Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Labor’s finance spokesman Jim Chalmers has confirmed he is considering standing for Labor leader, which would put him up against [...]
With the unexpected election loss on Saturday and Shorten’s resignation the Labor party will need a new leader. How will this happen? First: The National Executive will [...]
Geoffrey Robinson, Deakin University The election result was a triumph for the Coalition and a defeat for pundits. The result is even more striking when the drift to the left [...]
Bill shorten has outlined Labor’s vision for Australia at the Queensland ALP state conference this weekend. With the background of the disunity of Liberal Party at a [...]
The Liberal Party, whatever it does today is irreparably split and the civil war WILL continue. What we have seen over the last three days is a government and a Liberal Party [...]
Geoffrey Robinson, Deakin University The obverse of the current crisis in Australian conservative politics is the resilience of the Australian left. The Labor Party has twice [...]
The Australian Labor Party has said that it is concerned that first home buyers make up just 1 out of 7 of all home purchases in Australia and ownership rates for young [...]
Narelle Miragliotta, Monash University Up until Monday’s Liberal leadership ballot, Labor had reason to be hopeful that it was beginning to make ground again with the [...]
by Carol Johnson Malcolm Turnbull has been a highly successful lawyer and businessman. Australians now have the chance to discover if he can be a successful prime minister [...]
Labor Leader,Bill Shorten has said today the Labor Party has learnt its lesson from the disunity of the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd period. “My colleagues and I are determined to [...]