It’s not just one bad result, though. The initial bad result was in 2022, which they then doubled down on instead of learning from. Now they’ve been wiped out of most capital cities, and have given teal independents at least six years to build their own support base. Even a single-term independent is difficult to dislodge, let alone one with six years of community engagement and networking. Their main voter base is rapidly dying out now and they are struggling to replace them with younger voters. The party itself is clearly in a fucked position, although that shouldn’t be confused for traditionally centre-right politics/voters in Australia suddenly moving to the left.