Julia Banks: Liberals pay a high price for their unholy merger with the hard right

In their self-assessments, the Liberals seem to talk to themselves, about themselves, and defend their actions rather than face reality, Julia Banks writes. Photo: AAP/TND

Scott Morrison’s historic censure over his multiple ministries and his ‘sorry not sorry’ defence speech played out this week on the back of a disastrous Victorian election result for the Liberal Party.

Morrison’s speech will be an endpoint of his legacy – a trail of destruction of the party forever linked to a man who abused his power and undermined our democracy.