Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)

Moderate Liberals traditionally represent inner-city and wealthy House of Representatives seats or are in the Senate.^[16] The Moderates currently have federal representation in four out of five states which they hold seats^{[17][circular reference][18][circular reference][19][circular reference][20]}.^{[circular reference]} Traditionally, the Moderates are strongest in New South Wales and Victoria where they hold most of their representation. However in Victoria, the nominal Moderate faction is not affiliated with those of the other states. The Moderates are the dominant faction in New South Wales and have provided all of the past three Liberal leaders in Tasmania (all of whom served as Premier).^{[21][circular reference]}

Prominent moderates include former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,^[22] former Foreign Affairs Minister and former Deputy Leader Julie Bishop,^[23] former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne,^[24] former Attorney-General George Brandis,^[25] and former Liberal-turned-independent MP Julia Banks.^[26]

Prominent moderates in the Morrison government included Senate leader Simon Birmingham,^[27] Marise Payne, Paul Fletcher and Linda Reynolds.^{[28][non-primary source needed]}

At the state level, four Liberal leaders are from this faction: Kellie Sloane (the New South Wales Opposition Leader),^[29] Jeremy Rockliff (the current Tasmanian Premier),^[30] Jess Wilson (the Victorian Opposition Leader),^[31] and Ashton Hurn (the South Australia Opposition Leader). Prominent Moderates in New South Wales include Gladys Berejiklian (the 45th Premier of New South Wales),^[32] Matt Kean (the faction's leader in New South Wales and former deputy leader of the party),^[33] Rob Stokes (a former Cabinet minister)^[34] and Natalie Ward (the party's deputy leader in New South Wales).^[35] Prominent Moderates in other states include Georgie Crozier and David Southwick in Victoria;^[36] John Gardner, Josh Teague (current South Australian Liberal deputy leader) and Tim Whetstone in South Australia;^[37][38] and Peter Gutwein and Will Hodgman in Tasmania (who both served as Premier).^[39][40]