Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)

The Moderates, also known as Modern Liberals,  Small-L Liberals or Liberal Left, are members, supporters, voters and a faction of the Australian Liberal Party who are typically economically liberal, but progressive on social and environmental policies. The faction has been described as centre to centre-right.

They compete with the Liberal Party's other three major factions: The National Right/Hard Right, the Centrists, and the Centre Right

Geographical base
Moderate Liberals often represent inner-city and wealthy House of Representatives seats or are in the Senate. The Moderates are noted as having very little presence in the states of Queensland and Western Australia; 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).

Membership
Prominent moderates include former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, former Foreign Affairs Minister and former Deputy Leader Julie Bishop, former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne, former Attorney-General George Brandis, and former Liberal-turned-independent MP Julia Banks.

Prominent moderates in the Morrison government included Senate leader Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne, Paul Fletcher and Linda Reynolds.

At the state level, three Liberal leaders are from this faction: Mark Speakman (the New South Wales Opposition Leader), John Pesutto (the Victorian Opposition Leader) and Jeremy Rockliff (the current Tasmanian Premier). Prominent Moderates in New South Wales include Gladys Berejiklian (the 45th Premier of New South Wales), Matt Kean (the faction's leader in New South Wales and former deputy leader of the party), Rob Stokes (a former Cabinet minister) and Natalie Ward (the party's deputy leader in New South Wales). Prominent Moderates in other states include Georgie Crozier and David Southwick in Victoria; John Gardner, Vincent Tarzia, Josh Teague and Tim Whetstone in South Australia; and Peter Gutwein and Will Hodgman in Tasmania (who both served as Premier).

Current federal House members
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 * Bridget Archer (Bass, Tasmania)
 * Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Queensland)
 * David Coleman (Banks, New South Wales)
 * Warren Entsch (Leichhardt, Queensland)
 * Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, New South Wales)
 * Julian Leeser (Berowra, New South Wales)
 * Sussan Ley (Farrer, New South Wales)
 * James Stevens (Sturt, South Australia)
 * Jenny Ware (Hughes, New South Wales)

Current federal Senate members

 * Simon Birmingham (South Australia)
 * Andrew Bragg (New South Wales)
 * Richard Colbeck (Tasmania)
 * Jane Hume (Victoria)
 * Dave Sharma (New South Wales)
 * Maria Kovacic (New South Wales)

Former federal House members

 * John Alexander
 * Katie Allen
 * Julia Banks (2016–2018)
 * Julie Bishop
 * George Brandis
 * Trevor Evans
 * Jason Falinski
 * Joe Hockey
 * Fiona Martin
 * Christopher Pyne
 * Malcolm Turnbull
 * Tim Wilson
 * Ken Wyatt
 * Trent Zimmerman

Former federal Senate members

 * George Brandis
 * Marise Payne