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The Liberals who want to tear down Malcolm Turnbull claim they are in a battle for the heart and soul of the party - but where is this heart and soul, and how strong is it?
Prtime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will invite a leadership “spill” motion at midday Friday, once a majority of Liberals formally ask for a party meeting.
Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership appears over, with senior ministers deserting him in favour of challenger Peter Dutton.
Rumours circulated last night about the number of names that had been gathered for the petition for the meeting, which requires 43 signatures.
The government is also dropping its attempt to scrap the energy supplement for new welfare entrants.
As speculation mounts there will be another leadership challenge sooner rather than later, the government has finally lost its bid to award tax cuts to big companies.
In her resignation letter to the Prime Minister, Fierravanti-Wells reminded him that months ago she had told him Peter Dutton should become deputy Liberal leader, replacing Julie Bishop.
It’s time Australian states took a lesson from US states when it comes to working around obstructive federal climate change policies.
Peter Dutton has a solid base on which to work to become Liberal leader. That’s the way it usually goes- wound the first time, kill the second.
The prime minister has survived a challenge from the conservative wing of his party- but the deep divisions remain.
The prime minister has capitulated on his controversial energy policy in an attempt to quell the ring-wing uprising within his party.
After a week of infighting, it’s time for the prime minister to press the party room into taking a decisive stand.
Tuesday’s party room mood reflected the sense most Coalition MPs have that to save marginal seats and give the government its best chance of survival, they need to unite behind Turnbull.
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Wildfires in the US have drawn thousands of firefighters. Meanwhile, Indonesia is struggling to rebuild in the wake of earthquakes. What’s the difference? Poverty and access to resources.
The Coalition party room on Tuesday is set for a high stakes, quite personal battle between Abbott and Turnbull over the NEG, with former and current prime ministers shaping up on Monday.
Roberts-Smith, now out of the military, is under investigation by the IG of the ADF as part of an inquiry into allegations of criminal misconduct on the battlefield by the SAS in Afghanistan.
Federal energy minister says his state counterparts have moved closer to approving the National Energy Guarantee, but no one signed on the dotted line at Friday’s crunch talks.
The ALP’s internal investigation found the MP treated staff badly, but did not find evidence of sexual harassment or lewd conduct.
Grattan talks with Deep Saini about Husar’s announcement she will not contest the next election, Joyce’s book, and the hotly debated National Energy Guarantee.
Victoria has again shifted the goal posts in the battle over the NEG suggesting parliament should pass the federal government’s emissions reduction legislation ahead of states signing onto the NEG.
Labor MP Emma Husar has bowed to the inevitable and announced she will not contest next year’s election – although she plans to stay in parliament until then.
Meanwhile, underlining that next week will see a tough internal debate, Liberal backbencher Tony Pasin has contradicted Malcolm Turnbull’s statement that the NEG had already been endorsed by the party room.
On Monday the Labor states were jibbing at agreeing even in principle to the NEG mechanism at Friday’s COAG energy council meeting, ahead of Malcolm Turnbull showing he can deliver his party room.