{"id":17954,"date":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/high-profile-liberal-considers-splitting-from-party-according-to-report\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","slug":"high-profile-liberal-considers-splitting-from-party-according-to-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/high-profile-liberal-considers-splitting-from-party-according-to-report\/","title":{"rendered":"High-profile Liberal considers splitting from party"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>South Australia Senator Cory Bernardi is considering breaking away from the Liberal Party to become the figurehead of a conservative \u201cfourth force\u201d in Australian politics, according to a Fairfax media report.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-politics\/federal-election-2016\/election-2016-cory-bernardi-in-talks-to-break-away-from-malcolm-turnbulls-liberal-party-20160706-gpzqak.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jacqueline Maley, writing for The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, says Bernardi is considering fronting a right-wing party after accusing Malcolm Turnbull of alienating the Liberal Party\u2019s conservative base during the recent federal election.<\/p>\n<p>Maley reports that a Liberal source confirmed: \u201cBernardi is actively seeking this job.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/news\/top-stories\/2016\/07\/06\/bernardi-downplays-reports-of-conservative-split.html\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Bernardi downplayed reports of a split<\/a> on Wednesday after he published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corybernardi.com\/uniting_australian_conservatives\" target=\"_blank\">blog post titled \u201cUniting Australian Conservatives\u201d<\/a> in which he called the election \u201ca disaster\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clear mission now is to bring people together for the good of the country,\u201d Bernardi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is going to take the formalisation of a broad conservative movement to help change politics and to give common sense a united voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more important than ever that we unite Australian Conservatives, who share many views, regardless of their party affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" width=\"800\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bernardi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his post, Bernardi urged anyone who agreed with him to \u201ckick start the movement\u201d by registering their interest at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservatives.org.au\/?utm_campaign=wdcs_160706&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=conservative\" target=\"_blank\">www.conservatives.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Bernardi and preference guru Glenn Druery have denied meeting, but according to Maley, Druery did not deny meeting with Bernardi associates about how a \u201cfourth force\u201d in Aussie politics might work.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Druery said a conservative party would probably pick up one Senate spot in every state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would likely win some lower house seats but they would have to be very, very clever about their election strategy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Bernardi did not return calls from Fairfax media, but sent a text message to say he was \u201con leave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/news\/top-stories\/2016\/07\/06\/bernardi-downplays-reports-of-conservative-split.html\" target=\"_blank\">Meanwhile on Sky News<\/a> he said he was trying to \u201crebuild the Liberal Party from within\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/election-seat-tally-stuff-up-warns-expert\">HUGE SEAT TALLY STUFF UP, WARNS EXPERT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/worst-thing-they-can-possibly-do-graham-cornes-s-warning-for-afl-players\">GRAHAM CORNES\u2019 WARNING FOR FOOTY PLAYERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia Senator Cory Bernardi is considering breaking away from the Liberal Party to become the figurehead of a conservative \u201cfourth force\u201d in Australian politics, according to a Fairfax media report. 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