Liberals urged to shift right after SA. How has that gone in the past?

Liberal Senator Alex Antic said following the South Australian state election, which handed the SA Liberals a massive defeat and a major push towards One Nation: party He “will not succeed if he continues to offer orange-like policies” and instead called for a move further to the right. Former foreign minister Alexander Downer also argued that the Liberal Party should learn from One Nation. Attitudes to immigration and race.

It’s an argument that invariably arises in every election in which a conservative party breaks its election spoof: Not voting had nothing to do with qualification; We just weren’t right-wing enough.