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The Liberals are the fifth iteration of Australia's main centre-right party. Could the Voice campaign hasten a sixth?

Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.

The Conversation

Will a preoccupation with party unity destroy the Liberal Party?

Such has been the turmoil over the Liberal Party’s recent decision to join the National Party in campaigning against the forthcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament that even some of the most reliable supporters in the media have remarked on the internal division.

The Conversation

Simon Morgan appointed new WA Liberal state director despite 'treacherous' blog history

A man who once ran a scathing and anonymous blog aimed at a state Liberal leader is chosen as the WA Liberal Party's new state director.

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Suspended Liberal MP to return, vows to 'defend women'

Victorian MP Moira Deeming has no plans to leave the Liberal party after she was suspended by the leader following her attendance at an anti-trans rights rally.

AAP

Retiring Karen Andrews won’t campaign against Voice

The Coalition's outgoing home affairs spokesman, Karen Andrews, won't join the opposition's campaign against the Indigenous Voice.

The New Daily

Liberal Party has a 'lot of work to do': retiring MP

Speaking about her retirement from parliament at the next election, Liberal MP Karen Andrews says her party has a lot of lost ground to make up.

AAP

Corruption probers raid homes of ‘senior’ NSW Liberals

The homes of past and present NSW Liberal Party members have been reportedly raided as part of an anti-corruption investigation.

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ICAC raids homes of NSW Liberal members: report

Laptops and phones have been seized during raids conducted by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.

AAP

Liberals hang on to Ryde after NSW election recount

The Liberal Party has held on to the NSW seat of Ryde after votes were recounted with Jordan Lane replacing former minister Victor Dominello.

AAP

Liberals failed to shift with electorate - Hewson

A former Liberal Party leader says the party has missed a progressive shift in the electorate, and has not been constructive on the voice to parliament.

AAP

Canada faces questions over alleged Chinese interference

An official inquiry is under way into allegations China meddled in elections but some say the influence goes further.

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Leeser stance is a setback for Dutton’s leadership

The decision by Peter Dutton to actively front and campaign against The Voice has been a major problem from the outset.

The New Daily

Australia opposition lawmaker quits shadow cabinet over Indigenous referendum stance

An Australian opposition lawmaker quit the shadow cabinet on Tuesday in disagreement with his Liberal party's decision to campaign against a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Aboriginal and Torres Island people.

Reuters

Watch: Senior lib quits over Voice, Budget preview, Contraceptive class action

Watch: The Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has this morning quit the frontbench over the Liberal Party's opposition to the Voice

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Alan Kohler: If the Liberals hope to survive it must be as progressive conservatives

Maybe the Liberal Party needs to split, like Labor did in 1955. Failing that, it must regroup and rebrand to reflect modern Australia.

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Happy Easter: 4 Liberal MPs Just Told The SMH Scott Morrison May Soon Quit Politics

Four Liberal Party Members of Parliament have told the Sydney Morning Herald that former PM Scott Morrison has plans to retire soon.

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Peter Dutton: Public servants will be the only real winners if the Voice gets up

Peter Dutton has claimed the only sector of Australian society likely to benefit from the proposed Voice to Parliament will be public servants

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Julia Banks: What next for the Liberal Party and will Frydenberg ride to the rescue?

If Scott Morrison was the self-described ‘bulldozer’, Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party is like an out-of-date steamroller. Julia Banks writes.

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Former Tasmanian premier's frank advice to Liberal Party on Voice opposition

Former Liberal premier Peter Gutwein was known for being frank and this week warned his former federal colleagues opposing the Voice that they risk "increasing irrelevance".

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Michael Pascoe: To what legacy do our leaders aspire? Peter Dutton might want to ask himself

There will be no resurrection for Peter Dutton’s party and no legacy worth remembering, whatever the outcome of the referendum.

AAP

Liberals split denied after partyroom voice call

Divisions have emerged after the Liberal Party announced it would formally oppose the government's proposed model for an enshrined voice to parliament.

ABC News

Professor Marcia Langton accuses Peter Dutton of 'lying' over Voice to Parliament

A senior member of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Working Group has slammed the Liberal Party's decision to oppose a referendum on the Voice as "deceitful".

The Independent UK

Australia’s conservative party declares opposition to Indigenous body: ‘A sad day for the country’

‘I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of Dutton Liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country’

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

The Conversation

How does the Liberal Party's Voice policy stack up against the proposed referendum?

Despite the political acrimony over the Voice referendum, what’s most striking is the similarities between the positions of the Coalition and the Labor government.

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