Australia news live: Liberals infighting and ‘mass public therapy session’ must end, says James Paterson

<p>Shadow finance minister says party has to end the post-election ‘apology tour’. Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Good morning and welcome to our news blog. I’m <strong>Martin Farrer</strong> with the top overnight stories before our day’s blogger steers the news ship through the oceans of live updates.</p><p><strong>James Paterson</strong>, the shadow finance minister, has called for an end to the naval-gazing that has plagued his party since its disastrous federal election defeat, warning a prolonged “mass public therapy session” makes the opposition appear unfit for government. We have more details in a minute.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/15/australia-news-live-liberals-infighting-james-paterson-sussan-ley-andrew-hastie-superannuation-jim-chalmers-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>