The Coalition are tearing each other apart, with Joe Hockey likening Wilson Tuckey to the “the crazy uncle at a family wedding” and Warren Truss turning on Turnbull, as the ETS divides the party room.
National Party 
Warren Truss: If only journos treated Labor as badly as the Nats
Journalists can deal in wish fulfilment all they like in their private lives, but it’s a different story when it comes to their responsibilities as journalists, writes Warren Truss, leader of the National Party.
The Coalition: subdivided on emissions trading
Contrary to the nonsense peddled by Kevin Rudd in Question Time yesterday, Malcolm Turnbull didn’t get rolled by his party room yesterday at all. In fact, he managed a compromise with all but Costello.
Nats don’t mind a rural rort, as long as it goes to their constituents
The collapse of Timbercorp and Great Southern is at least partly the consequence of the Howard Government’s attempts to regain control of agricultural managed investment schemes.
Tips and rumours: Archie the celebrity dolphin harrassed
LNP leadership … Archie the celebrity dolphin … No wonder “credible” journos are taking their jobs
Sacked NSW Nat frontbencher goes feral
If Andrew Stoner gave a press conference today suggesting that Andrew Fraser be marched out at dawn, blindfolded and shot — nobody would be surprised, writes Alex Mitchell.
Deconstructing Turnbull’s green near-miracle
Some of what Turnbull proposed won’t go down that well with the Nationals but he thinks he is on a winner with biochar, writes Bernard Keane.
Lawrence Springborg’s kooky rebranding exercise
Queensland LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has started talking up the possibility of former Minister Mal Brough running for a Labor held state seat. This is quite bizarre, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Crossing the floor for the environment
What is it with forestry in Australia? asks Lionel Elmore.
NSW Libs give Premier Rees a glimmer of hope
Before the ALP coffin is rolled into the furnaces there is a tiny sliver of hope for Premier Nathan Rees – the NSW division of the Liberal Party, writes Alex Mitchell.
Getting to know the Senate
Maiden speeches from our new Senators…
The Queensland merger
The Liberal-National merger is likely to be ratified by the Federal Liberal Party as early as this week, according to Liberal sources, writes Bernard Keane.
LNP: new name, same dribbling hicks and hacks
The weekend’s conservative merger in Queensland is a humiliating defeat for senior federal Liberals, writes Bernard Keane.
Mungo: We are witnessing the last days of the Nationals
In the early days of Federation a party to represent the special interests of the outback made sense, but now its days are clearly numbered, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Tips and rumours
Forget a love-in with Queensland Nationals, forget the warm and fuzzy leadership of Dr Nelson. Down in front of the student union office at Melbourne University today, the Young Liberals are back to core Liberal values. A sign is being displayed “End Poverty, Get a Job”.
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Between a Brough and a hard place
The Nationals were happy to sign up for a Liberal merger two years ago - is paranoia about Mal Brough the only thing standing in the way this time? Bernard Keane writes.
Lib/Nat merger: Santoro rises from the ashes to be really annoying
Brough’s proposal that Shane Stone come in as a compromise president for the new Liberal National Party was rejected by the Nationals because Stone was unacceptable to Liberal factional chief Santo Santoro. Remember him? writes Bernard Keane.
Storm clouds ahead as QLD Libs support Nats merger
The Queensland Liberal Party plebiscite may have been in favour of a merger with the Nationals, but there are a number of factors stacked against the marriage, writes Bernard Keane.
QLD Libs won’t applaud the Nats’ proposed constitution
The more Queensland Liberals look at the draft Liberal National Party constitution, the less likely they are to vote for it, writes Bernard Keane.
