National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)

National Right Faction

Hard Right, National Right Conservatives^{[citation needed]}
National Right Faction Hard Right, National Right Conservatives[citation needed]
Leader	Peter Dutton
Ideology	Australian nationalism; Conservatism (Australian); Social conservatism;
Political position	Right-wing
Associated party	Liberal
Colours	Blue
House of Representatives	16 / 40 (2023 seats)[citation needed]
Senate	11 / 24 (2023 seats)[citation needed]

The National Right,^[1] also known as the Conservatives,^[9] or the Hard Right,^[10] is one of four factions^{[dubious – discuss]} (the other three are the Moderates, Centrists, and the Centre Right)^[11] within the federal Liberal Party of Australia. Reportedly concerned more with social issues,^[1] the faction is the most organised^[1] and the furthest right-leaning of the four.^[12]^[13] During the Prime Ministership of Malcolm Turnbull, the faction (of which Turnbull was not a member) rose in size and influence,^[14] and between 2019–2022 it underwent a change of its leadership and most prominent members, including Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews,^[1] and included former Liberal Party Senators Cory Bernardi^{[dubious – discuss]} and Mathias Cormann.^[15] The faction also has a significant young membership, with members Michael Sukkar (factional leader),^[16] Andrew Hastie, James Paterson and former Senator Amanda Stoker all being Millennials.^[17]^{[failed verification]} Furthermore, former New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet is from this faction.^[18]^[19]

The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.^[20]^{[failed verification]} As of the 2022 Australian federal election, the National Right is the Liberal Party's largest faction, with 27 of 65 Liberal MPs aligned with the faction.^[21]

Membership

Current MPs

Membership (both houses)^[1]
Name	Constituency	Other positions	State/Territory
Peter Dutton	Member for Dickson	Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party Minister for Defence 2021–2022 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2014–21) Leader of the House of Representatives (2021–22)	QLD
Michaelia Cash	Senator for Western Australia	Former Attorney-General of Australia Former Minister for Industrial Relations Former Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate	WA
Michael Sukkar	Member for Deakin	Former Assistant Treasurer	VIC
Angus Taylor	Member for Hume	Former Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction	NSW
Alex Antic	Senator for South Australia		SA
Andrew Hastie	Member for Canning		WA
James Paterson	Senator for Victoria	Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security	VIC
Garth Hamilton	Member for Groom		QLD
Slade Brockman	Senator for Western Australia	Former President of the Senate	WA
Phillip Thompson	Member for Herbert		QLD
Luke Howarth	Member for Petrie	Former Assistant Minister for Youth and Employment Services	QLD
Tony Pasin	Member for Barker		SA
Rick Wilson	Member for O'Connor		WA
Matt O'Sullivan	Senator for Western Australia		WA
Ian Goodenough	Member for Moore		WA
Jonathon Duniam	Senator for Tasmania		TAS
Claire Chandler	Senator for Tasmania	Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs	TAS
Gavin Pearce	Member for Braddon		TAS

Former MPs

Membership (both houses)^[1]
Name	Constituency	Other positions	State/Territory
Tony Abbott	Member for Warringah (1994–2019)	Former Prime Minister of Australia	NSW
Eric Abetz	Senator for Tasmania (1994–2022)	Leader of the Government in the Senate (2013–15) Minister for Employment (2013–15) 2024 Tasmanian election candidate for Franklin	TAS
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Senator for New South Wales (2005–22)	Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Turnbull Government (2016–18)	NSW
Kevin Andrews	Member for Menzies (1991–2022)	Former Minister for Defence Former Minister for Social Services	VIC
Gerard Rennick	Senator for Queensland (2019–2024) (left the party)		QLD
Gladys Liu	Member for Chisholm (2019–22)		VIC
Amanda Stoker	Senator for Queensland (2018–22)	Former Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General	QLD
Nicolle Flint	Member for Boothby (2016–22)		SA
Christian Porter	Member for Pearce (2013–22)	Former Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Former Attorney-General Leader of the House Former Minister for Industrial Relations Former Minister for Social Services	WA
Zed Seselja	Former Senator for Australian Capital Territory (2013–22)	Former Minister for International Development and the Pacific Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs (2016–17)	ACT
Alan Tudge	Member for Aston (2010–23)	Minister for Education and Youth (2020–21) Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure (2018–20) Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (2017–18) Minister for Human Services (2016–17)	VIC
Mathias Cormann	Former Senator for Western Australia (2007–20)	Minister for Finance (2013–20) Leader of the Government in the Senate (2017–20)	WA

