Bach resigned in a late-night party room meeting that also thrashed out angst about costly legal threats facing the leadership team. He will take up a new job in the UK.
New legal threats against senior state Liberals by a British anti-trans rights activist have reopened bitter divisions in the Victorian party,as MPs manoeuvre to oppose legal indemnity for the party leadership.
The day after the Liberals’ byelection win in Warrandyte,a one-time leadership rival to party leader John Pesutto surprised the team by trying to reignite scrutiny over a 2013 car crash involving Premier Daniel Andrews.
One Nation is a one-woman band and without Pauline Hanson will eventually disappear.
The former state leader’s profile was undoubtedly a boon for One Nation. But without such a figurehead,the party’s days as a political force in NSW are numbered.
Labor turncoat Mark Latham overpromised and under-delivered for One Nation. It is little wonder Pauline Hanson has turned on him.
A spokesperson for federal One Nation leader Pauline Hanson confirmed the party has a new NSW executive and Mark Latham is not a member of that executive.
Andrew Leigh has taken aim at the ALP’s factional system,criticising it for stifling debate and alienating rank-and-file members.
In the latest episode of the gender war raging inside the Victorian Greens,a misconduct finding has triggered an extraordinary sequence of backroom manoeuvres.
While Kerry O’Brien has lost faith in the state of politics,he strongly believes the Australian people will seize the nation-building opportunity of The Voice referendum.
Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer is among Liberal Party members who believe the Coalition arrangement in opposition needs changing.