A former Queensland senator has suggested that the Liberal party should go back to its original roots instead of becoming the “diet Coke” version of Labor and Greens.
The comment comes after the Liberal party’s loss in the 2022 federal election sparked calls for the party to adopt progressive policies and preselect more women to win back government and inner-city voters.
But former Liberal party senator Amanda Stoker recently argued that doing so means that there’s “really nothing in terms of differentiation in perspective to attract people to voting for our cause.”
Speaking at Australia’s largest annual liberty conference on July 15, Stoker said that from the marketing perspective, “if you’re in a sea of left-leaning candidates, it can help an awful lot if you offer something different.”…