Liberals set to relinquish record reign at NSW election NSW is on the verge of ending a record run of Liberal rule as voters begin casting their votes in the NSW state election. The New Daily · Mar 19, 2023
Albanese and Perrottet trade barbs as NSW prepares to pick its next government NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has slammed Anthony Albanese's criticism of the Liberals' signature Kids Future Fund as "out of touch" The New Daily · Mar 18, 2023
Premier Dominic Perrottet spurns federal Liberals’ involvement in NSW election campaign The sole Liberal leading a mainland state government won't rely on federal MPs as he campaigns to retain power in NSW The New Daily · Mar 11, 2023
NSW Liberals to seed $400 future accounts for children The NSW Liberals have officially launched their campaign for re-election with a promise to help young people create savings funds of up to $49,000. AAP · Mar 11, 2023
Grattan on Friday: Could Josh Frydenberg still have a path to the Liberal leadership? One of those closely watching the extraordinary legal face-off between independent Monique Ryan and her former high-profile staffer, Sally Rugg, will be Josh Frydenberg, who lost Kooyong to the “teal” at last year’s election. The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023
Liberals set female target for next SA poll The South Australian Liberals will seek to pre-select women to run in half of all seats at the next state election. AAP · Mar 6, 2023
Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton faces his moment of truth in Aston by-election You have to wonder if Opposition Leader Peter Dutton can take a trick. On Friday he ventured into the seat of Aston to begin campaigning. The New Daily · Feb 21, 2023
SA Liberals to oppose Indigenous voice to parly bill The South Australian opposition has criticised legislation to provide an Indigenous voice to state parliament and will opposed the bill. AAP · Feb 21, 2023
Ontario Liberals are down but far from out when it comes to ruling the province The last two elections have not been kind to the Ontario Liberals, constituting the party’s worst electoral performances since 1943. The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023
NSW Labor explains what it'll scrap if elected The Opposition said it would cut the troubled Transport Asset Holding Entity in a move that will save $10.2 billion over eight years. AAP · Feb 9, 2023
Denmark's defense minister takes sick leave after checkup Denmark’s defense minister has taken a leave of absence for an undetermined period of time after he felt unwell and went to a Copenhagen hospital for a medical checkup last week The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023
WA Liberals now have all-women leadership team Western Australia's Liberal Party now has an all-women leadership team with the election of Caroline Di Russo as state president. AAP · Feb 4, 2023
Clive Palmer's mining company tops political donations list with $116 million last financial year Mineralogy was the single biggest political donor last financial year, pouring $116 million into Queensland businessman Clive Palmer's United Australia Party. Both Labor and the Liberals each received more than $100 million in donations. ABC News · Feb 1, 2023
When it comes to finding Australia's future leaders, both the Liberals and Labor have a women problem: new study The Liberal Party’s recently published review of the 2022 federal election defeat does not mince words: the party has a problem with women. The Conversation · Jan 22, 2023
The Conversation · Dec 22, 2022 Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women.
The Conversation · Dec 14, 2022 Final Victorian election results: how would upper house look using the Senate system? At the November 26 Victorian election, Labor won 15 of the 40 upper house seats (down three since 2018), the Coalition 14 (up three), the Greens four (up three), Legalise Cannabis two (up two), the Liberal Democrats one (down one), Animal Justice one (steady), the Shooters one (steady), Labour DLP…
The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022 Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house There has been much more counting for the Victorian upper house since Saturday night, when under 30% had been counted in most of the eight regions. Five members are elected per region for a total of 40 seats, with the quota for each region at one-sixth of the vote or…
The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2022 ‘It’s a grey wash’: Liberals frustrated over preselections in NSW and Victoria MPs say candidates need to better represent the community, after Natalie Ward loses preselection battle
The New Daily · Nov 28, 2022 Paul Bongiorno: Media echo chambers added to Liberals losing touch with voters The Liberals and Nationals seem increasingly incapable of breaking with their losing ways, writes Paul Bongiorno.
ABC News · Nov 23, 2022 The Victorian Liberals say the state's debt is larger than any other state and larger than NSW, Queensland and Tasmania combined. Is that correct? Victoria's Shadow Treasurer David Davis and the Liberal Party say Victoria's debt is larger than Queensland, NSW and Tasmania combined. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers.
The Conversation · Nov 21, 2022 Victorian Liberals embarrassed by extremists within: how does this keep happening? By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2022 Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are ground zero in battle for Liberal party’s future Hawthorn and Kew seen as vital seats for the Victorian Liberals, still reeling from their federal election rout
The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022 View from The Hill: Without those 'lefties' the Liberals can't regain government A key issue for the Liberals’ election post-mortem that reports later this year – conveniently after the Victorian election – is how the party deals in future with the “teal” phenomenon.
The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022 Not again: Why another federal election may be on the horizon in Canada The recent selection of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader and Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will lead the Liberals into the next federal election has started a chain of events that will play out over the next 12 months.
AAP · Aug 5, 2022 'Lack of vision' led to Lib election loss The Liberals' youth wing has cited failures on integrity, climate and women in a submission to the party's review of its federal election defeat in May.