The woman desperate to become Australia's next prime minister urges her defeated and divided colleagues to reconnect with voters, reassert their values and develop new policies.

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley used a statement released to celebrate her party's 81st birthday to plead with her colleagues to lift their collective game, months on from its worst ever election showing.

The manifesto took a few shots at the government for what Ms Ley deemed "lower living standards", a home ownership "lottery" and $1.2 trillion in debt.

But she conceded her party had lost touch with Australians, highlighted by an election shellacking that saw Labor su

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