Victorian Liberal Party members have called on the federal opposition to abandon its support for net zero emissions by 2050, as leader Sussan Ley heads into a rocky debate on climate change policy.

State members also urged the federal party to block trans people from women’s and girls’ sport, with MPs Bev McArthur and Moira Deeming supporting the motion at the Liberal state council held on Sunday at Melbourne’s Moonee Valley Racecourse.

While the state party has struggled to show the Victorian public it is a viable alternative, a growing number of long-standing MPs have announced their retirement at the November 2026 election and sparked some hope of renewal. Former treasurer Kim Wells, elected in 1992, confirmed on Sunday he would leave parliament next year.

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