Federal Election 2025

MARK RILEY: In the post-apocalyptic gloom of Sunday morning, a bunch of current and former Liberal advisers shared their views over WhatsApp on the enormity of what had just happened.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Liberals need to think outside the box when electing their next leader. And who better than Tim Wilson, the Teal-slaying comeback kid?

Adam Bandt’s pre-election cockiness had come back to haunt him after he spectacularly lost his seat of Melbourne. 

Anthony Albanese has spent his Wednesday enjoying the sunshine while his former political adversary came to the nation’s capital to pack his bags following a crushing defeat.

Labor’s Josh Wilson will hold on to his seat of Fremantle after stiff competition from independent Kate Hulett in the second time she has come close to unseating a Labor frontbencher.

The Greens need to confront a lack of free speech within the party, its co-founder says, following a poor performance at the Federal Election.

The ousted Opposition leader returned to Canberra on Wednesday to pack up his office and thank staff, after he became the chief Liberal casualty in Saturday’s election bloodbath.

Newly elected Labor MPs will descend on Canberra on Thursday for factional negotiations ahead of a major caucus meeting on Friday to determine the future make-up of the Cabinet and top government roles. 

The party’s acting leader lags Angus Taylor in the leadership contest but may be gaining ground by offering supporters promotions.

Returning to Canberra to pack up his office after losing his seat in the Federal election bloodbath, Peter Dutton has been questioned over who he thinks should be the next leader of the Liberal Party.

A wave of red has washed over WA, with Labor flattening the once influential Liberal power base.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Scott Morrison’s 2022 drubbing rendered the Liberals an endangered species, now Peter Dutton has made them near extinct.

While the Prime Minister said he wanted to wait for the full election results before finalising his post-poll Cabinet, the party’s left and right factions are already looking at two vacant portfolios.

AARON PATRICK: Liberal MPs will start to rebuild the party after they resolve a factional fight over the next leader.

The Liberals are picking through the rubble, and some MPs say the last people who should lead the rebuild are the ones who knocked it down in the first place.