Courtney Gould

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Courtney Gould

Jane Hume has declared Sussan Ley's election as opposition leader marks the beginning of a "new era" for the Liberal Party. Ley narrowly defeated opponent Angus Taylor for the top job during a meeting of the Liberal party room in Canberra on Tuesday. But the Liberal frontbencher was asked if the new leader would be dusting off the election post-mortem Hume authored following the 2022 election loss. "Inevitably, the previous reviews will be considered," she told Sunrise.

2 days ago | abc.net.au | Courtney Gould

Skip to timelineAnthony Albanese's new ministry will be sworn in at Government House this morning. Meanwhile, Liberal MPs will converge on Canberra to elect the new leader of the party in the wake of the election loss. Follow all the updates in our live blog. Hiya pals. Welcome to another day on the ABC's politics live blog. I'm Courtney Gould joining you from Parliament House in Canberra here to bring you all the latest. What's on the menu today?

2 days ago | abc.net.au | Courtney Gould |Joshua Boscaini

That's the end of our live coverage for another very busy day in federal politics. Thanks as always for joining us!Just to quickly recap the day's events, Sussan Ley has been elected Liberal leader while Ted O'Brien has become deputy leader. Ley has vowed to take a "fresh approach" moving forward and says she believes government is best formed in the centre. The opposition leader says she will announce her shadow ministry soon, and that it will include people who did not support her leadership bid.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould

Liberal senator Hollie Hughes says there was a complete lack of policy and economic narrative with the Liberal Party's election campaign. She's told ABC Radio National Breakfast that some people in the parliamentary team had little idea of what was going on. Hughes says she put forward policies to the Liberal Party's expenditure review committee last year, but she didn't hear back.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould |Heloise Vyas |Caitlin Rawling

Thank you for joining us. If you're just catching up, here's what happened today:The latest figures show Labor on 86 seats, the LNP on 39 and the cross bench 11-strong, with 14 seats still in doubt. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the day in his Sydney electorate of Grayndler celebrating his victory, and significantly boosting Labor's majority. The Liberal Party will now begin soul-searching after losing leader Peter Dutton and shadow ministers Michael Sukkar and David Coleman.