Australian election news and updates recap May 8: Price may run as Taylor’s deputy in Liberal leadership tilt
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Key events
08 May 2025 - 06:22 PM
Former PM Paul Keating slams Labor for axing Ed Husic
08 May 2025 - 06:02 PM
Liberal leadership showdown set for next Tuesday
08 May 2025 - 04:23 PM
Price hints at putting hand up to take on Libs leadership role
08 May 2025 - 03:51 PM
Angus Taylor ‘delighted’ to have Price join the Libs
08 May 2025 - 03:42 PM
Nationals leader ‘disappointed’ by Price’s shift to Libs
08 May 2025 - 03:30 PM
Will Price run as Liberals’ deputy leader?
08 May 2025 - 02:37 PM
Dutton: ‘We were proud to preference the Greens last’
08 May 2025 - 02:27 PM
Adam Bandt reveals the three reasons why he thinks he lost
08 May 2025 - 02:19 PM
‘Tax on Bluey’: Rudd rips into Trump’s film tariffs
08 May 2025 - 02:09 PM
The Liberal Party is facing armageddon
08 May 2025 - 01:39 PM
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price drops post election bombshell
08 May 2025 - 01:13 PM
Teary Bandt thanks wife, praises her as ‘beautiful political mind’
08 May 2025 - 01:13 PM
‘Treat it like a war’: Bandt offers advice to media
08 May 2025 - 01:13 PM
Bandt urges supporters to put hope in movement, not him
08 May 2025 - 12:33 PM
Bandt warns Labor’s ‘purple seats’ could be lost in 2028
08 May 2025 - 12:32 PM
Bandt says election was too big an ‘Everest’ to climb
08 May 2025 - 12:17 PM
Greens leader Adam Bandt concedes Melbourne
08 May 2025 - 11:52 AM
Mark Dreyfus dumped from ministry by factional allies
08 May 2025 - 11:49 AM
Two big names set to be axed in Labor post-election reshuffle
08 May 2025 - 11:36 AM
Federal election seat count: Latest update
08 May 2025 - 11:21 AM
WA Premier announces Perth Bears are entering the NRL in 2027
08 May 2025 - 10:55 AM
Electoral commission says election had largest number of 3CP counts
08 May 2025 - 10:18 AM
Cardinals turn to Hollywood for conclave how-to
08 May 2025 - 09:53 AM
PM: ‘No individual is greater than the collective’
08 May 2025 - 09:34 AM
Prime Minister to speak with King Charles on Thursday afternoon
08 May 2025 - 09:30 AM
Greens ‘lost their way’ during last term: PM
08 May 2025 - 09:22 AM
PM credits win to Labor as a party of ‘opportunity’
08 May 2025 - 09:05 AM
Max Chandler-Mather returns fire to PM as war of words erupts
08 May 2025 - 08:53 AM
Dutton post-parliament pension upward of $280k
08 May 2025 - 08:44 AM
Bluescope Steel CFO: Govt worked ‘really hard’ on US tariffs
08 May 2025 - 08:15 AM
Battle for Kooyong still too close to call
08 May 2025 - 07:47 AM
Albanese says Greens should look in their own backyard
08 May 2025 - 07:31 AM
PM says talks with big mining will continue around project approvals
08 May 2025 - 07:21 AM
Albanese ready to enjoy clear mandate but taking nothing for granted
08 May 2025 - 07:17 AM
‘Adam is still leader’: Faruqi on Greens leadership tilt
08 May 2025 - 07:14 AM
Fear drove swing away from Greens: Faruqi
08 May 2025 - 07:06 AM
Greens still refuse to accept leader Bandt’s loss in Melbourne
08 May 2025 - 06:16 AM
Minister for Trade says EU leaders were straight on the phone after election
Farrell says Greens brought election result on themselves
Federal Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell says the Greens Party and leader Adam Bandt contributed to their own undoing during the Federal election.
“I was confident on the work we’d done in the previous three years, especially in my space of trade, that we’d be returned, and the return would be a majority,” Mr Farell told the ABC .
“But even I couldn’t believe the results as they came in on Saturday night.
“I think the Greens have suffered because so many times in the last parliament they blocked sensible policies of the Albanese government.
“They voted with the coalition in the Senate to block, for instance, legislation on housing, sensible housing policy, and I think they’ve paid the political price for that.”
Why Teal-slayer Tim Wilson should be next Liberal leader
Latika M Bourke reports Teal-slayer Tim Wilson is a changed man.
Gone is the arrogance and ego that used to dominate his public persona, and in its place is a far more humble, tenacious and resilient sounding character.
As he paused to stifle the tears in accepting victory in his old seat of Goldstein in Melbourne, he recalled how the outlook appeared for him and the Liberals just three years ago.
“We were written off,” he told reporters at a press conference in Brighton.
“Three years ago people said that Goldstein could not be won.
“I was written off, the Liberal party was written off in this part of the world.”
Ley gets bid boost as former Premier’s voice support
Sussan Ley’s battle to win the leadership of the Liberal Party has been given a big boost as several senior Liberal powerbrokers and former leaders voiced support for her.
Jeff Kennett, Nick Greiner and Barry O’Farrell have named her as the best choice to lead the Coalition after the disastrous election defeat.
The former premiers told the SMH they feel she is the best person to lead the Liberal’s as they try to mend the damage done in the recent campaign.
“I am not one of those who believe that the future for the party is lost or necessarily will take two elections before we are again a viable alternative,” Jeff Kennett said.
“I would very much endorse Sussan Ley coming in as the leader.”
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