Senior Liberals say party must address women problem and regain centre after election loss

Liberal frontbencher Simon Birmingham said gender, diversity, and climate change were clearly factors in the party's defeat

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Senior Liberals have criticised the preselection process in NSW and called on the party to address the issue of women in the party and climate change after the party was savaged by voters at the polls on Saturday.

Matt Kean, the NSW treasurer and a leading moderate said the lesson of Saturday night was that when the Liberal party goes too far to the right we lose in the centre".