Factional politics
The union election that could upend the Labor Party’s balance of power
Ballots close today to decide who leads the United Workers Union. The result will reverberate for many years, shaping everything from policy fights to who leads the Labor Party.
- Kieran Rooney
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- ALP
‘He’s gotta show something’: Who’s who in Qld Labor’s factions, and how they pick their leaders
While there are no active discussions to move on Miles, there are frustrations following a humbling byelection result. Here’s how Labor’s factions operate in Queensland.
- James Hall
Liberal takes top spot on Senate ticket over Nationals leader
Queensland senator James McGrath is the LNP’s No.1 candidate for the next federal election, ahead of Matt Canavan.
- Courtney Kruk
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Sussan Ley wasn’t dumped because she’s a woman, and yet ...
The Liberal Party has just knocked off its first female leader, after nine months. How will they win back women voters now?
- Jacqueline Maley
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- Political leadership
‘Change or die’: Taylor puts forward new vision as Ley lobs byelection bomb on way out
Angus Taylor won the Liberal leadership in a party room vote on Friday morning, while former leader Sussan Ley a short time later gave notice she would resign from parliament.
- Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Political leadership
Good start from Taylor and Hume – but more of the same won’t cut it
Liberal Party MPs are gambling that Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will form a political dream team. Their first media conference was good, their last election campaign was not.
- James Massola
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Sussan Ley took this job with ambition and promise. But things soon unravelled
Ley is going to resign from her seat and leave politics following her defeat. But how much of her downfall was her own bad calls as opposition leader, and how much of it was the nightmare she inherited?
- Natassia Chrysanthos
- Analysis
- Political leadership
The Liberal Party leader from central casting: Who is Angus Taylor?
The 59-year-old son of a fourth-generation NSW sheep farmer has been in parliament for 13 years – and is closer than ever to a prize he has long sought.
- James Massola
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Winning the Liberal leadership may be the easy part for Taylor
Defeating Sussan Ley will mark the beginning, not the end, of the hard work for Angus Taylor.
- James Massola
Taylor poised to become Liberal leader as Ley backers lose hope
Challenger Angus Taylor is set to take on the enormous task of reviving the Liberal Party, as allies of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley lament the rejection of a more orderly transition.
- Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling