News live: Liberals have ‘a lot of work to do’ after SA wipeout, Anne Ruston says; missing Japanese tourist, 81, found alive in Tasmania

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News live: Liberals have ‘a lot of work to do’ after SA wipeout, Anne Ruston says; missing Japanese tourist, 81, found alive in Tasmania
News live: Liberals have ‘a lot of work to do’ after SA wipeout, Anne Ruston says; missing Japanese tourist, 81, found alive in Tasmania Photo: The Guardian

The senior Liberal and federal frontbencher Anne Ruston , whose party has so far only secured four state seats in yesterday’s South Australian election, with a handful more too close to call, said her colleagues needed to learn “sobering lessons” from the result.

“The Liberal party has got a lot of work to do to rebuild the trust of Australians,” she told Sky News on Sunday.

double quotation mark I absolutely believe that we can do that.

The values of the Liberal party will resonate, and do resonate with Australians.

We just haven’t been telling our story very well.

One Nation’s result was its best at any poll since the 1998 Queensland election, but some voter surveys have put its federal support higher than the 21.6% in first preferences so far secured in South Australia.

Ruston suggested the rightwing party was unlikely to maintain that level of support.

“We’ve seen the rise and fall of One Nation on numerous occasions around the country,” she said.

But senior state and federal Labor figures warned no one could be complacent about the political threat Pauline Hanson’s party posed.

“We’ve got to look at those grievances and respond with solutions,” federal minister Amanda Rishworth said.

“That’s not something One Nation offers up.”

Source: This article was originally published by The Guardian

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