Returning to the centre may be the only way the walking dead Liberals can rise again (opens in new tab)

After the weekend defections to One Nation, and with more possibly to come, the task for remaining party loyalists is to regroup and reorientGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEven for Victoria’s usually dysfunctional Liberal party division, the untimely death of member John Ternel was a schmozzle.A member for more than a decade, Ternel twice sought preselection to run for the Libs in suburban Melbourne seats. Unsuccessful both times, he quit in the wake of this month’...