Federal Liberal Party director Brian Loughnane and shadow cabinet minister Tony Abbott were spotted at one of Canberra’s premier eateries last night, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Federal Liberals keep their sorry secrets in the closet
Deciding on whether or not to support a national apology for the Stolen Generation is not getting any easier for the Liberal Party, reports Thomas Hunter.
The odd couple: Boris and Lynton
Former federal Liberal Party director Lynton Crosby this week formally joins the campaign team of the world’s favourite Tory, Boris Johnson, as he seeks to follow in the footsteps of Dick Whittington and become Lord Mayor of London, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
Matt Birney from the WA Liberals has recently quit politics for a “business” career. What people don’t know is he was stacked out by the northern alliance. They closed the preselection votes a couple of weeks ago, and Matt has found he has been stacked out, so he has jumped rather than been pushed.
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Liberal presidential power plays
Federal Liberal Party president Chris McDiven is under threat, stories that appear to be coming out of NSW say today. Now that the Liberals need to make themselves electable, they face significant challenges, writes Christian Kerr.
Abjorensen: When did Catholics take over the LIberal Party?
A Catholic was elected leader of the Federal Liberal Party last week, and no one noticed. How things have changed, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Climate change: Playb*y called it in 1980
The basic science on the cause and impacts of climate change hasn’t changed since the first IPCC report in 1990. In fact the language was clear and direct, compared with some of the later efforts, just ask Playboy, writes Maria Taylor.
Inside the Liberal bunker. CHQ if you like
My mission was to find out how the Liberal Party organizes its media machine during an election but I thought I was talking to a brevet major when media liaison officer Jim Bonner explained “I don’t know whether we’ll be making any comment about who’s who at CHQ”, writes Andrew Dodd.
Stone age revival fails in NT parliament
Imagine the surprise of Territory Legislative Assembly Speaker Jane Aagaard when Former Liberal Party President and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Shane Stone put it to her that he speak from the floor of the Assembly to a Condolence Motion this morning.
