Australia politics live: Taylor says Coalition ‘lost trust’ of public as poll numbers keep falling; Monique Ryan pushes bill to fix Hecs debts
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Royal commission hearings resume today The next round of hearings for the antisemitism royal commission begins today. Regretfully, we’re here until Thursday night with Parliament and the game is at 4am Saturday morning. So I’ll be watching on the TV. And like I’ve said before, sometimes I’m the minister for sport and it’s important I’m at major events because there’s all kinds of elements and stakeholders that
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21.25 EDT‘It’s time’: Coalition frontbencher calls for party rebrandLiberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh says it’s time for a party rebrand, after it sank further in today’s polls, suggesting her colleagues should revisit their values.Speaking to Sky News this morning, the shadow NDIS minister said she wasn’t suggesting changing the foundations of the party, but that it “might be time for us to re-look at how we express ourselves externally”.She said anyone saying everything looks wonderful for the party has their “head in the sand”. double quotation markI’m putting myself out on a limb a little bit, I think it’s time for the Liberal party to rebrand itself. Some people think that we’re stuck in the past and our policies need to resonate with the Australia of today and the future.
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