Moderate frontbencher Tim Wilson has issued a warning to Sussan Ley not to capitulate on net zero.

Moderate Liberals warn Ley not to bend the knee to Nationals

Leading Moderates have demanded the party stick with its net zero commitment but have signalled a willingness to compromise on the time frame.

  • Paul Sakkal,Brittany Busch andNick Newling

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Liberal party Leader Sussan Ley (right) and her daughter Isabel Smith in the Crown marquee at The Birdcage on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington.

Inside the Derby Day Birdcage:Ley steers clear of fashion critiques

The Birdcage is back,if you are a politician at least,and with “net-zero Nationals” to cramp their style,some notable Liberals were having a field day.

  • Cara Waters andGemma Grant
Zach Smith addressing a CFMEU rally in Canberra in 2024.

CFMEU boss quits Labor’s top committee after Coalition pressure

The Coalition has been attacking the government for weeks as this masthead has been reporting on continued scandals that have plagued the construction union.

  • Paul Sakkal
Shadow Minister for Small Business,and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment,Tim Wilson and Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition,Shadow Assistant Minister for Women,and Shadow Assistant Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence Senator Maria Kovacic address the media at a press conference,at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 October 2025. fedpol Photo:Alex Ellinghausen

Wilson says Albanese ‘tainted’ by CFMEU connection,demands official grilling

A top CFMEU official remains a member of Labor’s top decision-making body where he sits alongside elected MPs and the prime minister.

  • Paul Sakkal andBrittany Busch
Tim Wilson in question time this week.

Tim Wilson opens up on Andrew Hastie and ‘big Liberal energy’

Wilson told this masthead’s Inside Politics podcast that the Coalition could retain its contentious net zero climate pledge and still win the climate argument against Labor.

  • Paul Sakkal andJacqueline Maley
Western Sydney International Airport is involved in a construction sector scandal.

Ministers demand answers over Western Sydney Airport violence,intimidation claims

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has written to the airport’s corporation after allegations of criminality from a key contractor.

  • Nick Newling,Paul Sakkal,Alexandra Smith andDavid Swan
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Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie and leader Sussan Ley.

Right-wing group targets ‘weakling’ Liberals,as Hastie pushes Ley to dump net zero

“Our message is simple:Dump Net Zero,or we dump YOU,” lobby group Advance said in an email to Coalition MPs.

  • Paul Sakkal
ABC Chair Kim Williams during an interview with AFR media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham Jones at the ABC Headquarters in Ultimo,Sydney on June 10,2024. Photo:Dominic Lorrimer

Frequent flyer Kim Williams racks up $50,000 travel budget

The ABC chair has been vocal and active since landing the top job last year. And that means plenty of taxpayer-funded travel.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman,Stephen Brook andGemma Grant
Zoe Daniel in the midst of packing up her office after her election defeat in Goldstein.

‘Someone will get hurt’:Zoe Daniel feared for her safety in toxic election campaign

As she packs up her electoral office,the former MP reflects on an election that left her flanked by police and worried someone would attack her home.

  • Cara Waters
Tim Wilson at Little Sister Cafe.

The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush

The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.

  • Stephen Brook