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When Rupert Murdoch dies, it could plunge the Fox and News Corp empire into civil war

The fate of Rupert Murdoch’s businesses lies with his four feuding children and a contested family trust.

Fortune · Aug 3, 2025

Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects

Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides opposition

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025

‘Disgusting’ slogan apparently directed at Victorian premier seen at rally attended by Brad Battin and union boss

‘Ditch the bitch’ was emblazoned on a fire truck at a rally against the state’s new emergency services levy

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2025

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Grattan on Friday: how two once hot-button issues this week barely sparked media and political interest

Political and news cycles often work in a certain and predictable way. Issues flare like bushfires, then rage for weeks or even months, until they are finally extinguished by action or fade by being overtaken by the next big thing.

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2025

Morning Mail: ‘cruel joke’ of school tax perk, Trump praises Nato, Abbott spruiks Advance bequests

Albanese government urged to end incentivised donations to Australia’s richest private schools; pact chief flatters US president, calling him ‘daddy’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2025

Tony Abbott tells Advance supporters bequeathing money to rightwing group will ‘protect’ Australian values

New offshoot named Advance Generations endorsed by former PM as group calls welcome to country ceremonies a ‘tool to indoctrinate’ children

The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2025

‘Rambling rubbish’: inside the battle for the soul of the Liberal party in NSW

Increasingly, members want the federal intervention to end, with a return to the status quo or a streamlined committee of NSW figures put in charge

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2025

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Moderate Liberals say the party has a choice – be a far-right rump run by octogenarians or move to the centre

Alan Stockdale’s comments about ‘assertive women’ have thrust the battle for control of the NSW division back into the spotlight – and it’s not pretty viewing

The Guardian - AU · Jun 5, 2025

View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

The Conversation · May 21, 2025

Abortion pills to be easier to access after Greens bill passes in NSW despite opposition from Tony Abbott

Legislation brings state in line with others, as opposition leader says he refuses to cave to ‘Americanisation of NSW politics’ after grassroots campaign

The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025

'Regardless of postcode': abortion access laws debated

A bill to improve access to abortions in regional areas has triggered passionate reactions from conservative politicians and is expected to split major parties.

AAP · May 13, 2025

What is the new abortion bill in NSW – and why is Tony Abbott trying to stop it?

A proposal to improve access to abortion services could soon become law. So what’s in the bill – and why has it caused heated debate?

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2025

NSW Liberal MP Chris Rath Issues Apology After Comparing Abortion To Nazi Germany

Rath told parliament that “no person should have the power to determine what constitutes a valuable life” and past attempts had led to “some of the greatest atrocities known”.

Pedestrian.tv · May 9, 2025

Bid ensure abortion access reopens political rifts

Plans to ensure access to abortion and expand access to medical terminations have caused splits within major parties and a "insensitive" comparison to Nazis.

AAP · May 8, 2025

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The Conversation · May 6, 2025

The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese

Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale of the calamity suffered by the losers.

AAP · Apr 29, 2025

Helping or haunting, past PMs pop up on campaign trail

Some former prime ministers are helping their parties on the campaign trail, others are keeping a lower profile and one is not holding back on criticism.

The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025

Peter Dutton: a Liberal leader seeking to surf on the wave of outer suburbia

In searching for the “real” Peter Dutton, it is possible to end up frustrated because you have looked too hard.

The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025

Albanese has been a ‘proficient and lucky general’. But if he wins a second term, we are right to demand more

Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six prime ministers (the other is Scott Morrison), who has been permitted…

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The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025

Election Diary: a cost-of-living election where neither leader can tell you the price of eggs

The fourth election debate was the most idiosyncratic of the four head-to-head contests between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2025

Ten things we learned from Peter Dutton’s speech at the Liberal party campaign launch

In a marathon 50-minute on stage the opposition leader promised to stop the boats (again), foreshadowed a ‘significant’ defence investment and took a jab at Jim Chalmers. Here’s what you may have missed

AAP · Apr 13, 2025

Dutton looks to the past as he plans for the future

Surrounded by Liberal luminaries, Peter Dutton is hoping to follow their footsteps all the way to Kirribilli House as he vows to "get Australia back on track".

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2025

‘Ambitious’ or ‘pretentious’? The contested legacy of Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North

In 2018, it was announced that Richard Flanagan’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013) would be made into a “high-end drama series” by FremantleMedia. Jo Porter, Fremantle’s director of drama, called the novel “ripe for screen adaptation with huge visual potential and scale”. A…

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2025

Bennelong Liberal candidate declines to say whether Chinese celebrity endorsements complied with guidelines

A NSW Liberal spokesperson said the party ‘is continually assessing its compliance obligations in relation to disclosures’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2025

Coalition can’t cut 41,000 public service jobs in five years without breaking election promise, analysis shows

Majority of staff who leave each year have frontline jobs, meaning the Coalition will have to replace them or break its pledge

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2025

Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes

Peter Dutton has raised the white flag on his controversial attempt to force Canberra public servants back into the office, with the opposition now saying there will be no change in current arrangements.

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