There’s alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports Bernard Keane.
Nationals
Nationals behaving badly
There are a number of Liberals, from Queensland and elsewhere, who have been astonished at the behaviour of the Nationals in recent weeks, writes Bernard Keane.
How close did WA Nats come to falling in with Labor?
How close did the WA Nationals really come to an historic deal to keep Labor in government? asks Poll bludger William Bowe.
Merger I: Libs and Nats descend into complete chaos
The Queensland Liberals are self-destructing before our eyes following last night’s remarkable State Council meeting, with pro-merger forces set to leave the party and join the Nationals’ new venture, writes Bernard Keane.
Chaotic Nationals look set to lose Vaile’s seat
The National Party has a spectacular record of losing the seats once held by its federal leaders, writes Alex Mitchell.
Nationals gaze into the abyss
The last of the post-election leadership issues was settled yesterday, with Warren Truss elected unopposed as leader of the Nationals, and Senator Nigel Scullion as his deputy, writes Charles Richardson.
Queensland’s local problems threaten to go federal
By far the biggest political stoush in Queensland this year has been local government reform. The policy has created angst all over the state, from the rural West to Brisbane’s northerly neighbour Redcliffe, writes Mark Bahnisch.
