This Month
Ignored warnings about fuel security have left Australia vulnerable
It’s not as though we haven’t been warned before – since in 2012 there have been warnings about the nation’s fuel reserves.
‘Needless secrecy’: Government resolves to be upfront over fuel crisis
National cabinet will meet next Monday to discuss the crisis, amid some internal frustration over the government’s tone and messaging to date.
Australians suffering because of Trump’s war, says Hastie
Given the conflict’s impact here, Andrew Hastie says voters should consider One Nation’s loyalty to the US president when considering a vote for Pauline Hanson.
Coal, gas, uranium can make Australia an ‘AI safe haven’, says Hastie
Coalition industry spokesman Andrew Hastie says Australia’s advantages in energy and land could make this country a secure place for data centres.
Andrew Hastie’s recipe for beating One Nation
The Liberal MP lamented that the “emotional vibe” of Australia was rapidly being shaped by anxiety, stress and loneliness.
Hastie sought own poll as suspicious MPs fretted over bullish research
Polling by Freshwater Strategy emboldened Peter Dutton to think he was winning, but MPs were less convinced, according to the Liberals’ secret election review.
February
PM taunts Coalition as Labor flirts with running in Farrer byelection
Anthony Albanese has spent two days in the NSW regional electorate poisoning the Coalition’s well before the forthcoming byelection.
Can Angus Taylor save the Liberals and stop the One Nation surge?
Phillip Coorey and Lidija Ivanovski on Angus Taylor’s big move, the One Nation threat and why this may not be the last leadership battle before the next election.
Hastie reveals his manufacturing agenda (and it’s not about cars)
Andrew Hastie has pushed back at assertions that his strong beliefs around boosting Australia’s industrial base require big government intervention.
Albanese v Taylor could be socialism versus capitalism
Angus Taylor must find a savvy way of communicating the case for economic orthodoxy to a voter base increasingly distrustful of mainstream economics.
It’s Timmy v Jimmy, with CGT the first battleground
Jim Chalmers and Tim Wilson both harbour leadership ambitions. Treasury will be their sparring ring, and both will be determined not to come off second best.
Out with the old: Taylor’s frontbench purge rewards backers
Angus Taylor has brought a conservative edge to the economy, manufacturing, industrial relations and immigration.
Taylor walks a tightrope on new immigration policy
Angus Taylor is urgently trying to establish himself as Liberal leader able to avoid the party’s extinction. But the pressure to produce hard policy is urgent.
The easy coup is over. Now for Angus Taylor’s impossible job
The new Liberal Party leader rose in an overwhelming vote against Sussan Ley. Will that be enough to arrest the party’s steep decline in public support?
Taylor is an old-school Liberal. But the rescue task is Herculean
While he has extensive experience, Angus Taylor is saddled with being a poor communicator and, like fellow Rhodes scholar Malcolm Turnbull, poor at politics.
The man who would be PM: Taylor’s defining moment arrives
From sheep farmer to Rhodes Scholar, Angus Taylor finally makes his move for the Liberal leadership, in a career defined by ambition and never far from controversy.
Ley and Hume clash but Taylor yet to make his case
Angus Taylor may be a reluctant conscript for a leadership battle this early in the year, but if he wants the job he can’t wait for someone to hand it to him.
Ley’s leadership hanging from wreckage of Liberal Party
Sussan Ley’s most dangerous enemies sat behind and beside her in question time on Monday. Her leadership now looks terminal.
Ley was handed a ‘smouldering wreck’. Could she have done any better?
The first woman to lead the Liberal Party at a federal level is widely expected to last days to weeks in the role.
Can either Ley or Taylor stop the Hanson express?
In November, one in four Gen X men supported One Nation. Two months later, it’s one in four of all voters.
