The shortage of Liberal women in parliament is one of the great unnoted stories following the last election, writes Stephen Luntz.
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Turnbull walks the path of Opposition Leaders past
One of the toughest walks in Parliament House is from the Opposition Leader’s office out to the “Opposition Leader’s Courtyard”, writes Bernard Keane.
The endless search for the Liberal Party Messiah
The Liberals never disappoint. They lose government and they search desperately, often in the most unlikely places, for a Messiah. It happens every time, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Costello’s mission to destroy the Liberal Party
We’re witnessing one of the lowest, most selfish and spiteful acts of political bastardry in many a year, writes Bernard Keane.
Mafia scandal should make O’Farrell and Turnbull very nervous …
And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, it now seems the Federal Police have been investigating links between the Liberal Party organisation and a local franchise of the Calabrian mafia, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Turnbull is just a bad poll from implosion
Turnbull’s leadership could implode very quickly if there are any further polling reverses, writes Bernard Keane.
Business donations crossed the floor in 2007
The 2007-08 political donations data shows a massive surge in business donations to the ALP prior to the 2007 election, compared to prior to the 2004 election, writes Bernard Keane.
Labor’s membership crisis — they’re not the only ones
The malaise in our political parties has underlying social causes that neither of them is yet willing to face up to, writes Charles Richardson.
The Costello retirement saga, part XXIV
If Costello disappears from the scene altogether, his supporters will find their lack of a unifying theme all the more debilitating, writes Charles Richardson.
UK Labour weighs up leadership change
Political parties are becoming less tolerant of their leaders writes Charles Richardson.
Turnbull’s front bench: clash of the chihuahuas
When it comes to female ministerial representation, the conservative side has lifted its game. 7 of Labor’s 30 ministers are women, compared to 7 of 32 on the Coalition side, writes Bernard Keane.
The saga of filling Malcolm Turnbull’s front bench
The new frontbench will have a very thin look about it. Turnbull will have to make the most effective use of limited resources, writes Bernard Keane.
Competent WA bureaucracy makes former ministry look competant
The announcement of the new Liberal Ministry yesterday concluded the most spectacular period in Western Australian politics in recent history, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.
Leadership II: Turnbull lovers can wait
There’s no counting of numbers or lobbying today, which suggests there’ll be no action initiated by Turnbull next week, writes Bernard Keane.
Transition or challenge, either way, bye bye Nelson
Turnbull might reflect — in fact it would be strange if he hadn’t already — that the winners of Australian politics are those who let nothing get in the way of their ambitions, writes Bernard Keane.
Malcolm Turnbull — time to go for the full Nelson
Malcolm Turnbull needs to move quickly – next week, preferably – to take the Liberal leadership and get conservative politics out of this leadership absurdity, write Bernard Keane.
Minchin’s Liberals forget the Senate rules
Nick Minchin, in what appears an appalling knowledge of precedent and tradition, last week convinced his colleagues not to offer a candidate for the position of Senate President, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.
Marking the Costello legacy: average to poor
Peter Costello was an aordinary treasurer and his legacy has been soured by inflation and weakenning economic growth, writes Stephen Koukoulas.
WA Labor’s reactionary smoking gun
Public policy is still run in Western Australia by obscene and ostentatious greed, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.
Woodside’s $25,000 to WA Liberals condenses
WA Liberals have brought home the bacon for Woodside, writes Bernard Keane.
Labor ‘cr-pping itself” over WA polling
Expectations that Alan Carpenter’s government will be comfortably returned in Western Australia are dying hard, writes Poll Bludger.
Nats and Libs in merger fever
After 16 months on the backbench, Lawrence Springborg is back in charge of the Queensland Nats and his merger crusade seems unstoppable, writes Alex Mitchell.
Political donations: the bald figures
Summary of all Party Returns and much more.
