The National Right, also known as the Conservatives, or the Hard Right, is one of three factions (the other two are the Moderates and the Centre Right) within the federal Liberal Party of Australia. Reportedly concerned more with social issues, the faction is the most organised and reactionary of the three, with the loudest voices of dissent within the party coming from the faction. During the Prime Ministership of Malcolm Turnbull, the faction (of which Turnbull was not a member) rose in size and influence, and between 2019–2022 it underwent a change of its leadership and most prominent members, including Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews, and included former Liberal Party Senators Cory Bernardi and Mathias Cormann. The faction also has a significant young membership, with members Michael Sukkar (factional leader), Andrew Hastie, James Paterson and former Senator Amanda Stoker all being Millennials. Furthermore, former New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet is from this faction.
The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.
Membership
Current MPs
Former MPs
See also
Liberal factions: Moderate faction Centre Right faction Lyons Forum (1992–2004) Conservative faction Conservatism in Australia