Karen Barlow

Canberra

Chief Political Correspondent at The Saturday Paper

Chief political correspondent @SatPaper [email protected]

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The Ley interview: ‘I don’t mind what people think of me’

1 week ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

News EXCLUSIVE: The leader of the opposition has reunited the Coalition in her first weeks and now sets about the mammoth task of reconnecting to the electorate. By Karen Barlow. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn Sussan Ley is on the phone from her home in Albury. She sounds upbeat. She is more expansive than usual. She’s not in a rush to finish, thinking about each answer. She knows the task in front of her is enormous, but she does not seem daunted.
‘Tail’s wagged the dog’: The Coalition’s implosion

2 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

News The Nationals staked their political future on four policy positions, in what looks increasingly like a messy and misguided coup. By Karen Barlow. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn The term “mutually assured destruction” is getting a workout in Liberal circles in the wake of the Nationals walking away from the Coalition on Tuesday. “It is disastrous … I think it harms both of us,” a senior Liberal figure tells The Saturday Paper.
Can Sussan Ley rebuild the Liberal Party?

3 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

Sussan Ley hopes to lead the Liberals from the centre, but former MPs warn there is ‘nothing even remotely sensible or centrist mulling around in that party room right now’. By Karen Barlow. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn As the Liberal party room gathered in a parliamentary corridor for the leadership vote this week, Alex Antic passed waiting media with his fingers cocked like two pistols.
Can Sussan Ley rebuild the Liberal Party?

3 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

As the Liberal party room gathered in a parliamentary corridor for the leadership vote this week, Alex Antic passed waiting media with his fingers cocked like two pistols. He mocked shooting at the assembled press: “Fake news! Fake news! Fake news!”An unusually shy Angus Taylor cut through a back way and was seen struggling with a locked door. Eventually he was shown to the one through which his rival, Sussan Ley, had just passed.
‘Sleepwalk into irrelevance’: The Liberal loss explained

4 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

It was different even under Scott Morrison. At the last election, the then Liberal leader was regarded by many as a drag on the vote – but it was nothing like the “absolute fury” voters felt towards Peter Dutton. “It was far more vicious,” says one Liberal moderate.
Albanese wins second term as Coalition loses leader

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

In a stunning rebuke to the ambitions of the Coalition, the opposition leader Peter Dutton will leave parliament, losing his seat amid a resounding win for the Albanese Labor government. Labor is on track for a return of majority government, with Anthony Albanese the first leader since John Howard in 2004 to be returned to the office, and the first Labor leader to win a second term since Bob Hawke in the 1980s.
Albanese wins second term as Coalition loses leader

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

In a stunning rebuke to the ambitions of the Coalition, the opposition leader Peter Dutton will leave parliament, losing his seat amid a resounding win for the Albanese Labor government. Labor is on track for a return of majority government, with Anthony Albanese the first leader since John Howard in 2004 to be returned to the office, and the first Labor leader to win a second term since Bob Hawke in the 1980s.
Can the major parties regenerate?

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

After surveying the losses and gains from this election, the first jobs of the leaders of the two major parties will be to reassemble and rearm the respective front benches. In a tightly controlled campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already flagged a significant cabinet reshuffle should he win the election. Labor insiders say it was deliberate internal caucus and cabinet messaging to “keep everyone in their place”.
The issues missing in this election campaign

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

News Both major parties are accused of missing the big picture in this election campaign, with the critical issues of climate, inequality and integrity left largely unexplored. By Karen Barlow. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn Anthony Albanese sounds at once stern and defensive. “There’s more to do. I’ve said that. And we will do more,” he tells reporters. It’s one of many teasers for a second political term.
On the plane with Albanese: ‘In turbulent seas, we’ve kept our eye on the horizon’

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

Anthony Albanese looks at his turkey baguette. He considers the sandwich for a moment, then cuts it in half. It’s the beginning of the third week of the campaign and the Labor leader is hungry. Sitting on an RAAF-operated flight between Hobart and Melbourne, Albanese is upbeat about his chances. There are no signs of campaign fatigue. He uses every minute – of the flight and in the towns he visits too.

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