Centre-Right Crisis Stems From Taking on Elements of the Left: Hastie

Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie has reflected on where he believes the centre-right has fallen short of expectations.

Liberal member for Canning Andrew Hastie during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, November 27, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PERTH, Australia—Shadow spokesman for industry and sovereign capability and deputy leader of the House of Representatives Andrew Hastie has acknowledged the centre-right Liberals had leaned in too heavily to the left.

“The reason that the centre-right is at war with itself at the moment is because we have adopted elements ... of the centre-left political vision,” Hastie told the Perth Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 6.