NSW byelection
Northern Beaches deputy mayor Georgia Ryburn to take on teal in Pittwater
Ryburn’s preselection paves the way for a tough contest with teal candidate Jacqui Scruby, who narrowly missed out on claiming the seat in 2023.
- by Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Latest
Exclusive
State Parliament
The once-blocked Liberal candidate with her eyes on Pittwater prize
The Liberal preselection battle for Pittwater will be tight, with big names coming out to back candidates.Â
- by Alexandra Smith
‘I’m still an underdog’: The teal candidate taking on the Liberals in Pittwater
Independent Jacqui Scruby is hoping to win the blue-ribbon seat, which she lost by 606 votes last year, in next month’s byelection.
- by Megan Gorrey
NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits
Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce, is quitting state parliament.
- by Alexandra Smith and James Massola
‘Not reflecting the community’: Kean issues extraordinary warning to Liberal members
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has warned the Liberal Party it is out of step with the voting public after Natalie Ward, who is considered a future leader of the party, failed to win preselection.
- by Tom Rabe
Exclusive
NSW Votes
Cross went nuclear to blow up Ward’s preselection for NSW Liberals
The new NSW Liberal candidate for Davidson has used his preselection to advocate for nuclear reactors as an alternative energy source.Â
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Perrottet tells Ward to quit or face expulsion from Parliament after sexual assault charges
The NSW Liberals could be forced to fight a byelection before the federal election after Kiama MP Gareth Ward was charged.
- by Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
Opinion
Dominic Perrottet
Willoughby byelection shock should put the Liberal Party on notice
Independent candidate for Willoughby Larissa Penn ran her byelection campaign on a budget so small that her volunteers had home-made signs, yet she’s taken the fight right up to her Liberal opponent, who was expected to win easily.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘Willoughby ignored for too long’: Berejiklian’s seat down to the wire
The independent candidate in Willoughby Larissa Penn says the seat has been taken for granted for too long.
- by Alexandra Smith
Gladys Berejiklian’s former seat of Willoughby hangs in the balance
The Liberals could still face a shock loss in the once blue-ribbon seat of Willoughby as vote counting continues.
- by Alexandra Smith and Sarah McPhee
Key independent appointed assistant speaker as Perrottet woos crossbench
A key independent has been given the plum job of assistant speaker as the Perrottet government prepares to rely increasingly on the crossbench.
- by Alexandra Smith