Clive Palmer's UAP says it might win up to six Senate seats. Photo: AAP/Glenn Hunt

News

Palmer's likely Liberal boost, but Anning booted

Clive Palmer’s party is bullish about winning up to six Senate seats, with a likely Liberal preference deal boosting the controversial businessman’s chances of re-entering federal parliament.

Analysis

Can ‘Pyneclone’ weave a seamless handover?

The contest for the Liberal preselection for Sturt is shaping as one of the most divisive one-sided battles in the party’s recent history.

Opinion

The Liberals have a "man problem", not a "woman problem"

The Liberal Party needs to clean up its right wing otherwise it will continue to do much worse on female representation than other conservative parties in the western world, writes Chris Wallace.

Opinion

Richardson: A coup not to unite a party, but to entrench its divisions

The blood-dimmed tide is again loosed in the nation’s capital, yet another brutal circus of mayhem and megalomania.

Politics

Challenger to take on Downer for Mayo endorsement

Failed Liberal by-election candidate Georgina Downer will face a preselection challenge for Mayo, with a local branch member telling a meeting of party members last night he will contest the ballot.