Liberal party executive agrees to permanently bury review into catastrophic 2025 election defeat

Party says ‘what’s important now is that we strengthen our party for the future’ but some MPs concerned they will not learn from loss A review of the Liberal party’s catastrophic election defeat will be buried in a move that shields the former leader Peter Dutton and his successor Angus Taylor from potentially damaging findings about their role in the campaign. The Liberal federal executive met on Friday and agreed to permanently shelve Pru Goward and Nick Minchin’s review of the 2025 electio...

By Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent