Liberals hold Scott Morrison’s old seat of Cook

Liberals hold Scott Morrison’s old seat of Cook

The safe Liberal margin in the electorate of Cook and lack of a Labor candidate meant Simon Kennedy claimed almost 63 per cent of the primary vote in Saturday’s byelection.

  • byRachel Clun andAndrew Taylor

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Dutton and Ley have created a foolproof what-not-to-do election guide

Dutton and Ley have created a foolproof what-not-to-do election guide

Thanks to their behaviour in the lead-up to and aftermath of the Dunkley byelection,the leader and deputy Liberal leaders risk being cast as the toxic twins of federal politics.

  • byNiki Savva
Private school gets green light for bush campus

Private school gets green light for bush campus

The Land and Environment Court has backed Frensham girls school plans to build a “bush campus” in an area linked to wombats,koalas and platypus.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Former McKinsey consultant to succeed Scott Morrison in Cook

Former McKinsey consultant to succeed Scott Morrison in Cook

Simon Kennedy,who was backed by Tony Abbott,beat local mayor Carmelo Pesce by 158 to 90 votes in the final round of voting.

  • byPaul Sakkal
How low can they go? Byelection exposed our cheap and tinny politics

How low can they go? Byelection exposed our cheap and tinny politics

The focus of both major parties for the Dunkley byelection was fairly trivial. Let’s hope they can do better for the looming federal election.

  • bySean Kelly
Mayor defends voting record ahead of Cook preselection

Mayor defends voting record ahead of Cook preselection

Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce voted to sell land to a developer with whom he had declared a conflict of interest five months earlier.

  • byBen Cubby andPaul Sakkal
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Morrison might not have held a hose,but Dutton doesn’t hold a policy
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Morrison might not have held a hose,but Dutton doesn’t hold a policy

If the Dunkley byelection was a protest against Labor,the protesters failed to show up.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Dutton will claim a moral victory. The true moral of the story is different

Dutton will claim a moral victory. The true moral of the story is different

The Liberal Party is claiming a moral win in the Dunkley byelection – but moral victories don’t deliver government.

  • byJames Massola
Dunkley byelection LIVE updates:Labor retains Victorian seat of Dunkley,despite swing to Liberals

Dunkley byelection LIVE updates:Labor retains Victorian seat of Dunkley,despite swing to Liberals

The final votes are being cast in what’s billed as a crucial litmus test for the government and opposition.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Labor vows to keep cost-of-living focus after swing to Liberals in Dunkley

Labor vows to keep cost-of-living focus after swing to Liberals in Dunkley

Voters delivered a warning to the prime minister on the cost of living – and a rebuff to Peter Dutton and his goal of winning the suburban electorates needed to retake government.

  • byLisa Visentin andAnnika Smethurst
The one word that sums up the Dunkley byelection result

The one word that sums up the Dunkley byelection result

The swing against the government showed Peter Dutton tapped into a real frustration with Labor over the cost of living,but nothing like the force that some of his allies predicted.

  • byDavid Crowe