Monique Ryan has had to understand Liberal party voters in order to be able to defeat it (twice) in Kooyong, so she has some insight when she’s asked what it is the Liberal party is doing:

I think people are asking what the Liberals care about, what their policies and principles are, and at the moment all they seem to care about is their own political prospects, which are heading to oblivion if they continue to behave this way.

Sussan Ley is the Liberals’ first female leader. She’s come to power ever a really disappointing campaign by Peter Dutton, where he didn’t lay out any significant policy framework. She hasn’t been given a chance to show whether or not she can do that.

I don’t think she’s been particularly impressive herself, to be honest, but, you know, people want the conservative side of politics to have a policy platform. We’ve seen in Victoria for many years what happens when you don’t have an effective Opposition. What you have is a poor government that can do what it likes and Australians deserve better. They need to have an effective Opposition. So I would hope that the Coalition can pull itself together in some shape or form so it can do that. Because, if it doesn’t, you know, electorates like Kooyong are not going to turn back to the Liberal Party.