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Former NSW Liberal premier Nick Greiner warned executive of internal backlash over burying of election defeat review
- Greiner warned the federal Liberal executive that burying the election defeat review could trigger backlash from members and the media.
- The review into the 2025 defeat was led by Peter Goward and Nick Minchin and delayed due to concerns raised by Peter Dutton.
- The party faced internal tensions as some MPs feared more damage from secrecy than from releasing the findings.
- Senior Liberal figures publicly criticized the decision to permanently bury the review.
- Gisele Kapterian urged that the report should be released to inform a holistic strategy.
- The review reportedly found 2025 the worst campaign the Liberal party had fought.
- Dutton faced scrutiny within the party and reportedly raised concerns about findings against him and his chief of staff.
- Angus Taylor and Jane Hume faced criticism in the review's findings tied to the campaign.
- Taylor argued the party should look forward, not backward, amid the debate over the report.
- Greiner participated on the Liberal executive as head of a NSW committee.
- The Guardian Australia conducted interviews and reviewed multiple Liberal sources about the leaked findings.
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