<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Angus Taylor has issued a rallying cry at the final day of the federal Liberal Council in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The opposition leader is hoping to re-energise the party at an all-time low.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're going to fight like hell and win this war," he said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/richard-scolyer-wife-shares-health-update-brain-cancer-battle/0c7a18d9-f5dd-4908-831a-3348784ee221"><strong><span>Professor Richard Scolyer's wife shares sad update</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The frontline for Taylor and deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume is Labor's Budget.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Anthony Albanese has started a war on aspiration," Taylor said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Labor has spent too much, they have taxed too much, they have regulated too much," Hume said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/federal-politics-liberals-leader-fires-up-party-faithful-following-tony-abbotts-presidency/b404f7e8-379e-4055-bb8b-d41c84d9d8b2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-weather-unusually-strong-system-could-bring-destructive-winds-heavy-falls-and-localised-tornadoes-for-western-australia/6bcc2234-b7b7-472d-9f48-6ed97e3c4e59" rel="" target="" title="Tornadoes possible as 'strong' weather system hits WA"><strong><span>Tornadoes possible as 'strong' weather system hits WA</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The party's federal council is hoping they can regain ground, with Labor and the Teals moving in on the left and One Nation on the right. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are not a party of grievance or protest, we are a party of prosperity," Hume said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson it was "a day of renewal" for the party and an opportunity to try to "build a better future for the country".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Federal MP Ben Small said the organisation "is in very safe hands" as it seeks to "get on and fight like hell, as Angus says".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taylor's long-term mentor and former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, officially became the new Liberal party president today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sexism-in-schools-rising-boys-target-female-teachers-students/086fc49c-0218-4f03-a855-ca87f57cd2ce"><strong><span>Alarm over scary trend 'exploding' in Aussie schools</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal Party under new management is facing a government with an unpopular budget, which gives the opposition something fresh to fight for. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's clear that the Coalition and Labor stand for completely different things and have completely different visions for our country," Taylor said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our job is to be our very best selves, because at our best we are unbeatable," Abbott said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Energy minister Chris Bowen said today the Liberal Party is "a party focused on the culture wars of the past".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Nobody says that more clearly than Tony Abbott," energy minister Chris Bowen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the next election still two years away, the task now is to keep this momentum growing.</span></div></div>