Liberal National party
What Campbell Newman did next: the making of an unlikely Queensland libertarian
The ousted premier is back on the campaign trail, running for a Senate seat. Can he catapult a niche party to national relevance?
Ben Smee
01, Oct, 2021 @8:00 PM
Can Queensland’s LNP avoid a backlash over assisted dying as vote nears?
With parliament set to vote on a euthanasia bill, conservative MPs could find themselves at odds with the electorate
Ben Smee
04, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM
Labor questions whether Coalition let Pauline Hanson take credit for $8m grant to Rockhampton hospice
Labor’s Murray Watt asks Senate why One Nation leader announced the funding when electorate held by Nationals MP Michelle Landry
Paul Karp
01, Sep, 2021 @5:06 AM
Rightwing Australian politicians use Covid lockdowns to promote challenge to Liberal party
John Ruddick and Ross Cameron join Liberal Democrats while former Queensland premier Campbell Newman resigns from LNP
Anne Davies
27, Jul, 2021 @4:28 AM
Resistance in the ranks: any nudge by Morrison towards net zero by 2050 will be a tough sell to LNP
Australia’s prime minister is under pressure to act on climate change, but resolutions ahead of LNP convention show strong opposition
Katharine Murphy Political editor
20, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM
Coalition’s Queensland women set to highlight growing policy divide in party
LNP women’s conference will rally support for an anti-abortion bill, urge more action on Brittany Higgins’s allegations and push against quotas
Amy Remeikis
18, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM
Queensland LNP candidate Jim Bellos apologises for offensive posts about female journalist
Bellos, a policeman, made the Facebook posts in 2017 in relation to an off-air exchange between two presenters
Ben Smee and Amy Remeikis
14, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM
Barnaby Joyce and allies in battle to stop retirement of George Christensen
MP is one of three supporters of the deputy prime minister departing from the Nationals party room
Amy Remeikis
13, Jul, 2021 @8:04 AM
Andrew Laming ‘does not deserve’ to be committee chair, Labor members say
Letter signed by Lisa Chester, Ged Kearney and Joanne Ryan calls on PM to sack MP from parliamentary committee role
Sarah Martin
02, Jun, 2021 @8:32 AM
Andrew Laming defends fresh funding to organisations run by LNP branch president
Exclusive: The Liberal MP did not disclose any conflict of interest when he previously awarded grants of more than $20,000 to the same groups
Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent
30, May, 2021 @5:30 PM
‘Beyond politics’: Queensland Labor MPs to get conscience vote as voluntary euthanasia laws unveiled
‘For many, this will be the most important work this parliament will do,’ Annstacia Palaszczuk says
Ben Smee
18, May, 2021 @3:05 AM
George Christensen to retire at next election blaming ‘broken’ state of Australian politics
Even from the backbench the Nationals MP could prove a handful for the government due to his outspoken views on topics including abortion
Paul Karp
22, Apr, 2021 @11:07 AM
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