Tag: Liberal party
Grattan on Saturday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?
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The federal Liberals are in a parlous state, after an election that was not just lost to Labor but where “teals” stripped...
Victoria turns red and teal as Liberals are all but vanquished in greater Melbourne
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The federal election result is highly problematic for the Liberal Party. Aside from finding itself on the opposition benches for the first...
Grattan on Saturday: Numbers fly as unedifying campaign draws towards its close
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The text arrived on Thursday morning, from a woman who helps me with my horses. “And now I have to do that...
Grattan on Saturday: Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate
Images: Zali Steggall; Katherine Deves
For months there has been a great deal of debate about Scott Morrison’s “character”.
Now, in the controversy over Katherine Deves,...
View from The Hill: Morrison talks risk, Albanese spruiks opportunity, in opening pitches
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When they faced the media to deliver their opening campaign pitches on Sunday, the core messages of Scott Morrison...
Australians to vote on May 21, with Scott Morrison starting behind in the polls
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Australian voters will go to the polls on May 21.
The government enters the battle trailing the opposition 46-54% in the latest...