Another prominent former Liberal Party leader has warned the party against any further ‘shift to left’ calling instead for a return to traditional classical liberal values of the Australian middle class.
On Saturday, Liberal Party royalty threw their weight behind plans for a big policy overhaul to realign the party with its traditional centre-right base.
Former LNP Queensland Premier and Liberal Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Campbell Newman, told ADH TV’s The Other Side, the party must put its focus back on its members rather than career politicians within the party elite.
Newman says the party has lost touch with ‘the building block of the...
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