Liberal party
Latest news and views about Australia's Liberal party from the Guardian
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Party’s federal director tells parliamentary committee that rules should ‘capture all participants’ in democratic process
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One Nation is like a box of fine cigars, enjoyed only by a discerning few, while others reject them on the grounds of health and taste
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Mathias Cormann says there will be no other option if the Senate continues to block cuts to family tax benefts, paid parental leave and unemployment payments
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Rodney Culleton and Ian Nelson show concerns about deal are not limited to Nationals MPs and Barnaby Joyce
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Industry minister says he is more focused on policies that can help take votes away from Pauline Hanson’s party and the rest
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Former Liberal senator says Ross Cameron’s description of Liberal party as ‘gay club’ and Larry Pickering’s anti-Islamic comments are ‘own-goal’ for society
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Comments by Larry Pickering and Ross Cameron outrage gay rights activists, who say jokes about throwing homosexuals to their deaths are ‘not conceptual’
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New South Wales Liberal party distances itself from homophobic comments made at anti-Islamic event in Sydney
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Some of the largest donors to Australia’s two main political parties are wealthy individuals or businesses – they are companies set up by the parties themselves known as ‘associated entities’
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Scott Morrison taunts Labour about energy policy a day after Turnbull’s eviscerating speech about Bill Shorten. As it happened
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Greens criticise new bill it says gives immigration minister ‘extreme vetting’ powers to cancel visas of people based on place of birth, passport or religion
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Government releases details of a compromise on planned cuts to family tax benefits tied to the Coalition’s childcare package, costing another $688m
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In this in-depth interview Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to Cory Bernardi about how he feels about burning bridges in the liberal party, who is going to finance his new political party and what could have made him ‘stay in the tent’
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Malcolm Turnbull is facing a one-man existential crisis but the US will decide whether the political class is defeated or rises again
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Former Liberal senator says he does not appreciate being cited in ongoing skirmishes between Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull
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Malcolm Turnbull has endured an uncomfortable first day back in parliament after Cory Bernardi confirmed he was quitting the Liberal party
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Cory Bernardi tells the Senate he is ‘both reluctant and relieved’ to have made what he called the most difficult decision of his political life – to leave the Liberal party
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With Liberal senator Cory Bernardi seemingly set to split from the party, Nationals backbencher George Christensen says his party needs to reconnect with its base, which is ‘disgruntled to say the least’
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