Hastie Says Centre-Right Liberals Adopted Too Many Policies From the Left

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

Member for Canning Andrew Hastie addresses the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 10, 2026. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

PERTH, Australia—Shadow spokesman for sovereign capability Andrew Hastie has conceded that Australia’s centre-right Liberal Party has adopted too many policies from 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 said in his first official appearance at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), dubbed “Reset the West,” on March 6.