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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, left, with her lower house MP and former Nationals leader, Barnaby Joyce.

Hanson offers Coalition preference deal in Farrer as Abbott warns of Liberal wipeout

Conservative warrior Tony Abbott hit the streets of Albury on Thursday to convince Liberal supporters to stick with the struggling party.

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The loser from this decision is Angus Taylor. He will be blamed for wanting to take cover from the report’s findings.

Labor calls it a win for aspiring home owners. Angus Taylor calls it an ‘assault on aspiration’

The opposition leader argued that winding back negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount would worsen the housing crunch.

  • Paul Sakkal
Former PMs Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison.

The bestseller and the flop: A tale of two prime ministers

Tony Abbott’s book has already notched $2.2 million in sales, while Scott Morrison’s tome continues to struggle.

  • John Buckley and Stephen Brook

John Howard used nostalgia successfully as a political weapon. Angus Taylor will find it tougher

The pull of the past can be deceptive. It is not only that the past was not the same for everyone. It was often not the past we think we remember, either.

  • Sean Kelly
Attendees arrive at the Sky News rebrand event.

Sky News’ new name and brand revealed at gala event

The outlet has used a star-studded event at News Corp’s Australian headquarters to unveil a refresh, but there was one notable absence.

  • Calum Jaspan and Kishor Napier-Raman
The team from The Chaser’s War on Everything (from left) Chas Licciardello, Chris Taylor, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow.

‘We had death threats’: Looking back at the ABC’s most controversial comedy show

When The Chaser’s War on Everything premiered 20 years ago, it soon became the ABC’s most complained about show.

  • Louise Rugendyke
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New Liberal leader has twin challenges. Fail either of them and he’s toast too

Will Angus Taylor bring the Liberal Party back from the brink, or will he go the way of the Mighty Angus burger at McDonald’s?

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley

Taylor versus Ley, the sequel, shapes up as a box-office bomb

Far from the audience-thrilling rituals of political leadership challenges, this one started out as a flop.

  • Tony Wright
NSW police detain a protester.

Conflict inevitable when right to demonstrate is suppressed

There was surely no need for the sort of police brutality seen against people who had set out to join a peaceful protest.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott and NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell.

Top judge takes aim at Tony Abbott over ‘misconceived’ social media post

NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell issued a stern rebuke about the dangers of misinformed criticism of court decisions.

  • Michaela Whitbourn