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The one true architect behind the Liberal Party’s growing malaise is the man who poisoned the very soul of democracy in Australia.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed off on a TikTok ban on federal government devices, and a growing number of Liberal MPs want a conscience vote on the Voice to Parliament. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this column mentions a deceased person.)

After losing the Liberal-stronghold seat, Peter Dutton says he must hold the party together. That’s a recipe for continued irrelevance.

What’s the main problem facing the Liberals? That they don’t know what the problem is.

Peter Dutton and his demoralised team, shocked beyond belief by their Aston drubbing, say the party has to “rebuild”.

Saturday's Aston by-election looms as a yet another test of the Liberal Party's increasingly fragile position in Australian politics, and for its leader

A more impoverished Australia looms as our productivity plunge continues

This hostile approach to asylum helped the Australian right win elections, but it created divisions that still scar us, says Ben Doherty, a reporter for Guardian Australia

Many right-wing politicians and pundits seem intent on learning nothing from their defeat in NSW on Saturday.

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When Dominic Perrottet gave a gracious concession speech after his defeat in the New South Wales election on Saturday night, it was hard to avoid favourable comparison with the United States. There was no sign of rancour or hyper-partisanship. He praised Labor’s Chris Minns for a clean campaign. He predicted…