Malcolm Fraser
The Coalition is in tatters. The race is on to replace it in the centre
To the day he died in 2015, Malcolm Fraser was working on a plan to start a new political party. Now others have taken up the cause.
- Rob Harris
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- Graham Richardson
Rare is the state funeral that lifts a nation’s spirit
State funerals are variously celebratory, solemn and even quirky, and sometimes disappointing. But at least once, for a man with no name, such an event soared.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Liberals ignore, despise and knife their leaders – and drive their party over a cliff
Unlike the Labor Party, which mythologises even its pedestrian leaders, the Liberal Party celebrates only Menzies and Howard.
- George Brandis
There’s one fight Anthony Albanese always tries to avoid picking
Labor’s scars and its determination to become the natural party of government are having a peculiar impact.
- Sean Kelly
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Numbers to horrify all Libs: Labor can win a parliamentary vote on female MPs alone
There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.
- George Megalogenis
Keating reveals he told Whitlam to have Kerr sacked or arrested
Former prime minister John Howard urged Liberal leader Sussan Ley to talk to Albanese about introducing four-year parliamentary terms.
- Shane Wright
‘He’s been sacked!’: How Gough Whitlam’s downfall caused chaos in an HSC class
A legendary northern beaches teacher couldn’t contain his shock.
- Michael Dodd
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- The Dismissal
The Dismissal: How ‘the most tumultuous day in Australian political history’ unfolded
Power, principle, politics; all three collided to expose the fragility of our democracy. Watch what led to November 11, 1975, and how it changed the way we operated.
- Bella Ann Sanchez and Tony Wright