Newly appointed Tony Abbott push the Liberal Party back to its conservative roots with a 2010 election campaign portraying Kevin Rudd as a big spender whose environment policies would cut Australian jobs. Strategists for the party have begun crafting an election strategy that will be aimed at the Prime Minister as ...

Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has threatened to quit if the Liberals did not support his assessment that a majority of the Coalition supported an emissions trading scheme deal that he reached with the Rudd Government. The Liberal leader laid down his ultimatum and closed the partyroom meeting after anti-ETS Coalition MPs, ...

Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull, who is already fighting climate change rebels will now fend off challenges while contesting two by-elections. The instability within the Liberal Party increased yesterday when former Liberal Party instability increased yesterday when former treasurer Peter Costello surprised colleagues by announcing he would quit 20 years of Parliament ...

Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has regained supported despite the prospect of facing of a landslide defeat from the Rudd government, coalition splits on emissions trading and internal criticism. After reaching a near-record low two weeks ago, following the disclosure about his relationship with Treasury official Godwin Grech satisfaction has risen ...

Federal opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull had wanted to become Kim Beazley’s shadow finance minister during the Howard Government, claim senior ALP sources including former Prime Minister Bob Hawke and opposition leader Kim Beazley. Mr Hawke claims that Mr Turnbull approached him to his and Mr Beazley’s endorsement during the failed republic ...