The latest BRW Rich List is out and Malcolm Turnbull has made the cut. Liberal MPs are usually three times wealthier than other MPs, worth on average $4.9 million each.
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The inside story on Fraser’s
resignation
Both Tony Abbott and former staffer David Kemp appealed to Malcolm Fraser not to leave the Liberal Party, reveals his biographer Margaret Simons.
Malcolm Fraser quits the Liberal Party
Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has resigned from the party, saying he no longer supports the way the Coalition is operating.
The non-liberal Liberal party: isn’t it ironic?
It’s a rich world of irony in Australia’s political world, from the Labor Party who tries to end union power to a conservative party called the Liberals. Bill Collopy investigates our political language.
Here come the towelheads
The Coalition’s coordinated campaign to exploit xenophobia has hit its stride, with Cory Bernardi calling to “ban the burqa” and a new asylum seeker attack ad.
Why Turnbull is back on Abbott’s Battlelines
Tony Abbott is preparing for a battle, and he needs a General, says Derek Barry. His plans for war are all laid out in Battlelines, and you can see where Malcolm Turnbull fits it.
Essential: Shelved ETS divides, Rudd fails to conquer
Voters are split on whether the Federal Government’s move to dump the Emissions Trading Scheme before the next election was a good decision, with support for Kevin Rudd collapsing.
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The new Liberal Senate deputy leader is…
Eric Abetz has the Liberal Senate leadership sewn up, but it’s a three way race for the deputy position. Jim Richardson has the inside goss that George Brandis will beat out Mathias Cormann and Ian McDonald.
Joye: My advice to Malcolm
“Interested observer” Christopher Joye weighs in on Malcolm Turnbull’s non-retirement. Turnbull 2.0 won’t be the rollercoaster ride as before, but he needs to assimilate himself back into the party.
Grattan: Turnbull still wants to be boss
Malcolm Turnbull did a neat little backflip and announced he won’t be retiring at the next election. Why? Because Turnbull still harbors dreams of being PM. And he can do it, writes Michelle Grattan.
Abbott’s crass populism will have many casualties
Tony Abbott is replacing Liberal values with crass right-wing populism. Abbott’s Liberals increasingly resemble Tea Partiers, albeit without the brains.
Inside the Liberal Senators infighting
Eric Abetz is expected to be named as Nick Minchin’s replacement as Senate leader, but fighting has broken out over the deputy position. Will the conservative Mathias Cormann beat the moderate George Brandis? asks Latika Bourke.
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Liberal infighting breaks out
A power struggle has broken out between federal Liberal director Brian Loughnane and his deputy James McGrath, threatening the party’s critical marginal seat strategy for the upcoming election.
Albrechtsen: Only Malcolm can save us
Realistically, Malcolm Turnbull is the Liberal Party’s best chance of keeping the now marginal seat of Wentworth. He should bust out the Dame Nellie Melba option, says Janet Albrechtsen.
Who benefits from Turnbull remaining in politics? His party, and the rest of us.
Malcolm Turnbull is likely to reverse his decision to retire from politics, and stand again in Wentworth this year. That decision would be a direct boost to the quality of Australian public life.
Milne: Who is the next heir to the Liberal throne?
The Liberal Party isn’t convinced Joe Hockey has what it takes to be Tony Abbott’s heir apparent. So who else has it got? asks Glenn Milne: Pyne? Dutton?
rumour Will Turnbull stay?
Rumblings from the halls of Parliament are that the Liberal Party is desperate to hang on to Malcolm Turnbull (and his seat of Wentworth), and he may yet be convinced to reverse his decision to retire from Federal Parliament.
Why Malcolm has to stay
Senior Liberals are very concerned about being able to retain Wentworth without Malcolm Turnbull. Bernard Keane offers his five reason why Turnbull needs to immediately reconsider his decision to retire.
LNP expels Young Lib for ‘monkey’ slur
UPDATED: Nick Sowden — the Young Liberal who embarrassed his party with a stream of racist slurs on Twitter — has been expelled from the party, Crikey has learned.
Where Turnbull went wrong
It wasn’t Utegate or the ETS that destroyed Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership chances and brought upon his political demise. It’s the fact that Turnbull never cared about the Liberal Party, he just cared for himself.
Shanahan: Hockey, put the baby down and get back to the office
Joe Hockey is spending too much time hanging at home with the kids and not enough time being a rash on the media, pushing Coalition policies. Is he too soft to be capable? asks Dennis Shanahan.
Farewell to the Libs green credentials
I fear that without Malcolm Turnbull the Liberals will be stuck for longer in the far right and anti-environmental groove John Howard created for them, even if he argued for a rarely useless policy, writes Tim Hollo.
RIP Malcolm
Daily media wrap: Former Coalition leader Malcolm Turnbull finally announced his retirement from federal politics yesterday, turning today’s political op-ed pages into proxy obituary sections, as the nation’s pundits lament death of at dazzling career that never was.
Turnbull departs: but where is the party heading?
Malcolm Turnbull was the only senior Liberal who could have created an ideological path forward for his party. His departure leaves it in a mess.
“Indecent” SA Libs tear themselves asunder
Three deputy leaders of the South Australian Liberal Party in three weeks, and just 200 weeks to go until the next State election. Hendrick Gout examines the fallout.
