00:01The vote counting is still underway, and the Liberals who spoke to the ABC today believe
00:06the party is in the running to win five seats yet to be called, on top of the four they've
00:11already secured.
00:13Given recent polling predictions pointing to a wipeout, the result has left some with
00:18a level of relief, but long-time Federal Liberal Alexander Downer says it was the worst election
00:24night he's ever experienced.
00:25I wouldn't get excited about it, it could have been worse, it was very bad.
00:30When a major political party like the Liberal Party is short of cracking 20% of the primary
00:37vote, they've got a big task ahead of them.
00:41How to approach that task, the Liberal rebuild, depends on who you ask.
00:45The Conservative wing of the party believes a move further to the right of politics is
00:49the path to success, while the moderates say votes are won by appealing to the centre.
00:54factor.
00:55Factional disagreements in the Liberal Party are nothing new.
00:59Often they play out publicly, and Mr Downer says they're causing untold damage.
01:04It's fatal to do that.
01:06It's fatal, and they have to get over it.
01:10Grow up and stop playing these endless factional games.
01:14You have to keep explaining that the Liberal Party is the party of freedom.
01:20It's a party of free people and free enterprise.
01:25But whether anything will change remains to be seen.
01:28After the count wraps up, the Liberals will conduct a review of this campaign in the hope
01:33that the only way from here is up.
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