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Massola, James (21 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ Massola, James (9 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Pimenta, David (10 November 2023). "Two sides of the same 'West': the radical right wing in Australia and Portugal". theloop.ecpr.eu. European Political Science Review. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bourke, Latika (19 January 2018). "'Arrogantly ignored': Right-wing Liberals hit back at Ruddock 'unity' ticket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b Patrick, Aaron (2 April 2023). "Conservatives used to think Aston was the Liberals' future". Australian Financial Review. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023.
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^ Nicholls, Sean; Selvaratnam, Naomi; March, Stephanie (7 July 2022). "Liberals accuse each other's factions of 'thuggish behaviour' and being 'a cancer that's infected the party'". ABC News - Four Corners. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ Rabe, Tom (6 August 2019). "'Absolute pain': Internal division exposed in Liberal feud". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ Davies, Anne (23 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ Gauja, Anika; Chen, Peter; Curtin, Jennifer; Pietsch, Juliet, eds. (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ANU Press. doi:10.22459/DD.04.2018. hdl:10072/415462. ISBN 9781760461867. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ O'Malley, Nick (27 October 2018). "Who is the 'base' the conservative faction of the Liberal Party keep talking about?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Norman, Jane (18 June 2018). "The Liberals' conservative faction is growing — and so is its influence over the party". ABC News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Packham, Ben; Kelly, Joe (5 August 2011). "Liberal row widens over Turnbull". The Australian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Crowe, David (28 May 2021). "Liberal faction wars could snare PM in puppet master's strings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Tillett, Andrew (23 August 2019). "The rise of the next generation of factional leaders". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ Seccombe, Mike (24 July 2021). "How power and factionalism work in Berejikliand". The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Davies, Anne (22 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Stayner, Tom (26 May 2022). "Who is the new leader of the Liberal party Peter Dutton?". SBS News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ Massola, James (8 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[SMH-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Massola, James (21 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[2] Massola, James (9 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023.

[Pimenta-3] Pimenta, David (10 November 2023). "Two sides of the same 'West': the radical right wing in Australia and Portugal". theloop.ecpr.eu. European Political Science Review. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[Bourke-4] Bourke, Latika (19 January 2018). "'Arrogantly ignored': Right-wing Liberals hit back at Ruddock 'unity' ticket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.

[Patrick-5] Patrick, Aaron (2 April 2023). "Conservatives used to think Aston was the Liberals' future". Australian Financial Review. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023.

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[9] Nicholls, Sean; Selvaratnam, Naomi; March, Stephanie (7 July 2022). "Liberals accuse each other's factions of 'thuggish behaviour' and being 'a cancer that's infected the party'". ABC News - Four Corners. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[10] Rabe, Tom (6 August 2019). "'Absolute pain': Internal division exposed in Liberal feud". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[11] Davies, Anne (23 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[ANU-12] Gauja, Anika; Chen, Peter; Curtin, Jennifer; Pietsch, Juliet, eds. (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ANU Press. doi:10.22459/DD.04.2018. hdl:10072/415462. ISBN 9781760461867. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[13] O'Malley, Nick (27 October 2018). "Who is the 'base' the conservative faction of the Liberal Party keep talking about?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[14] Norman, Jane (18 June 2018). "The Liberals' conservative faction is growing — and so is its influence over the party". ABC News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[15] Packham, Ben; Kelly, Joe (5 August 2011). "Liberal row widens over Turnbull". The Australian. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[16] Crowe, David (28 May 2021). "Liberal faction wars could snare PM in puppet master's strings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[AFR-17] Tillett, Andrew (23 August 2019). "The rise of the next generation of factional leaders". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[18] Seccombe, Mike (24 July 2021). "How power and factionalism work in Berejikliand". The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[19] Davies, Anne (22 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[20] Stayner, Tom (26 May 2022). "Who is the new leader of the Liberal party Peter Dutton?". SBS News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

[21] Massola, James (8 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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National Right Faction Hard Right, National Right Conservatives^{[citation needed]}
Leader	Peter Dutton^[1]^[2]
Ideology	Australian nationalism^[3] Conservatism (Australian)^[6] Social conservatism^[7]
Political position	Right-wing^[8]
Associated party	Liberal
Colours	Blue
House of Representatives	16 / 40 (2023 seats)^{[citation needed]}
Senate	11 / 24 (2023 seats)^{[citation needed]}

National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)

Membership

Current MPs

Former MPs

See also

References