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Andrew Hastie has taken a back seat after resigning from Sussan Ley’s front bench.

Federal PoliticsCommentsShadow immigration minister issues stern warning to Liberals

Shadow immigration minister Paul Scarr has issued a public warning to his Liberal colleagues not to use the immigration debate to ‘inflame emotion’ after Andrew Hastie quit the front bench.

Katina Curtis

Shadow home affairs minister and Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie.

LiberalCommentsDisappointed Lib MP confronts Hastie during party meeting

Jostling is underway for who will take Andrew Hastie’s vacant shadow cabinet position as the Liberal MP was confronted by a colleague about his quitting over a dispute with leader Sussan Ley. 

Katina Curtis

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has apologised for distress caused by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. (Mick Tsikas Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsJacinta Price again refuses to back Sussan Ley’s leadership

In her first radio interview after being dumped from shadow cabinet Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has again refused to back Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s leadership. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Ms Ley dumped Senator Price from the Opposition frontbench on Wednesday evening.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Knives not being sharpened’ for Ley, insists Hastie

Liberal leadership contender Andrew Hastie insists ‘the knives are not being sharpened’ for Sussan Ley as his colleagues openly telegraph their desperation to move on from the Jacinta Price debacle.

Katina Curtis, Jessica Page and Caitlyn Rintoul

Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Special guest’ Jacinta Price a drawcard to Curtin Lib event

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will appear at two WA Liberal Party events as pressure intensifies on the Senator over the damage she’s caused the party’s standing with the Indian Australian community.

Katina Curtis

Senator Jane Hume

Federal PoliticsComments‘Reeling’ Hume dragged into Hawke-Nampijinpa Price fight

Liberal senator Jane Hume is ‘reeling’ from having been caught up in a dispute between colleagues Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke over comments linking Indian Australians and high levels of migration.

Katina Curtis

State Liberal Party conference on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Pictured is party leader Basil Zempilas. Carwyn Monck

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘Time’s right’: Zempilas declares Libs can win next election

Liberal leader Basil Zempilas has declared the ‘time is right’ for his style of leadership, vowing his team can win in 2029 while also taking a veiled swipe at some in his own party. 

Jessica Page

Andrew Hastie is still openly still harbouring leadership ambitions.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAndrew Hastie admits he still harbours leadership ambitions

Andrew Hastie is openly still harbouring leadership ambitions and says he’s gaining the experience needed to run a party from Western Australia.

Katina Curtis

Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley arrives in Kununurra to meet with leaders from the Waringarri Aboriginal Corporation.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLey accuses Albo of shying away from Indigenous Australians

Opposition Leader slams Albanese’s lack of action for Indigenous Australians since the failed Voice to Parliament, saying he has shied away from the issue since the failed referendum.

Oliver Lane

Opposition leader Sussan Ley at NextGen Skills Training Campus in Forrestfield.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumSussan Ley ‘agnostic’ on gender quotas for Liberals

The Federal Opposition says she is ‘agnostic’ on how her party recoups its standing with women in Western Australia, stopping short of backing gender quotas.

Oliver Lane

WA Liberal leader Basil Zempilas and Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley.

state politicsCommentsPremiumNew Liberal leaders fire their first shot at AUKUS deadline

They arguably have the two toughest jobs in Australian politics right now, but Sussan Ley and Basil Zempilas were keen to join forces against a common enemy and warned that WA is moving too slow on AUKUS.

Jessica Page

It’s about the WA economy stupid! Illustration: Don Lindsay

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Sussan LeyComments
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How WA is key to boosting productivity in Australia

Western Australia is not just vital to our national economy, it is the engine room of Australia’s prosperity.

Sussan Ley

Federal Opposition leader Sussan Ley will meet with Basil Zempilas in Perth on Monday.

LiberalCommentsPremiumLiberal leaders to discuss why WA has turned back on party

Sussan Ley will meet with Basil Zempilas in Perth on Monday for fresh talks as Liberals digest why West Australians have turned their backs on the once-strong party.

Joe Spagnolo

The Liberal Party's Sussan Ley and Michaelia Cash with Curtin candidate Tom White in Scarborough today.

Federal PoliticsCommentsWA Liberals reluctant on idea of gender quotas

The WA Liberal Party is resisting implementing quotas for recruiting more women, as insiders insist the approach it took over the past three years worked at recent elections.

Katina Curtis

Liberal MPs will meet on Friday to set up structures to develop policies in other areas, with Ms Ley saying it was imperative they act like the alternative government they were.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLiberals enter their Ley era as leader eyes adding women

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has set herself apart from Peter Dutton’s leadership and vowed to be a ‘zealot’ about recruiting more women into Liberal Party ranks.

Katina Curtis

Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Smashed’ Liberals look to aspiration and modern Australia

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will concede the Liberals got ‘smashed’ at the May election and lay out the areas she want her party to focus on over the next three years as it rebuilds.

Katina Curtis

Nationals leader David Littleproud says the Coalition is likely to get back together again after ‘encouraging’ talks with Liberal counterpart Sussan Ley.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsNats to re-sign Coalition deal after ‘encouraging’ Ley talks

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has signalled a Coalition deal could be soon struck after ‘very encouraging’ discussions with new Liberal leader Sussan Ley. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Sussan Ley has been elected Liberal leader in the wake of the party’s May 3 defeat.

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Richard WilsonCommentsPremium
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We already know the Liberal’s problems so let’s fix them

On Saturday morning, the Liberal Party’s State Council will meet for the first time since its historic Federal election loss three weeks ago. It will vote to formally authorise a post-election review.

Richard Wilson

“In the 2022 election, the Liberal Party lost the female vote across all age groups, including to teal candidates in affluent, traditionally conservative electorates.” says Lanna Hill.

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Lanna HillComments
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‘Arrogant’ Liberals have been ignoring voters for decades

I believe the loss of the Liberals came down to a fundamental failure and lack of desire to understand and connect with their audience.

Lanna Hill

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley at Parliament House in Canberra.

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Basil ZempilasComments
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Ley’s appointment as leader a strong step in right direction

The reset at a national level is on - and it’s started at the top.

Basil Zempilas

“I’d be foolish to say I don’t have a desire to lead, I do have a desire to lead,” said Andrew Hastie.

federal politicsCommentsAmbitious Hastie has ‘desire to lead’ Liberals but not yet

Andrew Hastie has confessed he has a desire to lead the Liberal party in future, only hours after Sussan Ley won a party room vote to become Opposition Leader.

Jessica Page

Harvey explains how three unusual jobs Sussan Ley had before politics qualified her to survive the political Hunger Games and become the federal Liberal party’s first female leader.

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Up LateVideoCommentsPremium
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Up Late: Not your cookie cutter Liberal candidate

Ben Harvey explains how three unusual jobs Sussan Ley had before politics qualified her to survive the political Hunger Games and become the federal Liberal party’s first female leader.

Ben Harvey | Tue, May 13

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley at Parliament House in Canberra.

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Katina CurtisPremium
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History-making Liberal leader has a monumental task ahead

New leader Sussan Ley makes history as the first woman to lead the Liberal Party, but that is almost secondary to the monumental task ahead of her to rebuild from the worst loss in its 80-year history.

Katina Curtis

Angus Taylor lost out to Sussan Ley for the Liberal Party leradership.

LiberalCommentsSussan Ley becomes first female Federal Liberal leader

The new Opposition leader has made history after defeating Angus Taylor in a party room ballot in Canberra this morning.

Katina Curtis