Conservative faction of the Liberal Party of Australia
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The National Right ,[ 1] also known as the Conservatives ,[ 10] or the Hard Right ,[ 11] is one of four factions (the other three are the Moderates , Centrists , and the Centre Right )[ 12] within the federal Liberal Party of Australia . Reportedly concerned more with social issues ,[ 1] the faction is the most organised[ 1] and the furthest right of the four.[ 13] [ 14] During the Prime Ministership of Malcolm Turnbull , the faction (of which Turnbull was not a member) rose in size and influence,[ 15] and between 2019–2022 it underwent a change of its leadership and most prominent members, including Tony Abbott , Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews ,[ 1] and included former Liberal Party Senators Cory Bernardi and Mathias Cormann .[ 16] The faction also has a significant young membership, with members Michael Sukkar (factional leader),[ 17] Andrew Hastie , James Paterson and former Senator Amanda Stoker all being Millennials .[ 18] [failed verification ] Furthermore, former New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet is from this faction.[ 19] [ 20]
The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton .[ 21] [failed verification ] As of the 2022 Australian federal election , the National Right is the Liberal Party's largest faction, with 27 of 65 Liberal MPs aligned with the faction.[ 22]
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^ Massola, James (9 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023.
^ a b Pimenta, David (10 November 2023). "Two sides of the same 'West': the radical right wing in Australia and Portugal" . theloop.ecpr.eu . European Political Science Review . Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023 .
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^ a b Patrick, Aaron (2 April 2023). "Conservatives used to think Aston was the Liberals' future" . Australian Financial Review . Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023.
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^ Nicholls, Sean; Selvaratnam, Naomi; March, Stephanie (7 July 2022). "Liberals accuse each other's factions of 'thuggish behaviour' and being 'a cancer that's infected the party' " . ABC News - Four Corners . Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023 .
^ Rabe, Tom (6 August 2019). " 'Absolute pain': Internal division exposed in Liberal feud" . Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023 .
^ Davies, Anne (23 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights" . The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2023 .
^ Gauja, Anika; Chen, Peter; Curtin, Jennifer ; Pietsch, Juliet, eds. (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election . ANU Press . doi :10.22459/DD.04.2018 . hdl :10072/415462 . ISBN 9781760461867 . Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ O'Malley, Nick (27 October 2018). "Who is the 'base' the conservative faction of the Liberal Party keep talking about?" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ Norman, Jane (18 June 2018). "The Liberals' conservative faction is growing — and so is its influence over the party" . ABC News . Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ Packham, Ben; Kelly, Joe (5 August 2011). "Liberal row widens over Turnbull" . The Australian . Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ Crowe, David (28 May 2021). "Liberal faction wars could snare PM in puppet master's strings" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ Tillett, Andrew (23 August 2019). "The rise of the next generation of factional leaders" . Australian Financial Review . Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
^ Seccombe, Mike (24 July 2021). "How power and factionalism work in Berejikliand" . The Saturday Paper . Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022 .
^ Davies, Anne (22 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights" . The Guardian . Retrieved 23 May 2022 .
^ Stayner, Tom (26 May 2022). "Who is the new leader of the Liberal party Peter Dutton?" . SBS News . Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023 .
^ Massola, James (8 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023 .