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political reporters Jake Evans and Georgia Hitch

Liberals' election post-mortem blames COVID-19, scandals and faction warlords for loss

An internal Liberal Party review of the Coalition's devastating election defeat has found Scott Morrison was a decisive factor in the result and has recommended an overhaul of the party organisation to end factional infighting and improve candidate preselections.

The reviews authors, Liberal senator Jane Hume and former federal Liberal director Brian Loughnane, described the result as "the most serious loss for the party in its history". 

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