It might be time to do away with the old political adage that disunity is death.
In a week marking 80 years since the Australian Liberal Party's inception, state and territory Liberals endured one to forget.
Yet the party's electoral fortunes appear on the up.
In Victoria, state Liberal leader John Pesutto stared down a possible coup amid his defamation trial with ousted first-term MP Moira Deeming.
A group of rebel MPs failed to move a mooted motion to spill the leadership at a partyroom meeting on Tuesday after days of speculation.
It's unlikely to be the end of agitators' attempts to unseat him, despite Mr Pesutto leading the Victorian coalition to its best poll result since 2017.
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a verdict in the trial before the end of 2024, with the viability of Mr Pesutto's leadership resting on the outcome.
Further south, the Tasmanian Liberal government was rocked as Michael Ferguson stood down as deputy leader and treasurer.
Mr Ferguson was facing a looming no-confidence vote following delays and cost blowouts on the delivery of new $900 million Spirit of Tasmania ferries.
Finance, local government and sports and events minister Nic Street followed him out the door of cabinet on Friday, citing mental health struggles.
They were the latest wobbles within the Rockliff government after the Liberals plunged into minority government in May 2023 and failed to regain their majority at the ballot box in March.
David Speirs, meanwhile, has gifted his Liberal colleagues weeks of bad headlines after stepping down as South Australian party leader in early-August, citing exhaustion from fending off ongoing leadership speculation.
Footage purportedly showing Mr Speirs snorting a powder later emerged and he has since been charged with supplying drugs, prompting him to quit parliament.
Three days out from Canberrans heading to the polls, ACT Liberal leader Elizabeth Lee was caught flipping the bird at a journalist after a tense exchange over her party's election promise costings.
Ms Lee apologised for the rude gesture but claimed it was in response to constant interruptions and aggressive behaviour.
It is unclear how the Liberals will fare on Saturday in their bid to snap 23 years of Labor government in Canberra, with no credible opinion polling available.
If the polls are anything to go by in Queensland, the Liberal Nationals are in the box seat to return to office for the first time since 2015.
Party leader David Crisafulli was knocked off balance on the campaign trail in the past week over his stance on abortion, which was decriminalised in Queensland in 2018.
He has repeatedly told media he won't change laws, but failed to explain how he would guarantee that and wouldn't rule out denying LNP colleagues a conscience vote on any bill.
The LNP is running a law and order-orientated campaign ahead of next Saturday's poll, a winning formula for their NT Country Liberal Party cousins in August.
The Western Australian Liberals will be the first to face an election in 2025, after their 2021 wipe out at the hands of popular Labor premier Mark McGowan in which they were left with just two seats.
To win majority government in March, the WA Liberals - who have since gained a third MP - would need to pick up 24 seats on a uniform swing of 23.5 per cent.
Polling has indicated the party still has a mountain to climb despite having recovered ground.
In NSW, state Liberal leader Mark Speakman has been dealing with the political fallout of former Liberal MP Rory Amon being charged with child sex offences, allegations he denies.
Mr Amon's resignation from parliament has triggered a by-election for the northeast Sydney seat of Pittwater, which he retained for the Liberals in 2023 by just 606 votes.
Plagued by scandal under Scott Morrison in the previous parliament, the federal Liberals have recently enjoyed relatively clean air with Peter Dutton at the helm.
The coalition skipped in front of Labor 51 to 49 in the latest Newspoll, ahead of an expected election in May 2025.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has faced backlash for a Tourette syndrome gaffe and buying a $4.3 million home on NSW's Central Coast, was dead-even with Mr Dutton with his net approval rating at minus 14.
In a letter to commemorate the party's 80th anniversary and solicit campaign donations, former prime minister John Howard praised Mr Dutton for leading the Liberals' opposition to the failed voice referendum and his "bold" nuclear plan.
"The next election will be tough, but Labor has a fight on its hands," he wrote.
Australia's second longest-serving prime minister, who has repeatedly slammed factionalism within his beloved party, was looking back as well as forward with a long list of its past achievements.
"It was the Liberal Party that dismantled the White Australia policy," he said.
"Our party provided freedom of parental choice in education through the delivery of state aid to independent schools."
Amid the back-clapping, more Liberals will be hoping to grab the reins of federal, state and territory governments - regardless of whether they're all pulling in the same direction.
