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Here is a statistic that tells you what a self-defeating funk the federal opposition is in. On Monday alone, as it wallowed in the crisis over energy policy, its parliamentarians indulged in more than 35 media appearances.

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

Liberal senator Jane Hume earlier described calls for the former prime minister to be removed as ambassador as a ‘little bit churlish’

The Liberals’ ability to find things to fight about among themselves has no bounds. Now they are squabbling over Kevin Rudd.

Liberal senator’s office clarified she was teasing her colleagues and not regional Australia more generally

Pressure is ramping up on the federal health minister as state and territories double down on claims he is walking back on a funding promise.

It says everything about the Liberals that the fracas over Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments about Indian immigrants became a proxy for the longer-term, debilitating battle over the party’s leadership and identity.

In their different ways, Liberal frontbenchers Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke are two bare-knuckle fighters.

A senior Liberal MP has called for a Senate colleague to apologise for controversial comments on Indian migration, which has prompted internal division.

As any leader of a political party knows, when you demote people they can become difficult, or worse.

The highest profile casualty of a new federal shadow cabinet is disappointed she was dumped from the leadership team but has vowed to fight on for the party.