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.

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 surge to a 94-seat majority.

"We didn't lose because of our values, we lost because we failed to heed them," Ms Ley said.

"The values of the Liberal

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