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One source said Cox confronted Waters and told the new leader that she needed to “grow a spine”. Another MP said the scenes were “ugly” and unjustified, especially given Cox had not made clear to colleagues until late in the piece that she would run theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Matt Canavan has chosen not to join the frontbench so he can continue to speak his mind about the net zero climate target he is intent on removing as Coalition policy, creating a powerful new anti-net zero backbench grouping with Barnaby Joyce theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Does the Pentagon really think Australia should promise to send its subs to a possible conflict with China. The UK’s peak AUKUS adviser says the UK has never done that. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Anthony Albanese has declared Australia must not be subservient to its allies as his government pushes back on a possible US demand to guarantee the use of AUKUS submarines in any conflict with China on the eve of his trip to that country. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

AUKUS review reported as being a 30-day probe will actually take weeks or months longer. The influential China hawk running the review has told Australian sources he wants a firmer guarantee Australia would join the US in any conflict w China over Taiwan theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is preparing to order a radical investigation into the future of the Liberal Party, going beyond a standard post-election review, as she seeks to rebuild it after its historic electoral loss. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

US beef could be allowed into Australia for the first time in decades through a biosecurity rule review to secure the removal of tariffs as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to meet President Donald Trump later this month. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

”How can they sleep at night knowing they are giving the richest state in the country $8 billion more than it needs while simultaneously saying they can’t afford to increase the JobSeeker allowance?” - Saul Eslake theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Ley told colleagues privately Jane Hume was not being punished for the party’s work-from-home backflip or her election eve remarks about “Chinese spies” that inflamed the Chinese-Australian community, arguing she could one day return to the shadow cabinet theage.com.au/politics/feder…

The Liberal and National parties are inching closer to reforming the Coalition after Liberal MPs authorised leader Sussan Ley to get a deal done with counterpart David Littleproud, agreeing to policies demands with two minor exceptions smh.com.au/national/austr…

A reformed Coalition would drastically scale back the nuclear energy plan it took to the election, according to a leaked document outlining policy negotiations between Sussan Ley and David Littleproud that reveals disagreements on divestiture and $20b fund smh.com.au/politics/feder…

As always, there are bad hot takes after an election. The sore losers going all elements of preferential voting - a century-old part of our federal electoral system - is right up there ... smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud are in crisis talks to reverse the Coalition split as senior Nationals including Michael McCormack and Darren Chester push for a peace deal theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Liberals expect Jacinta Price’s portfolio of government efficiency to be scrapped over comparisons to Elon Musk as Liberals try to "un-DOGE" the party. Angus Taylor, Tim Wilson to be on frontbench and Andrew Hastie likely to have non-defence portfolio smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Barnaby Joyce, M McCormack, D Chester spoke out against splitting from the Liberals inside the Nationals, a move that was driven by several factors including Jacinta Price's defection, Littleproud's request to become deputy OL, and net zero. Inside story: theage.com.au/politics/feder…

“There was a fair bit of antagonism towards Angus Taylor” The #ABCInsiders panel Niki Savva, Paul Sakkal and Anna Henderson discuss the impact of “Hyper-factionalism” on the Liberal leadership contest between Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor. #auspol

“There will be retribution and repercussions” The #ABCInsiders panel Niki Savva, Paul Sakkal and Anna Henderson discuss Labor’s factional frontbench reshuffle. #auspol

Liberal MP said the party did not want to lock in specific policies, particularly contentious ones such as nuclear power, in the new Coalition agreement. A Liberal source added:“It’s for the Nats to determine whether they want to be in the shadow ministry" smh.com.au/politics/feder…

This is from the article today by @CroweDM and @paulsakkal

Full podcast with @CroweDM and Anthony Albanese before he travelled to Jakarta youtube.com/watch?v=Xxy7Jw…