Editing Liberal Party of Australia (section)

===Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments===
{{Main|Abbott government|Turnbull government|Morrison government}}
{{See also|Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion, February 2015|Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015|2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills}}
[[File:Prime Minister Tony Abbott.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Tony Abbott]], Prime Minister 2013–15]]
The party won government in [[Tasmania]] in [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014]] and lost their fourth election in a row at the [[2014 South Australian state election|South Australian election]]. However, the Victorian Liberal-National government, now led by [[Denis Napthine]], became the first one term government in Victoria in 60 years. Similarly, just two months later, the [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] government in Queensland was defeated just three years after its historic landslide victory. The New South Wales Liberal-National Coalition, however, managed to win re-election in [[2015 New South Wales state election|March 2015]]. In 2016 the Federal Liberals narrowly won re-election in [[2016 Australian federal election|July 2016]] while the Liberal-affiliated [[Country Liberal Party|Country Liberals]] suffered a historic defeat in the [[2016 Northern Territory general election|Northern Territory]] and Canberra Liberals lost their fifth election in a row in [[2016 Australian Capital Territory election|October 2016]]. The Liberals fared little better in 2017 with the Barnett-led Liberal-National government in Western Australia also suffered a landslide defeat in [[2017 Western Australian state election|March]].

[[File:Malcolm Turnbull PEO (cropped).jpg|right|100px|thumb|[[Malcolm Turnbull]], Prime Minister 2015–18]]
Turnbull's time in office saw tensions between [[Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)|Moderate]] and Conservative factions within the Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Carol |title=Pressure on Malcolm Turnbull to bend to conservatives is stronger than ever |url=http://theconversation.com/pressure-on-malcolm-turnbull-to-bend-to-conservatives-is-stronger-than-ever-68479 |access-date=2022-03-04 |date=November 18, 2016 |website=The Conversation |language=en |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304221058/https://theconversation.com/pressure-on-malcolm-turnbull-to-bend-to-conservatives-is-stronger-than-ever-68479 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 21 August 2018 after a week of mounting pressure on Turnbull's leadership over his handling of energy policy and election strategy, the prime minister used the regular party-room meeting to spill the party leadership in an attempt to head off a growing conservative-led move against him by Home Affairs Minister [[Peter Dutton]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}  Turnbull survived the challenge, winning 48 votes to Dutton's 35. A further spill was called by Turnbull, in which he declined to stand and the leadership of the party was decided in favour of Treasurer Scott Morrison, over Dutton.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

[[File:Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison.jpg|left|thumb|100px|[[Scott Morrison]], [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] 2018–2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-20180824-57ief.html|title=Scott Morrison sworn in as Prime Minister|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018|archive-date=24 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183412/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-20180824-57ief.html|url-status=live}}</ref>]]In August 2018, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton unsuccessfully challenged Turnbull for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Leadership tension continued, and the party voted to hold [[2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills|a second leadership ballot]] on 24 August, with Turnbull choosing not to stand. In that ballot, Morrison was seen as a compromise candidate and defeated both Dutton and Foreign Minister [[Julie Bishop]] to become leader of the Liberal Party. He was sworn in as prime minister by the [[Governor-General of Australia|governor-general]] later that day. Morrison went on to lead the Coalition to an unexpected victory in the [[2019 Australian federal election|2019 election]].

[[File:Sub-Regional Meeting on Counter Terrorism (31874365738) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Dutton]], Opposition Leader 2022–2025]]
The Morrison government was defeated at the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 election]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-21 |title=Live: Morrison calls Albanese to concede electoral defeat as Labor, independents unseat Coalition |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/federal-election-live-blog-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese/101085640 |access-date=2022-05-21 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521002735/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/federal-election-live-blog-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese/101085640 |url-status=live}}</ref> after which [[Peter Dutton]] was [[2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election|elected]] to succeed Morrison as party leader.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/peter-dutton-poised-to-be-next-opposition-leader-after-scott-morrison-steps-down-20220519-p5amwj.html|title=Peter Dutton poised to be next opposition leader after Scott Morrison steps down|first=James|last=Massola|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 May 2022|accessdate=22 May 2022|archive-date=21 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521202320/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/peter-dutton-poised-to-be-next-opposition-leader-after-scott-morrison-steps-down-20220519-p5amwj.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After leaving office, Morrison became involved in a scandal after it was revealed that [[Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy|he had secretly held several ministerial positions while serving as prime minister]], which led to Parliament passing a [[censure]] motion against him.<ref name="Karp">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/30/scott-morrison-accuses-labor-of-politics-of-retribution-and-offers-excuses-in-censure-debate|title=Parliament censures Scott Morrison over secret ministries after Liberal Bridget Archer backs Labor and Greens|first=Paul|last=Karp|work=The Guardian|date=30 November 2022|access-date=30 November 2022|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130135906/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/30/scott-morrison-accuses-labor-of-politics-of-retribution-and-offers-excuses-in-censure-debate|url-status=live}}</ref>