Commentary
To say that the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia (blue is the party’s official colour) is in crisis is to make a pitch for understatement of the year.
However, it is true.
There are elections coming up in the two most populous states. The Liberals in Victoria face further electoral oblivion in November and time may also be up for the Liberals in New South Wales (NSW) next year in March.
Once NSW flips to the centre-left Labor Party (whose official colour is red), the only Liberal government remaining in Australia will be in Tasmania. However, the Liberal government there, headed by Premier Jeremy Rockliff, is a Labor government in all but name. So in reality, at present, the NSW government is the final Liberal frontier….