Politics

Defence Minister Richard Marles’ support for US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s call for increased Asia-Pacific security contributions, particularly to counter China’s military build-up, has sparked significant backlash. Prime Minister Albanese has reportedly been upset by […]

Renee Coffey MP triumphed in Brisbane’s Southside electorate in a tight contest with the sitting Green’s Member Max Chandler Mather. Both progressive candidates had their appeal in different parts of the Griffith electorate. (See summary […]

Last Saturday, May 23, l wrote a piece about the future of the Liberal and National parties. After I had posted it, I had to revise it in light of the very public divorce that […]

Post 2025 Election – A Coalition of Convenience, A Party Without Principle By Sue Barrett The Liberal Party of Australia’s 2025 federal election campaign was a historic low, yielding their worst-ever result and exposing a […]

The recent split between coalition partners, the Liberals and the Nationals, and the ensuing war of words, wasn’t entirely unexpected given their storied history of tension. Kaye Lee’s August 2022 article, republished below, highlights this […]

What does one do with a political party ruthlessly knocked down after receiving a devastating blow from its rival? Out for the count was no exaggeration. The first rule of politics is to gain power. […]

By Jim McIntosh Peter Dutton, the former opposition leader, frequently claimed a so-called ‘coalition’ existed between Labor and The Greens. This assertion is ironic, given his own Liberal Party’s long-standing alliance with the National Party […]

Despite the absence of my favourite Swedish pear cider, I was almost compelled to prepare a short article after watching Michael Porttillo’s Long Weekend in Stockholm on SBS Television (19 May 2025). Michael Portillo speaks […]

Monash University Media Release Speaking on the split between the Liberals and Nationals Dr Zareh Ghazarian, Head of Politics and International Relations Discipline, Monash School of Social Sciences says that: “In effect, the dissolution of […]