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This anniversary wasn’t meant to be easy: Malcolm Fraser and the modern Liberal Party

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par Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University

Fifty years ago, Liberal MPs chose Malcolm Fraser as their leader. Eight months later, he led them into power in extraordinary – some might say reprehensible – circumstances. He governed for seven and a half years, and remains our fourth-longest serving prime minister.

This year marks some awkward anniversaries for the Liberal Party. But this particular one is awkward for multiple reasons. There is the ruthlessness of Fraser’s…

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