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Liberal party should forgo ‘entitled’ Kooyong voters, says their own state Liberal MP

Tim Smith, who is retiring in November, says Coalition needs to ‘stop obsessing with the woke causes of inner-urban elites’ and focus on suburbs

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‘Devastated’ Morrison reveals what’s next after stunning election defeat

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has spoken out following his brutal election defeat, saying he's "going back to being a quiet Australian in the Shire".

The New Daily

Scott Morrison looking forward to being 'a quiet Australian' after federal election loss

In his first interview since the Coalition's election defeat, the former prime minister says he is looking forward to supporting the new leaders of the Liberal Party and going back to being a "quiet Australian in the shire".

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Chinese-Australian Voters Ditched The Libs In Droves After All That Anti-China Scaremongering

Some of the Liberal Party’s biggest losses this election were in seats with big Chinese-Australian voter populations so it looks like all the anti-China rhetoric did some damage. What a surprise.The voter swing away from the Liberal Party in some inner Sydney and Melbourne suburbs home to many Chinese-Australian residents…

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Dutton is a dud — Marise Payne would have been an ideal Liberal Party leader

The former foreign affairs minister has been overlooked to lead the Libs. A shame. She could have bridged conservatives and moderates.

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After-dark pundits want to push the Liberals further right. Let them

If the News Corp hacks had their way, the Liberal Party would never win back its heartland. Doesn’t sound so bad, does it?

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Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort

The former defence minister says Tanya Plibersek apologised for likening him to the Harry Potter villain and that while he is "not the prettiest bloke on the block" he believes he will be effective as opposition leader, as he seeks to recast his image ahead of a formal party room…

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Election landslide prompts stark warning from WA Liberal women over 'zero appeal' to females

WA Liberal Party women call on the state party to put strong female candidates in winnable seats and reflect modern society or condemn themselves to long-term opposition, after a second-straight electoral trouncing.

ABC News

Alan Kohler: Here’s a crazy idea for the Liberal Party – sensible policies

If the Liberal Party goes to the right, whatever that means, it will be doomed and politics in Australia will be transformed.

The New Daily

Tight contests as Liberal MP concedes Ryan

Anthony Albanese remains one seat short of a majority in vote count figures, as a Liberal MP conceded defeat in Queensland.

AAP

Dutton says he's right person to lead Libs

Peter Dutton says he could guide the Liberals to win the next election, while saying the party needs to be a broad church.

AAP

Tight contests as election count steps up

Anthony Albanese remains one seat short of a majority in vote count figures posted by the Australian Electoral Commission.

Crikey

Dutton says he’s right person to lead Libs

Peter Dutton says he could guide the Liberals to win the next election, while saying the party needs to be a broad church.

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Who is Peter Dutton? The ex-cop tipped to be the next leader of the Liberal Party

Former minister Peter Dutton is expected to run unopposed to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and, in turn, Australia's next opposition leader.

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Liberal heartland Malcolm Fraser called home rocked by young independent

Wannon in south west Victoria, may have been retained by the Liberals, but the rise of independents has changed the landscape of this once very safe seat.

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Chelsey Potter considering nominating for Liberal pre-selection for Vickie Chapman's seat of Bragg

A former Liberal staffer who has publicly criticised the party for its treatment of women is considering nominating for pre-selection for the by-election in the South Australian state seat of Bragg, spurred on by the lack of women running.

Crikey

Contempt for metropolitan Australians a dangerous move for political parties

While both major parties treated urban Australians with a degree of disdain, it was the conservatives who paid the highest price for it this time around.

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Labor says Peter Dutton taking reins of Liberal Party shows Coalition 'learned absolutely nothing' from federal election

Senior Labor ministers say Peter Dutton becoming opposition leader would show the Coalition has not listened to the message sent by voters at the election.

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Dutton to be elected unopposed: Andrews

Former defence minister Peter Dutton will be elected Liberals leader unopposed as no one else has nominated, says former home affairs minister Karen Andrews.

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Quad goals

Good morning, early birds. The Quad summit in Tokyo has wrapped up with the four members releasing a statement on their commitments regarding security, climate change, and COVID-19, while back home there is renewed criticism of Australia’s on-water asylum seeker policies. It’s the news you need to know, with Amber…

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Opportunity knocks for Australia in China

I suspect Anthony Albanese will be a better PM than he was Opposition Leader – his talents more suited to making things work than tearing things down.

The New Daily

Jacqui Munro: Out with the old, in with the new political script

A party can’t govern forever, though Menzies set a high bar at 16 consecutive years as PM. The Coalition’s nine years is a healthy term.

ABC News

Labor sends election-day asylum seeker boat arrivals back to Sri Lanka, slamming Coalition's mass text 'disgrace'

Labor is questioning department officials about the circumstance surrounding an election-day announcement of an asylum seeker boat being intercepted, as the new government sends them back to Sri Lanka.

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‘It was vitriolic; it was nasty’: Holmes à Court on News Corp, the Coalition’s PR team

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court speaks to David Hardaker about the teal independents, the Murdoch machine, and the state of Australian democracy.

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Federal Liberal Boothby candidate Rachel Swift concedes to Labor's Louise-Miller Frost

Rachel Swift congratulates the Labor Party for its win in the southern Adelaide marginal seat and says she is disappointed that the country had not put more scientists into parliament. Meanwhile, the South Australian Liberal Party director has resigned.

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