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A senior Victorian Liberal MP is calling for a "root-and-branch review" of the party after its devastating election loss, while a federal counterpart has apologised for the impact Malcolm Turnbull's axing had on the result.
Key points:- Senior Victorian Liberal MPs have lost their seats on a dire night for the party
- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Mr Turnbull's axing "didn't determine the outcome"
- Shadow Attorney-General John Pesutto is among the Liberals who could be out of a job
Labor had an easy win in the Victorian election, returning Premier Daniel Andrews to power, after benefiting from large swings in Melbourne's east.
Among the Liberal MPs at risk of losing their job was Shadow Attorney-General John Pesutto, who said "something's gone horribly wrong" as he watched the vote count narrow in his own seat of Hawthorn.
"We shouldn't be in this position — we did a lot of things right but obviously something's gone horribly wrong," he said.
"We're going to clearly have to do a root-and-branch review, top to bottom, of all of this.
"My own preference would be that the party needs to take urgent action to re-orient, and get back on the right foot."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-25/victorian-election-liberals-loss-...
- By Gus Leonisky at 25 Nov 2018 - 7:10am
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Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett laid some of the blame at the feet of the party's Victorian president Michael Kroger.
"I will say this — if there's one person who should stand down tonight it is Michael Kroger," he told Channel Seven.
"Because I think his leadership of the party over recent times has been appalling.
"Michael, if you're listening, it's 8:20, by midnight I hope your resignation is on the floor."
But federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he did not believe Mr Kroger needed to resign as a result of the election loss.
"I have a great deal of respect for Michael, and as for what he does at the next state council and whether or not he seeks another term, is completely a matter for him," Mr Frydenberg said.
Mr Frydenberg said the leadership scandal created by the removal of Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister was "noise [that] didn't help, but didn't determine the outcome".
He also denied the state election would foreshadow a federal Coalition loss next year.
He pointed to the election of Liberal-led governments in 2018 state elections in South Australia and Tasmania as evidence of that.
"If Bill Shorten wants to get ahead of himself, and think that he can measure up the drapes in the lodge, then he'll be as wrong as he was in 2016 when he did his famous victory lap of the country," he said.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-25/victorian-election-liberals-loss-...
Gus:
Actually, the libs (CONservatives) won "that" 2016 election because MALCOLM TURNBULL seemed to be the voice of reason, though he did not fool us here with his lies, but he fooled a few too many people, for letting us know he could manage that Kanbra Koal Konservative rabble — which he obviously could not considering he got booted out by it and replaced with Scummo the Bogan coal sausage. Sewer politics...
See also:
http://yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/13472