As Angus Taylor articulates his first clear challenge to One Nation, Liberals are hoping Pauline Hanson’s most paranoid senator will help reframe her party’s appeal.
A group of Andrew Hastie supporters see countering One Nation and borrowing Winston Churchill’s military strategy as the path into the Liberal Party leadership.
As NSW Labor votes for far-reaching changes to poker machines, a $5.3 billion NRL licensing deal shows how Albanese’s gambling reforms allow companies to shift to profits from streaming.
Indian students studying in Australia are riveted to politics in their home country, as the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party threatens a reckoning with the ruling class.
Labor member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain has risen rapidly through party ranks and senior figures see her as the model of an effective foil in the regional seats most vulnerable to the far right.
Liberal insiders give eye-witness accounts of the far-right’s takeover of a key seat, in a move emblematic of the national shift, with members declaring One Nation values are Liberal values.
The Albanese government’s use of exceptionally broad non-disclosure agreements is at odds with a commitment to transparency and prevents consultation within organisations.
Insiders concede surprise at the force of the backlash against the government’s tax package but dismiss suggestions the late reversals are a retreat from the principles of reform.
