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What the Tories can learn from the surprising recovery being staged by the Australian Liberals

The Liberals should have descended into a spiral of in-fighting after suffering a crushing loss in 2022. Why didn't they?

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Latika M Bourke
Jan 14, 2024
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This piece was first published on UnHerd and has been updated to incorporate a fresh political debate over Australia Day.

It was a startling comment for an ambitious opposition frontbencher to make, and one that should have been unimaginable given that less than 18 months ago Australia’s centre-right Liberal Party was in electoral ruin, its moderate wing…

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