Obituary: The Australian Liberal Party: 1944 to 2023
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By John Stapleton. Illustrations by John Brack. This isn’t just a temporary setback, it’s an extermination. Australia’s conservatives are going through their worst period since the formation of the Liberal Party in 1944. Their rout at the May Federal election last year and in the country’s most populous state New South Wales last month has left the Liberal Party out of power everywhere but in the mendicant island state of Tasmania. The party’s trouncing at last weekend’s bi-election in the Seat of Alston in Victoria after the resignation of controversial former Liberal Education Minister Alan Tudge has simply confirmed that Australia’s conservatives are in a deep pit of their own making.
Obituary: The Australian Liberal Party: 1944 to 2023
Obituary: The Australian Liberal Party: 1944…
Obituary: The Australian Liberal Party: 1944 to 2023
By John Stapleton. Illustrations by John Brack. This isn’t just a temporary setback, it’s an extermination. Australia’s conservatives are going through their worst period since the formation of the Liberal Party in 1944. Their rout at the May Federal election last year and in the country’s most populous state New South Wales last month has left the Liberal Party out of power everywhere but in the mendicant island state of Tasmania. The party’s trouncing at last weekend’s bi-election in the Seat of Alston in Victoria after the resignation of controversial former Liberal Education Minister Alan Tudge has simply confirmed that Australia’s conservatives are in a deep pit of their own making.