Australia news live: Tony Abbott praises Liberal party’s new top strategist as party tries to rebuild campaign machine

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Good morning and welcome to the live blog for Sunday 7 June.

I’m Josh Taylor and I’ll be bringing you the news for today.

The Liberals have appointed a new top strategist as the new federal president, Tony Abbott, begins to make his mark on the party.
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