The Liberal party is facing an existential crisis. In her address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Sussan Ley promised a fundamental review of the party which would go deeper than the review into its electoral performance being conducted by Pru Goward and Nick Minchin.
On 3 May, the Liberal party delivered the worst election result for a non-labour supporting party since 1943, when the United Australia party won only 14 seats out of 74. Out of this crisis, a new political party was formed, the Liberal party of Australia, with Robert Menzies as its leader.
