Politics live: Cory Bernardi tells Malcolm Turnbull he's quitting the Liberals

Extract from ABC News

By political reporter Stephanie Anderson

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Senator Cory Bernardi has contacted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, telling him he will leave the Liberals and form his own political party.

The senator's new party will be called the Australian Conservatives.