The Liberals went from a losing position in Tasmanian polls months ago to a comfortable victory on election day.
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George Brandis told the Senate that classical liberal values were under ‘greater challenge than at any time in my memory’.
The annual February festival of lampooning the largest visible donor lulls Australians into a false sense of security that there is a functioning political donations disclosure regime in place.
If the predicted strong preferences from One Nation to the LNP occur at the Queensland election, it would be bad news not just for state Labor, but also federal Labor.
Malcolm Turnbull needs to continue to stare down the conservative forces in his government, because what they are demanding is prejudiced and discriminatory.
Setting targets is one way to attain more female MPs, but it must be accompanied by cultural change.
A new book attempts to cloak Tony Abbott in a political philosophy, but is not entirely convincing.
The Turnbull government is still tying itself in knots over the future of coal, as literally decades of policy turmoil on climate and energy continue to roll on.
The lack of moderates in the Liberals’ succession list is notable, given Christopher Pyne’s ill-judged boast to the faction that it was in the ‘winners’ circle’.
In a nation labelled secular, many of our elected representatives have strong religious ties, and this affects they way they the country is run.
Like Malcolm Turnbull, the three-time prime minister Alfred Deakin was sometimes accused of lacking substance, but he had core political commitments from which he never wavered.
The government seems determined to give voters a voice on marriage equality, and equally determined not to be bound by what those voters say.
The marriage equality movement could still back the plebiscite on condition that its results are binding.
Having lit the match that fired same-sex marriage back onto the government’s immediate agenda, the five Liberal rebels have left Malcolm Turnbull with a dangerously smouldering issue that will burn on…
If the Senate as expected rejects the same-sex marriage plebiscite again, the government will move to a voluntary postal ballot.
Even acknowledging that Australia is lagging internationally and that same-sex marriage should have been delivered yesterday, the implosion around the issue is extraordinary.
The endorsement of the ‘Warringah model’ is a huge challenge to the moderates’ and soft right’s factional grip on the NSW Liberal Party.
Even if Malcolm Turnbull brought Tony Abbott into cabinet, which he won’t, it would likely eventually end in tears.
The University of Canberra’s Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
While a lot of people just shrug impatiently at insider politics, a substantial number have turned to ‘outsider’ players.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor's professorial fellow, Monash University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
