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Desperate measures for the Victorian Liberals

The Victorian Liberal Party's 16th leader is also the first woman in the job. She has taken on a big task.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters 6 Comments 19 November 20252 August 2026

2009 all over again?

With the Liberal Party on the point of changing leaders again, some are looking back to a time when that worked, after a fashion.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 17 November 2025

Two psephological notes

Antony Green has some interesting points about this year's federal election, despite his retirement.

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A Remembrance Day compilation

Views over the years of the 1975 constitutional crisis.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Political issues 4 Comments 11 November 2025

Liberals aiming vaguely

The divisions in Australia's Liberal Party are again on display, but one side completely lacks the ruthlessness of its opponents.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters 3 Comments 10 November 202517 March 2026

How fascism works

Barnaby Joyce flirts with joining One Nation: he probably wouldn't last long, but in some ways he's a good fit.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 22 October 2025

More politicians?

Australia's government is thinking about increasing the size of federal parliament. The quality of representation needs to be traded off against various legal and practical considerations.

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Liberals contemplate a Hastie future

Andrew Hastie is obviously preparing the ground for a Liberal leadership challenge, with the argument that a policy shift is necessary to counter the threat from the far right. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues 3 Comments 6 October 20256 October 2025

Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 1 October 2025

The abyss stares into the Liberal Party

The Liberal Party's downward spiral continues, as does the failure of its more sensible members to face up to the magnitude of their task.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 22 September 202522 September 2025

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