Richard James

2 days ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

LIBERALS TO PICK NEW LEADERYesterday we got Anthony Albanese’s new ministry, while the Nationals stuck with David Littleproud as leader. Today it’s the Liberals’ turn, with the partyroom meeting at 10am to decide who will succeed Peter Dutton as leader and be tasked with trying to pick up the pieces after the thumping election loss. The Nine papers led overnight on Sussan Ley’s camp saying they reckon they have the numbers to win the leadership ballot.

3 days ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

HUSIC VS MARLES, TAYLOR VS LEYThe fallout from the May 3 election will reach its crescendo this week with the Liberals, Greens and Nationals all confirming their leaders and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the full make-up of his ministry. The political infighting and hot takes are going to be frantic and continuous, so let’s get going.

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

ALBO KEEPS KICKING THE GREENSNot content with winning an enormous majority, becoming the first prime minister to be reelected since John Howard, watching the leader of the opposition lose his seat amid a collapsing Coalition vote, and then days later watching the leader of the Greens also probably lose his (Adam Bandt has yet to concede), Anthony Albanese still has scores to settle.

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

THE COUNTING CONTINUESI hope we haven’t all hit election result fatigue yet, because the fallout from Anthony Albanese and Labor’s historic win at the weekend unsurprisingly continues to dominate proceedings, with the counting in the undecided seats remaining captivating. I’m on my third coffee already, so let’s get going. Most publications now have Labor sitting on a projected 88 seats and the Coalition on 40, with 12 still to be decided.

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

ALBO CRACKS ONGiven the enormous size of Labor’s election victory at the weekend, you could be forgiven for thinking things might be starting to quiet down by now, with the drama disappearing behind us. Wrong. For some, the drama is just beginning. Put the kettle on and let’s get into what’s been going on.