Factional politics
Labor MPs round on Joel Fitzgibbon as climate spat turns nasty
Labor MPs have lashed out at their colleague amid a bitter spat over climate policy, which threatens to further destabilise Anthony Albanese's leadership.
- by Rob Harris
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Joel Fitzgibbon
From breakfast TV to the backbench: What's driving Joel Fitzgibbon?
Joel Fitzgibbon spent 18 months as the Labor caucus' most polarising figure before he quit the shadow ministry on Tuesday.
- by Rob Harris
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Alex Hawke
'Appalling behaviour': PM's state Liberal representative lashed in open letter
Liberal powerbroker Alex Hawke has been accused of "appalling behaviour" against colleagues in an email widely sent to executive members and even a Labor MP.
- by Angus Thompson and Alexandra Smith
Liberals back down on koalas after Barilaro bluster
NSW government is planning to weaken its reforms and limit protections for koalas on privately-owned farmland in a big win for the Nationals party.
- by Mike Foley
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John Barilaro
'No end game, clear plan': NSW Nationals elder warns party has lost its way
One of the Nationals' longest serving MPs has spoken out about his concerns about the future of the parliamentary party.
- by Alexandra Smith and Deborah Snow
Liberals reach agreement with Nationals to end the koala war
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the Liberals had reached an in-principle agreement with the Nationals over the policy to be taken to cabinet next week.
- by Tom Rabe
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NSW
'John will be back, stronger than ever': Grassroots Nationals back Barilaro
More than 20 branches of the National Party have unanimously backed Deputy Premier John Barilaro's leadership.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Political donations
Nationals MP at centre of fresh koala policy controversy
Stephen Bromhead relayed concerns to the Planning Minister on behalf of property developers and Coalition donors connected to a major venture in Taree.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
'Trying to calm the farm': Coalition in talks to prevent Koala War II
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes is working to prevent a showdown in cabinet over the contested koala policy, with the acting Nationals leader Paul Toole initiating new discussions ahead of the debate.
- by Alexandra Smith
Senior Nationals asked news website to remove party-stacking article
Senior NSW Nationals intervened to block social media circulation of a Sydney Morning Herald article that questioned the eligibility of a party candidate to stand in the 2019 state elections and raised issues of branch stacking.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
State Parliament
'Battles recklessly played out in public': Why I quit the NSW Nats
One of the reasons I joined, was that it was not a party of ideology but rather of geography. Sadly, it feels like those days may be over.
- by Jessica Price-Purnell