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Alan Kohler: The Liberal Party is a retirement village for male baby boomers

The Liberal Party is not only seen as having no answer, it’s seen as part of the problem, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily

Liberals urge government to reverse APS Australia Day rule

Jane Hume accused the government of telling APS employees Australia Day does not matter after they revoked restrictions on public servants working on January 26.

The Canberra Times

Michael Pascoe: Liberal Party unable to be honest with itself, let alone the nation

“If you can’t be honest with yourself, you can’t be honest with anyone.” That little homily is playing out for the federal Liberal Party.

The New Daily

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Liberals' election post-mortem blames COVID-19, scandals and faction warlords for loss

An internal Liberal Party review of the Coalition's devastating election defeat finds Scott Morrison was a decisive factor in the result, and recommends an overhaul of the party organisation to end factional infighting and improve candidate preselections.

ABC News

Liberal party review of election loss finds 50% of candidates and new MPs should be women

Review recommends setting a target for greater female representation but not a binding quota

The Guardian - AU

The Australian Sausage Party, Sorry, The Aus Liberal Party Still Won’t Back Gender Quotas

Enjoy opposition for the next two decades, lol.

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Elder in David Littleproud's electorate rebukes Nationals over opposition to Voice to Parliament

Gunggari elder Lynette Nixon, who lives in western Queensland, joins a chorus of calls for the National Party to review its opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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Why Was This Victorian Election So Spectacularly Shithouse For The Liberals? Yr 3-Min Explainer

The state election delivered a stunningly bad result for the Victorian Liberals, which picked up its lowest primary vote share in 70 years.

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Federal Liberals say Coalition must lure back women after Victoria state election rout

Party also argues Victorian campaign finance reforms favoured Andrews government as Anthony Albanese calls out media ‘scare campaign’

The Guardian - AU

Libs soul-search with another poll loss

Liberals have begun to reflect on their party's future following their latest election defeat in Victoria.

AAP

The mess left by the Coalition is (almost) overwhelming

Government shovels were hard at work in the lead up to the Budget dealing with the immediate grants corruption left over by the Morrison mob.

The New Daily

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and federal budget criticised for ignoring youth and cost of living on Q+A

The government is criticised for not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures for Australia's most vulnerable and youth as the impact of rising inflation bites.

ABC News

View from The Hill: Without those 'lefties' the Liberals can't regain government

A key issue for the Liberals’ election post-mortem that reports later this year – conveniently after the Victorian election – is how the party deals in future with the “teal” phenomenon.

The Conversation

Tape on a plane? We look into viral photo that suggests Qantas is winging it with repairs

A photo of a plane purporting to be operated by Qantas went viral this week, after it was suggested duct tape had been used to fix major maintenance issues. So what's really going on?

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The Guardian - AU

Australian taxpayers paid $110,000 for federal ministers’ legal bills in last financial year

Documents reveal legal assistance was approved for former PM Scott Morrison in relation to a defamation claim made against him on 9 June 2020

The New Daily

Liberal senator’s change of heart after heartbreak at father’s harrowing experience

A prominent Coalition senator became overwhelmed with emotion on Wednesday as she spoke of her father’s death, and the way it transformed her views on

ABC News

Senator who opposed euthanasia to change vote after father's death under Victorian voluntary assisted dying laws

Jane Hume says her father's decision to die under Victoria's voluntary assisted dying laws profoundly altered her view on territory rights.

AAP

Senator to vote yes after dad's experience

Liberal senator Jane Hume has changed her position and will now vote to repeal a ban preventing the territories from legislating on voluntary euthanasia.

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The Guardian - AU

Analysis shows federal politicians will pocket more than $18m over 10 years from stage three tax cuts

Parliamentarians, on base salaries of at least $211,250, will receive average cut of $10,000 in first year according to modelling

The New Daily

Government looks to thread the needle on anti-corruption bill

The main part of the anti-corruption bill will allow for retrospective investigations into a range of wrongdoing.

AAP

'Dire consequences' for bad federal ICAC

Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume says the coalition supports an anti-corruption commission but will not tie itself to Labor's bill.

AAP

Put up budget policy or sit down: Labor

Jane Hume has called on the government to focus on cost of living measures leading to Labor accusing the opposition of not offering anything constructive.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Money laundering and corrupt cash in real estate – another item for Labor

There is a lot on Labor’s agenda for fixing, but a place needs to be found ending real estate being used for money laundering and investing corrupt cash.

The New Daily

Nationals to attend jobs summit, but no consensus yet on being inside the tent

David Littleproud calls it an inside the tent/outside the tent dilemma. Last week the Nationals leader and his colleagues chose outside. They voted

ABC News

Peter Dutton says Liberals will not attend government's national jobs summit

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton rejects an invitation to next month's national jobs summit, which the government is spruiking as a key moment in designing its economic and workplace policy.

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