Is This the Election the Liberals Had to Lose?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes defeat following the results of the Federal Election during the Liberal Party election night event at the Fullerton Hotel on in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2022. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Commentary

In this esteemed publication, I wrote a few weeks ago that when the Australian Liberal Party moves closer to the Australian Labor Party (ALP), it dismays its own best supporters without gaining any new ones.