March
- Exclusive
- Byelection
Dutton talks up hopes to win back teal seats
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says strong swings back to the Liberal Party in Dunkley booths that were at risk of going teal are a “great encouragement”.
- Phillip Coorey
January
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
‘They have decided to be a conservative, right-wing party’
Melbourne’s Goldstein electorate is a test of whether the Liberal Party can create a cohesive national strategy to defeat the teal independents.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
Kennett backs Millennial renewal for Liberals in Kooyong, Goldstein
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says the Liberal Party needs renewal, backing two young women in key seats ahead of the next federal election.
- Ronald Mizen
December 2023
- Opinion
- Leadership lessons
Albanese is running Australia like a low-energy state premier
Labor would be foolish to blame their poll slide solely on interest rates. Their problem is their model of governance belongs in the cheap-money era.
- Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski
Sargon’s Kingston bankrupted over $154m China financier debt
Phillip Kingston, founder of superannuation technology venture Sargon Capital, did not appear at a court hearing about money. He says he’s in Ukraine.
- Liam Walsh and Max Mason
September 2023
- Opinion
- Tax reform
Why politics is harder than it looks
Well-meaning reformers like the teals want to impose change over the heads of the people who will be affected by it the most.
- Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson
April 2023
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Super wreckers are at it again
Paul Keating on superannuation and housing; Liberal Party’s woes; immigration and wages; LNG exports; Chanticleer columnist Tony Boyd.
January 2023
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Reform is not just efficient, it’s the moral thing to do
Reform can only be sold to voters as the right and fair thing to do, not because it is coldly cost-effective.
- Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski
November 2022
Labor urged to curb negative gearing, CGT concessions
Andrew Wilkie says Labor could “win the argument” on curbing concessions for property investors this time because it has built up significant political capital.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Encouraging steps at the G20
Albanese, Biden and Xi Jinping’s talks in Bali; Coalition’s offshore wind initiative; Australia’s COP27 role; costs of logging; crypto regulation; RBA cash rate.
John Pesutto’s plan to save the Victorian Liberals
There are more than a few people who believe that John Pesutto could lead the Victorian Liberals out of the wilderness and back to the political centre, but first he has to win back his seat.
- Patrick Durkin
September 2022
- Opinion
- Satire
The Powerless List: once you are on it, it’s hard to get off
The Power List does not tell you that fame and influence are also revolving doors. Or is that sliding doors?
- Rowan Dean
June 2022
AEMO cool on offshore wind boom
Head of the Australian Energy Market Operator has tempered expectations about the role of offshore wind in the country’s energy mix, as Australia follows other parts of the world in ramping up the sector.
- Patrick Durkin
May 2022
These are the polling booths where most people voted ‘teal’
Teal candidates scored their biggest wins in the less affluent parts of the very wealthy electorates they contested.
- Michael Read
Defeated Liberal Tim Wilson: I’ll be a ‘constructive voice’ on climate
The former Liberal MP and assistant minister for energy and emissions told a climate conference he was “great”, despite losing his seat on Saturday.
- Tom McIlroy
The curse of the house economics committee
Of the five Liberal members it had when the election was called, all bar one were casualties.
- Myriam Robin
Liberals need to focus less on ‘fringe agendas’: Tim Wilson
The Coalition needed to focus less on ‘fringe’ issues, the outgoing Liberal MP said as he conceded defeat to ex-ABC journalist Zoe Daniel in Goldstein.
- Campbell Kwan
Election 2022: denial is an ugly thing
Wherever you looked, torrents of illogic spewed forth on election night.
- Joe Aston
Superannuation behemoth swallows Wilson’s policy dreams
In a week, Tim Wilson went from setting Scott Morrison’s campaign priorities to losing his seat and his government.
- Myriam Robin
Pandemic politics, demographics blamed for Liberal wipeout
Pandemic politics and shifting demographics were blamed for an almost total wipeout of Liberals across suburban Melbourne, which means Victoria’s 12 Coalition MPs could be cut in half.
- Patrick Durkin
