Maani Truu

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Maani Truu

Liberal senator Sarah Henderson said she is disappointed that "a number of high performing" women were overlooked or demoted in the opposition's new ministry, weeks after Sussan Ley became the first woman to lead the Liberal Party. Senator Henderson, who was the shadow education minister under Peter Dutton, was left out of Ms Ley's frontbench reveal on Wednesday, as was Jane Hume, a high-profile senator who was relegated from the finance portfolio to the backbench.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Maani Truu

Over four months, Labor clawed its way back from an uninspiring showing in the polls to a historic victory so unbelievable even the party's most faithful servants couldn't have imagined it. Anthony Albanese knew exactly where he wanted to go on the first day of his re-election campaign and that was straight into enemy territory. At a suburban doctor's office just outside Brisbane, he parked himself in front of a Medicare-branded backdrop ready to tussle with the hungry media pack.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Maani Truu

The Nationals will split from the Liberal Party after days of negotiations between the two sides failed to result in an agreement, breaking with a century-long tradition. Emboldened by an election result that saw the minor party retain nearly all of its lower house seats while the Liberal Party went backwards, Nationals MPs had previously flagged that the arrangement was up for discussion.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Maani Truu

Nationals leader David Littleproud has announced the minor party won't re-enter into a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, ending a decades long arrangement. He said the party would continue to work constructively with the Liberal Party, but that the formal coalition would come to an end. "The National Party will sit alone on a principle basis," he told reporters on Tuesday, after days of negotiations with the newly elected Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Maani Truu

Policy matters like net-zero and nuclear should not form part of a Coalition agreement, according to Liberal frontbencher Anne Ruston, as negotiations between the National and Liberal Party leaders over the future of the arrangement continue. Emboldened by the election result that saw the minor party retain most of its seats while the Liberal Party went backwards, re-elected Nationals leader David Littleproud has suggested the long-held arrangement is up for discussion.