Victoria’s Liberals need to define who they are before deciding who can lead them back from oblivion

With a primary vote sitting on 29.7% - its lowest result since 1952 - it's clear the party's problems run deep

• Change-or-die moment': Victorian Liberals facing worst primary vote share in 70 years
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Victoria's Liberals might be searching for a new leader but it's clear from Saturday's emphatic election loss that the party needs more than a new face to become electorally competitive in the state once more.

On Sunday the opposition leader, Matthew Guy, announced he would step down after leading his party to a second crushing defeat, with this loss arguably worse than the 2018 Danslide".Despite Liberal party headquarters reporting in the latter stages of the campaign that it had narrowed the gap" on Labor, at the time of writing, the Liberals were on track to win 16 seats - a net loss of one.

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