This Month
Ron Walker’s mansion clearance sale ‘as good as it gets’
The auction of the former F1 boss’s Huntington home items had a low estimate of $93,000, but drew unparalleled interest and a bidding frenzy that totalled $419,250.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
John Howard cans Christmas drinks
It’s a poor season for Christmas cheer in Sydney. Particularly in its more conservative circles.
- Myriam Robin
The prime minister needs his mojo back
Voters want their prime minister to be of them, not like them. At the moment, they feel he is neither.
- Phillip Coorey
- Investigation
- Greens
Libs and Labor should put the Greens last over antisemitism
Australia’s elites in business, the media, and our cultural institutions have for too long humoured the Greens. It’s time for that to stop.
- John Roskam
Talk builds about Frydenberg political return
Josh Frydenberg and his supporters have commissioned a poll of voters in his former seat of Kooyong, fuelling speculation about his return to federal politics.
- John Kehoe
November
Actually, I’m more western suburbs than Bondi: Sharma’s new pitch
Former eastern Sydney suburbs MP turned newest NSW Senator Dave Sharma says the Coalition needs to look beyond teal-flavoured seats to win the next election.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Dave Sharma picked to replace Marise Payne in Senate
Mr Sharma’s selection is a victory for the party’s moderate faction, which enjoys strong support in the NSW branch, but illustrates a structural issue for the Liberal Party.
- Ronald Mizen
Can Liberals change? NSW preselection puts party to a test
Former MPs Andrew Constance, Dave Sharma and Zed Seselja are vying for another shot at office. But a field of fresh contenders is throwing up stiff competition.
- Samantha Hutchinson
BCA boss backs rival to Dutton’s pick for Liberal Senate spot
Bran Black, the former chief of staff to NSW ex-premier Dominic Perrottet, said his onetime colleague has an “inexhaustible work ethic”.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Analysis
Liberal Party is tired of Crosby Textor politics
A report into this year’s NSW election loss concludes the party needs to adapt to younger voters and drop campaign approaches from the Howard era.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- NSW Election
‘Complacency, leaking, infighting’: Libs blasted in election probe
As Liberals plot a path out of opposition and wall-to-wall red governments, a review of planning for the March NSW election said officials put factional power games ahead of victory.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Exclusive
- Political donations
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The event is illustrative of the opaque world of “policy forums” used by political parties to sell corporate Australia privileged access to key politicians.
- Ronald Mizen
Veteran MP Russell Broadbent quits the Libs
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton thanked Mr Broadbent for his service but called the decision “regrettable”.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Senator Bragg really, really wants attention
The Liberal backbencher is eager for promotion. But as an inner-city man in a party focused on suburban and rural voters, he is struggling.
- Aaron Patrick
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On Israel, ex-PMs reveal what they really believe in
The position of seven former prime ministers on the war is a sign of where each stands compared to the parties they led.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Culture wars
The right is out of love with capitalism
Prosperity is taken for granted and freedom is an optional extra. Conservatives are looking for a new sales pitch, and it’s not Adam Smith.
- John Roskam
October
- Analysis
- LNP
Why leading Liberals have descended on London this week
Three ex-PMs, two ex-deputy PMs and dozens more from the centre-right of Australian politics are helping inaugurate a new think-tank-style body.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Major parties, teals squabble over NSW redistribution
The major parties and teal independents are at loggerheads over a pre-election redistribution of federal electorates in NSW that could help decide the outcome of the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
Coalition edges out Labor amid Voice fallout
A new Roy Morgan poll has Peter Dutton’s Coalition leading the Albanese government for the first time since the 2022 election.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Vote yes for an aspirational Australian nation
The Voice referendum has once again shown traditional political parties unmoored from the electorate. That is a problem for our prosperity.
- The AFR View
