What's Wrong with the Liberal Party?

This thoroughly absorbing book examines the current state and future of the Australian Liberal Party. Its author, Greg Barns - the only member of the Party to be disendorsed apart from Pauline Hanson - tells the story from the 'inside', exposing the major challenges facing the Liberal party today.

Federally the fortunes of the Australian Liberal Party have rarely been higher, yet times remain uncertain for the party, and questions about its future remain: How much more division about its economic and social direction can it sustain? What changes has it made to stop the Democrats and One Nation stealing its voters? How can a party associated with the ''big end'' of town hope to keep the trust of the ''battlers''? How is the old dogma of the party coping with the new challenges of globalisation and terrorism? Why are the Liberals so obsessed with Paul Keating? Greg Barns is a former Liberal, and the only member apart from Pauline Hanson to be disendorsed by the party before an election. Drawing upon his insider''s knowledge and his outsider''s freedom to consider the issues objectively, Greg Barns exposes the major challenges facing the party today.