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Liberals weigh up options for party leader

The Liberal Party is taking stock in the wake of an election defeat but is turning its focus to a replacement for Scott Morrison as leader.

AAP · May 22, 2022

NSW Liberals announce review into election loss, Treasurer says moderate voters were abandoned

NSW Liberal Treasurer Matt Kean says the Scott Morrison government paid the ultimate price for abandoning moderate voters and the party needs to "get its act together" and stop shifting to the right.

ABC News · May 22, 2022

Australian voters have elected their government. Now the Labor Party has to make them believe they were right

Elections are a test – the ultimate test, really – of those who serve as parliamentarians and those who aspire to serve. Scott Morrison asserted quite absurdly early in the 2022 campaign that the election was not a popularity contest. Clearly, the opposite is true. An election involving every eligible…

The Conversation · May 22, 2022

Labor to make Australia proud: Albanese

Australia's 31st prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has promised to make the nation proud of his government, as he and a small team of ministers were sworn in.

AAP · May 22, 2022

In shock and anger over Liberal defeat, Sky News commentators urge party to shift right

Sky After Dark regulars say the Liberal party must distinguish itself by appealing to ‘conservative values that Labor have abandoned’

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2022

Stoking fear and hatred held the Coalition in power – finally Australia had enough

For the first time in a decade the logjam to change the country’s politics may be shifting

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2022

Dennis Atkins: Morrison lost an election he should not have lost. And he still doesn’t get why

Scott Morrison has taken responsibility for his party's election loss. But his concession speech shows us how he still doesn't get it.

The New Daily · May 22, 2022

Moderate Liberals contemplate future after federal election wipeout

A long night of the soul or possibly worse looms for Liberal moderates after the party's vote in capital cities disappeared suddenly at Saturday's election.

The New Daily · May 22, 2022

World leaders respond to Anthony Albanese’s Australian election victory

Pacific leaders welcome Labor’s plan for action on climate while one French minister says defeat of Scott Morrison ‘suits me very well’

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Swing when you're winning: how Labor won big in Western Australia

Western Australia’s promise to be the kingmaker on federal election night has finally been delivered.

The Conversation · May 22, 2022