Liberal forces planning to dump Bridget Archer before next election, veteran party adviser warns

Since the change of government last May, Archer has made it clear she wants to work constructively with the Albanese government on policy that benefits her constituents rather than line up with the reflexively negative political strategy being pursued by the opposition leader, Peter Dutton.

Archer, who held her ultra marginal electorate of Bass despite against the significant anti-government swing that took out several Liberal moderates in safer seats last May, has argued consistently that the party needs to abandon culture warring and return to basics, such as better community representation.

Stansfield was formerly chief of staff to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman, and adviser to Abetz and the former finance minister Matthias Cormann.