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The Liberal postmortem

Publication of the Liberal Party's review of its 2025 federal election loss raises questions about just how deep its problems run.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 4 Comments 5 March 2026

How not to report a change of government

The Netherlands gets a new government, but media coverage risks giving a misleading impression of its position.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Media, United States 2 Comments 26 February 2026

A neoliberal on the front bench?

Australia's Liberal Party has a new shadow treasurer. What might it mean to call him a "neoliberal"?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 2 Comments 19 February 2026

Taylor. But why?

If you're facing an existential crisis, Angus Taylor doesn't seem like the person you would want to be in charge.

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Crisis on the right, part 5

If the Coalition parties wanted to get serious about standing up to Trumpism, they could usefully take a lesson from Portugal.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Media, Party matters 4 Comments 10 February 202618 February 2026

Crisis on the right, part 4

Re-formation of the federal Coalition has done nothing to improve its prospects of fending off One Nation.

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Crisis on the right, part 3

A leader like Sussan Ley who's threatened by her own right wing can't possibly take the fight to One Nation. Perhaps a leader from the right could.

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Crisis on the right, part 2

Liberal and National parties are both fighting on One Nation's territory, both geographical and ideological. The Nationals don't have much choice, but the Liberals do.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 2 Comments 3 February 2026

Crisis on the right, part 1

Australia's former Coalition parties are in a crisis of their own making. A short history of how things got to this point.

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Bigoted visitors

The quest to ban "hate speech" is a fantasy, both for locals and for visitors. But that doesn't mean we should invite foreign bigots here on state visits.

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