Politics

The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis and a snap election likely to be called as the premier clings to plans for a stadium that will bankrupt the state.

The PM’s reunification of the super-ministry reverses a move that critics say made it more accountable, and is a boon for the leadership ambitions of Tony Burke.

The attacks on Labor’s proposed superannuation tax reform have exposed inconsistencies in the progressive agendas of the independents.

Despite claiming successes against the Greens, right-wing lobby group Advance shifted very few votes and contributed to the Liberal Party’s massive loss.

EXCLUSIVE: The leader of the opposition has reunited the Coalition in her first weeks and now sets about the mammoth task of reconnecting to the electorate.

The Nationals staked their political future on four policy positions, in what looks increasingly like a messy and misguided coup.

Liberal MPs reveal how the former prime minister and his close confidante have been at the centre of a string of disastrous decisions that led to the party’s stunning election loss and the collapse of the Coalition.

Larissa Waters won the Greens leadership without a formal vote, with party sources emphasising she will represent a reset from the party’s obstructionist image.

Labor’s new ministry is the result of a months-old factional deal to appease the Victorian Right – although the prime minister ‘signed off’ on the controversial sackings.

With Anthony Albanese’s landslide election victory comes enormous opportunity – for bold tax reform, a transition to renewables, and greater transparency and integrity.