In 2007, the advent of the Rudd government completed what seemed an impregnable clean sweep for Labor in all states and federally. Labor’s triumphalism imploded spectacularly within a few short years. By 2014, the Coalition ran every government in Australia except for South Australia and the ACT. Yet the shocking condition of Liberal Party organisations in every state seems particularly ominous today. This goes well beyond the extended honeymoon of the federal Labor government under Anthony Albanese. It’s true Australian Open tennis crowds tend to be a pretty polite lot, but it’s hard to imagine Peter Dutton, let alone Scott...