At Perth’s CPAC conference, Liberal party faithful speak of ‘the lost Australians’ – with no sign of One Nation

Andrew Hastie pictured in 2024. The Liberal MP told the CPAC conference in Perth on Friday: ‘Immigration numbers are too high, while the standards are too low.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The rightwing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) made its foray into Western Australia on Friday evening, with no sign of One Nation on a stage dominated by Liberal politicians.

The event, dubbed Reset the West, was a rallying call for conservatives to work together, but what emerged was a Liberal party attempt to rebuild the centre-right with itself at its core.