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Australian Liberal Party
![Australia’s Independent Candidates Aim to Tap Into Voter Unease Australia’s Independent Candidates Aim to Tap Into Voter Unease](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-28-1.jpg)
Australia’s Independent Candidates Aim to Tap Into Voter Unease
By Grant Wyeth
With an election to be held by May 2022, the pre-election period in Australia is seeing a surge of maneuvering among independents gunning for Liberal seats.
![Will Tim Smith’s Drunken Crash Save the Victorian Liberal Party? Will Tim Smith’s Drunken Crash Save the Victorian Liberal Party?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-08-132140.jpg)
Will Tim Smith’s Drunken Crash Save the Victorian Liberal Party?
By Grant Wyeth
With Smith seemingly on the way out, the party will have a little more freedom to recalibrate.
![The Trump Effect: What Trumpian Politics Mean for Australia The Trump Effect: What Trumpian Politics Mean for Australia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-10_16-11-49.jpg)
The Trump Effect: What Trumpian Politics Mean for Australia
By Grant Wyeth
U.S. President Donald Trump’s style of politics has infected Australia’s Liberal Party.
![Political Redemption in Sight for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Political Redemption in Sight for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-17-5.jpg)
Political Redemption in Sight for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
By Joshua Mcdonald
Amid devastating bushfires earlier this year Morrison’s leadership was in question. His handling of COVID-19 may be his political resurrection.
![Australian Bushfires: A Government in Disarray Australian Bushfires: A Government in Disarray](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-13-4.jpg)
Australian Bushfires: A Government in Disarray
By Joshua Mcdonald
PM Morrison has two options: confront the far-right elements within his government or forever be linked to Australia’s climate decline.
![Fiddling While Australia Burns Fiddling While Australia Burns](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-49057384023-5efdd5db40-k.jpg)
Fiddling While Australia Burns
By Joshua Mcdonald
While leaders prevaricate on climate issues, the toll is growing – this time in the form of devastating bushfires.
![What Next For ‘Miracle Man’ Morrison? What Next For ‘Miracle Man’ Morrison?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19138541033883.jpg)
What Next For ‘Miracle Man’ Morrison?
By Anthony Fensom
Can Morrison and Australia's Coalition make the most of an unexpected election victory?
![Australia’s Election Delivers Morrison’s Miracle Australia’s Election Delivers Morrison’s Miracle](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19138525637990.jpg)
Australia’s Election Delivers Morrison’s Miracle
By Anthony Fensom
In a shock upset, the ruling coalition will stay in government under Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
![Australian Prime Minister Predicts Close Election Result Australian Prime Minister Predicts Close Election Result](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-kunjungan_perdana_menteri_australia_scott_morrison_ke_indonesia_43682148384.jpg)
Australian Prime Minister Predicts Close Election Result
By Rod McGuirk
The odds are in favor of the opposition, but incumbent Scott Morrison remains hopeful.
![The Evolving Australia-Indonesia Relationship Amid Election Season The Evolving Australia-Indonesia Relationship Amid Election Season](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18243350920721.jpg)
The Evolving Australia-Indonesia Relationship Amid Election Season
By Grant Wyeth
With Jokowi likely scoring another term in Indonesia, the bilateral relationship’s direction balances on Australia’s pending polls.
![Australia’s Liberal Party Releases National Security Plan Ahead of May Elections Australia’s Liberal Party Releases National Security Plan Ahead of May Elections](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-20190215adf8611998_117-1.jpg)
Australia’s Liberal Party Releases National Security Plan Ahead of May Elections
By Samuel Bashfield & James Mortensen
The plan broadens the church of national security but it doesn’t provide much clarity.
![Australia’s Israel Embassy Decision and the Convergence of Conservative Identity Australia’s Israel Embassy Decision and the Convergence of Conservative Identity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18349311085015.jpg)
Australia’s Israel Embassy Decision and the Convergence of Conservative Identity
By Grant Wyeth
Australia’s foreign policy may be moving into a phase where it is no longer mostly above partisan politics.