Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP/Dean Lewins

News

PM rejects gender quota for Liberals

Scott Morrison has ruled out introducing gender quotas to boost the number of Liberal women in federal parliament, as one of his senators backs away from a threat to name alleged party bullies.

Opinion

Why Scott Morrison should pay heed to Malcolm Fraser's political manifesto

Before he died, Malcolm Fraser was working on a manifesto for a new political party with centrist ideals – realising that the Liberal Party had lost touch with the people it asks to elect it, writes Tony Walker.

Politics

Coalition support crashes after leadership chaos

Dumping Malcolm Turnbull has crushed support for the government and made Bill Shorten the preferred prime minister – but Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says the government can turn it around.

National

Turnbull confirms quick exit as ScoMo takes the reins

Malcolm Turnbull says he will quit parliament “not before too long” after Scott Morrison was elected Liberal leader and the next Prime Minister of Australia.

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.