The co-author of the Liberals’ election review, former minister Nick Minchin, has lashed out at the party’s Friday decision to suppress its publication.
Minchin said he was “extremely disappointed” and surprised at the decision, made by the party’s federal executive. It went against earlier assurances he and his co-author, former New South Wales state minister Pru Goward, had been given, he said.
Minchin told The Conversation he thought the suppression would go down badly with thousands of party members, supporters and donors. “They will be horrified by the decision to bury the review into a shocking election result.
