This Month
Labor MP Peta Murphy dies after cancer fight
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was emotional as he confirmed that the Dunkley MP died at home at age 50.
- Tom McIlroy
July
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Dear Albo, here’s why Fadden shows your honeymoon is over
Young voters deserted Labor in the Fadden byelection and renters turned on the Greens. Tarting up the result as anything other than trouble for the Albanese government is a mistake.
- John Black
Labor admits to Qld problem after Fadden defeat
The Albanese government has conceded it has a Queensland quandary after the Liberal National Party scored a solid byelection victory, including winning back many of the voters it lost at the federal election.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Jim Chalmers
Fadden highlights Albanese’s Queensland dilemma
Labor’s claim that Fadden was a poor result for the Coalition was like the Poms claiming they really won the first two Ashes Tests.
- Phillip Coorey
Morale boost for Dutton as Libs win Fadden
Peter Dutton and the Coalition have secured a solid victory in the byelection for the Gold Coast seat of Fadden, providing a sorely-needed morale boost.
- Phillip Coorey
Polls close in telling Fadden byelection
The federal Coalition is eyeing a much-needed byelection win as polling closes in the Queensland seat of Fadden.
- Updated
- Rachael Ward and Duncan Murray
Byelection a cost of living test for Labor
Cost of living issues are biting even in the mostly wealthy federal seat of Fadden, ahead of Saturday’s by-election. The LNP wants voters to blame the Albanese government.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The Voice risks becoming a lightning rod for broader discontent
The conundrum for Anthony Albanese is that the more he talks about the Voice, the crankier a large demographic of voters becomes. At the same time, it is not in his political interest for it to fail. Far from it.
- Phillip Coorey
Byelection is about Albo, not robo-debt: Dutton
Royal commission findings against Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert will be trumped by cost of living pain, the Opposition Leader says.
- Tom McIlroy
June
Fadden byelection a chance to protest the Voice: Dutton
Anthony Albanese has urged the voters of Fadden to consider the chequered history of departed minister Stuart Robert at next month’s byelection.
- Phillip Coorey
May
Labor hesitant to contest Fadden byelection
Labor’s hierarchy feels the Fadden byelection threatens to be a distraction in the build-up to the all-important national conference.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton to face second byelection test as Robert formally quits
Stuart Robert officially resigned from parliament on Thursday, after criticism from Labor over his decision not to attend budget week sittings.
- Tom McIlroy
This is not Aston: Libs confident of holding Fadden
The Liberal Party is confident the factors behind its recent shock byelection loss will not be present in the Gold Coast seat.
- Phillip Coorey
April
Liberals bank on homeownership to fix ‘broken’ party
Liberal MP Keith Wolahan says boosting home ownership is the pathway back to government, as it is traditionally tied to a conservative vote.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Opinion
Liberal renewal should start with embracing the migrant dream
Over the long term, Australia will be ill-served by having just one party monopolising the support of ethnic minorities.
- Shamit Saggar
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Super wreckers are at it again
Paul Keating on superannuation and housing; Liberal Party’s woes; immigration and wages; LNG exports; Chanticleer columnist Tony Boyd.
Albanese cautions against getting ‘carried away’ as Liberals flounder
Anthony Albanese has cautioned against tax changes that Labor doesn’t have a mandate for as his opponents founder after the Aston byelection.
- Phillip Coorey
EV road trips could face delays this Easter
Electric car road trips this Easter could be a repeat of Christmas, with queues expected at charging stations; SA Premier Peter Malinauskas said the AUKUS subs represent the state’s greatest economic opportunity ever. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Georgie Moore and Campbell Kwan
Liberals reel after crushing Aston loss
As crestfallen Liberals raked through the ashes of the first loss of an Opposition seat to a government in a federal byelection since 1920, Peter Dutton showed little sign of changing tack.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Peter Dutton
Dutton’s suburban dream becomes a Liberal nightmare
An impending byelection in Scott Morrison’s suburban seat of Cook could make or break Peter Dutton’s leadership.
- Phillip Coorey
