January
South Africa’s genocide case sparks Sharma, Baird, Geminder blow up
Liberal Senator Dave Sharma has taken aim at Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird, urging the former NSW premier to take action against Cricket South Africa, after accusing them of antisemitism.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2023
BCA boss backs rival to Dutton’s pick for Liberal Senate spot
Bran Black, the former chief of staff to NSW ex-premier Dominic Perrottet, said his onetime colleague has an “inexhaustible work ethic”.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2023
Former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma chases Senate spot
Zed Seselja, who lost his Senate spot to independent David Pocock, has also nominated in a field of 10 candidates.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2023
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Former Liberal rising star turns tech investment specialist
Former Liberal MP Dave Sharma aims to use his experience from his years in public life to help emerging tech firms handle toughening media and investor scrutiny.
- Jessica Sier
September 2022
- Opinion
- Satire
The Powerless List: once you are on it, it’s hard to get off
The Power List does not tell you that fame and influence are also revolving doors. Or is that sliding doors?
- Rowan Dean
April 2022
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Why did a TV star suddenly get political?
Bondi Rescue lifeguard Anthony Carroll shot an ad for Liberal MP with volunteers from the local surf club, which is lobbying for federal funding.
- Aaron Patrick
Claims of dishonesty and fakery in battle for Wentworth
Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma accused independent rival Allegra Spender of being “dishonest”, while she said he didn’t act like a real Liberal moderate.
- Ronald Mizen
Will 2022 be the year of independents?
A wave of non-affiliated candidates challenging Liberal MPs could significantly shake up the landscape of federal parliament.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Accountants’ leader van Onselen was asked to run for Wentworth
Chartered Accountants CEO Ainslie van Onselen, the wife of a prominent TV journalist, was asked to run in the blue-ribbon seat.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
February 2022
- Exclusive
- Religion
The night God, sex and the backbench humbled a prime minister
The untold story of a pivotal event in the history of the Morrison government: a bitter struggle between Liberals over religious and gay rights.
- Aaron Patrick and Tom McIlroy
Defeated Morrison shelves religious freedoms until after the election
The government will prosecute its controversial laws following the campaign at the polls after five Liberals sided with Labor to scuttle the signature policy.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy
January 2022
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Independents threaten upheaval in key Lib seats: poll
Liberals in two key seats are under threat from independents campaigning for more action on climate change.
- Phillip Coorey
Allegra Spender is director of company that breached sex-equality law
The independent candidate challenging the Liberal Party in Wentworth was a director of Carla Zampatti’s business when it broke the workplace gender equity law.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Federal election
‘Voices of’ independents competitive in three Liberal seats
The election is close enough in Goldstein, Wentworth and North Sydney for the seats to change hands, according to the first dedicated poll of the inner-city seats.
- Aaron Patrick
December 2021
Jillian Broadbent and the battle for Wentworth
The leading director is among the top businesswomen supporting Allegra Spender’s campaign to unseat Liberal MP Dave Sharma in the marginal seat.
- Sally Patten and John Kehoe
November 2021
- Opinion
- Federal election
The short-seller and his wife going after Morrison
With the Prime Minister worried about a hung parliament, a successful Sydney couple is behind an anti-Liberal campaign in Wentworth.
- Aaron Patrick
September 2021
We deserve better than another country-city climate row: Sharma
Australia’s national interest deserves better than the likes of Bridget McKenzie stoking another country-city climate divide, says Dave Sharma.
- Phillip Coorey
August 2021
Turnbull’s old seat new target of campaign to unseat Liberals MPs
Moderate Liberal Dave Sharma has become the latest target of an activist-backed grassroots movement to unseat Coalition MPs.
- Phillip Coorey
July 2021
Dave Sharma wrangles Wikipedia
The rules of Australian parliaments can be arcane to the uninitiated. And the rules of Wikipedia are no different.
- Myriam Robin
May 2021
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
Liberal Party is full of Dries, and dripping Wet policies
A government heading towards $1 trillion in debt is populated by ministers and backbenchers who describe themselves as fiscal conservatives.
- Aaron Patrick
