doesn't really matter how it's done, who did it or why--- The Liberal Party of Australia needs finishing off -
it needs a coup de grace - because a conservative party cannot exist in this era and in the coming era - not possible
so, if the Liberal Party is to live on - it needs to have a rebirth ----------- a death of the old dinosaur and a rising of some Phoenix
if it can't rise - then, it needs asap to recede into the mists of history - never to be seen or heard from again.
In which case - a new force will be required to balance the other major party
all of that of course, is probably only temporary as we are in a transition period from everything politically, socially, economically that we ever knew - being totally turned on it's head within - ? probably 20 years - by apx. 2040 - 2050 max..
By the end of this century - I doubt if we will recognise anything at all from this current era.