Former PM Tony Abbott Elected Federal Liberal Party President

Is Abbott the way forward for the Liberals?

Readers react to the election of Tony Abbott as federal president of the Liberal Party.

Former PM Tony Abbott elected federal Liberal Party president

A senior Albanese cabinet minister says former prime minister Tony Abbott will drag the Liberals further to the right after he was elected party president.

Newly elected Tony Abbott wants to ‘lead a people’s revolt’

The former prime minister says the Liberals are ‘under new management’ with him in charge, while his Howard-era cabinet colleague Alexander Downer wants members to be ‘media tarts’ to win the next election.

Australia's embattled Liberals tap former PM Abbott as party president, reinforcing rightward shift

Australia’s struggling ​opposition Liberal Party installed former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a pugnacious social conservative and campaigner against climate action, as its president ‌on Friday, reinforcing its swing to the right as it works to regain power. The centre-right Liberals dominated modern Australian politics but have been in turmoil after heavy election losses in 2022 […] The post Australia’s embattled Liberals tap former PM Abbott a…