Paul Karp

6 days ago | afr.com | John Kehoe |Sumeyya Ilanbey |Paul Karp |James Hall

John Kehoe, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Karp, James Hall and Tom RabeMay 9, 2025 – 3.32pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? A shattered Liberal Party is confronting the biggest crisis in its 80-year history and is on the brink of a civil war between conservatives and moderates over its ideological direction.

1 week ago | afr.com | Lucy Slade |Tom Rabe |Paul Karp |Sumeyya Ilanbey

5 mins ago – 7.11AMCarney meets Trump, tells him Canada will never be for saleCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday for his firsttalks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the US president that Canada would never be for sale. Carney won the April 28 election on a promise to stand up to Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and often muses about annexing the country.

1 week ago | afr.com | Tom Rabe |Paul Karp |Sumeyya Ilanbey

Tom Rabe, Paul Karp and Sumeyya IlanbeyMay 6, 2025 – 7.24pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Tim Wilson has ousted Zoe Daniel from her prized Melbourne seat, and in Sydney, the Liberals were on track for a second claw-back victory against a teal independent, even as the Climate 200 group flagged it would broaden its scope and bankroll more candidates in Labor territory.

1 week ago | afr.com | Paul Karp

Paul KarpNSW political correspondentMay 5, 2025 – 5.52pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Like many independents, midwife Jessie Price says her political awakening came during the 2019 bushfires. “I was … catching babies in rooms that smelled like smoke,” said the independent candidate for Bean on Canberra’s south side. Loading...

1 week ago | afr.com | Paul Karp

Paul KarpNSW political correspondentMay 4, 2025 – 2.27pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election. Re-elected independent MPs Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall have warned Labor must pursue reforms with the crossbench despite holding a majority or the government risks a backlash at the next poll. Loading...