Rob Lucas and Steven Marshall on budget day. Photo: Kelly Barnes / AAP

Local

Cashing out: Powerful backers back away as Libs' battle with the base flares

Liberal coffers have taken a hit as powerful supporters turn their back on the party, with a prominent hotelier admonishing the Marshall Government in an email to state MPs, and a major business backer protesting Treasury’s proposed land tax grab by withdrawing support for a lucrative fundraiser.

Politics

Liberal Right shows might as ‘post-Pyne era’ begins

One of the state Liberal Party’s most senior officials could be the first victim of a factional takeover by the conservative Right, which has assumed control of the party’s governing body for the first time since the Nick Minchin era.

Opinion

Richardson: Things getting messy for Marshall

There are mounting signs that the Marshall administration is spinning out of control amid growing questions about slapdash messaging, internal discipline and the Government’s own economic credentials, writes Tom Richardson.

Opinion

Richardson: Marshall's misfortunes are self-inflicted

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, to robo-spam hundreds of constituents before dawn with a blatant push-poll once may be regarded as a misfortune – to do it twice looks like carelessness.

News

Bernardi winds up the Conservatives, as Family First party legacy ends

Cory Bernardi is weighing up his political future after deciding to deregister his Australian Conservatives, ending the religious-based party legacy of Family First.