"There is truth to the criticism that the Liberal Party is the party of white men". If he thinks that, the Liberal party is much better off without him.

The difference between the Liberals and Labor is now close to zero. And the Liberals 60 page soul-search following the election indicates that the gap will be even closer if they are silly enough to implement the report. The authors of the report, by the way, were 50/50 in gender.

The Liberals have to forget the Teal seats altogether. Despite the rumour that the victorious Teals were ex-Liberal supporters, none of them actually were; and only 18% of people who voted for the Teals were disaffected Liberals - the rest were all ex-Labor and minor parties. The rich people in the leafy electorates are all Tesla-socialists these days. No use to the Liberals.

Scomo led the Libs down the tube because he respected no one, stood for nothing and adopted woke policies. At least Boris had an excuse for his stupid woke policies, but the outcome was the same. Why would voters vote for pretend nongs when they can vote for real nongs?

Agree!
Alan B.

«If the major political parties wish to remain relevant during the coming decades,»

Remain? They never were!

«they need to find innovative responses to the disruption caused by Australians' increasing tendency to experiment with independents and minor parties»

Wanting to prevent political disruptions, you bastards? look no further, learn from Putin who is quite successful in that area.
Or if you are looking for softer non-lethal approaches, check out Singapore: if your suburb votes for the wrong candidate, then no services for you for the next five years - no roads repaired, no parks, no sewers, no flood mitigation, no new workplaces other than the most noisy and polluting ones which nobody else wants nearby their home, watch your neighbourhood turning into a slum - next time you learn!

«The LNP could sell itself as truly liberal»

Use guns, mate, and torture implements, learn from Iran: anyone who dares to suggest that you are not truly liberal should not be envied!

«The inevitable consequence would be people from a wider cross-section of society battling it out to represent the party.»

What a great honour, for people to represent the party...
One jester once dared to suggest that political parties should represent the people, but that was one joke too many and he found his demise in a mental ward.

«Some people don't renew their party memberships because they lose faith in the direction of their party, but I suspect many equally part ways due to commitments beyond political volunteering.»

That said about mere membership, how more so for actual candidates?
They will necessarily be the left-overs, the scum who have nothing better to do in their lives than flying back-and-forth to Canberra, there shouting at and making a show of insulting each other, pretending to have a real and important dispute: people who have a worthwhile life of their own, people who have real talents to contribute, will never find the time to leave all goodness behind and opt for such empty lives.

Stop pandering & waste millions on the unproductive intellectuals & reward the productive & useful !

Very true Yuyutsu.