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Trisha Jha

Liberals must stop treating women, professionals, young people as the disposables

A frequent error is the assumption that to appeal to these demographics, Liberals must change or compromise their values. Far from it.

Forget the Liberal heartland, or the jewels in the crown – there’s no crown left, and precious little heart.

Of the seats held by Liberal leaders since the party’s founding in 1944 through to the present day, only two – Malcolm Fraser’s old seat of Wannon and Scott Morrison’s old seat of Cook – are still in Liberal hands.

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Trisha Jha is a research fellow in the education program at the Centre for Independent Studies.

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