Hollie Hughes told a Sydney Institute forum parents need to ‘turn the internet off’ as she gave reasons for the party’s election defeat
In her Sydney Institute speech alongside the former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma, Hughes also lashed out at “modern Liberals” who she said campaigned with “no Liberal branding” in a sign of “abandonment of core Liberal party members”.
Hughes warned if MPs “move from Liberal to Liberal-lite, you’re just a teal without the cult following”. “When people are secure in their jobs, paying mortgage is not a problem, the kids are happy at school, and everything ticking along, they have time to think about other things,” she said, referring to such voters as “doctors’ wives”.
When one questioner asked how to restore John Howard’s broad church, Sharma said conservatives had to be “goodwilled and constructive” to help liberals re-enter parliament.
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