6 Key Takeaways From the Conservative Political Action Conference in Australia

Speakers at CPAC Australia grappled with issues like divisions in the centre-right Liberal Party, a simmering immigration debate, and the cost of net zero.

Jacinta Price speaking at the CPAC Australia conference at The Star, Brisbane, on Sept. 20, 2025. Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times

Just months after the Liberal-National Coalition’s bruising election defeat—and amid the resurgence of Trump’s MAGA movement and the shocking assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk—Australians gathered in Brisbane for CPAC, the country’s largest right-leaning conference.

Speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Australia grappled with difficult issues like divisions in the centre-right Liberal Party, a simmering immigration debate, and the cost of net zero.