Disunity is indeed death, but at the moment that might be a cover for the fact that the Liberals have their own problems cutting through, writes Bernard Keane.
National Party
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”. Regarding Friday’s tip concerning Big W’s plasma TV let-down. Maybe you should […]
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.
Nats up for conquest, not suicide
The ongoing drama over a Liberal-National Party merger reveals a great deal about the relationship between the two parties and the fundamental nature of the Nationals, writes Charles Richardson.
Showtime for Truss and the Nats in Gippsland
It’s showtime for Warren Truss, the invisible man of Federal political leadership. Now he and his party face a massive test in Gippsland, writes Bernard Keane.
Springborg – The Borg – returns, this time as farce
Lawrence Springborg has taken the extraordinary step of shovelling dirt into the Nationals’ grave, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Queensland Nats: this unity thing is about saving our bacon
The “United Conservative Party” debate being played out in Queensland has little to do with unity. It’s more more to do with desperation according to insiders, writes Mark Bahnisch.
