policy

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