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Kos Samaras

The Liberals are fundamentally mismatched with modern Australia

The party is speaking to a disappearing electorate, while ignoring the realities, identities, and aspirations of the people who will determine its future.

As the dust settles on the 2025 federal election, the numbers lay bare a brutal truth for the Coalition: its grip on modern Australia is slipping and may already be beyond recovery.

Across every major capital city, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Hobart, the Coalition now holds only a handful of federal seats. In demographic terms, they’re almost entirely absent from the Australia that is emerging.

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Kos Samaras is director strategy and analytics at Redbridge.

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