Sussan Ley

‘I will be here in three years’:Inside Sussan Ley’s battle to hold on to the hardest job in politics

After the Liberal Party’s worst ever election result,Sussan Ley took on the hardest job in politics as party leader. Six months on,she’s struggling,not only with policy and personality divisions,but with what on earth the party stands for in 2025.

  • Gay Alcorn

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Deputy Liberal Leader Ted O’Brien,Opposition Leader Sussan Ley,defence spokesman Angus Taylor,and backbencher Andrew Hastie could all lead the party to the next election.

Incumbent,scholar,new challenger or dark horse:Who could be leading the Liberals in 2028?

While Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s leadership is not under formal threat,the ambition of the men who sit behind her could challenge her tenure.

  • Nick Newling
Nationals leader David Littleproud,opposition spokeswoman for communications Melissa McIntosh sit behind Opposition leader Sussan Ley during question time.

Secret talks:Littleproud and Liberals try to hash out way forward on net zero

The opposition leader insists she will survive the period that has claimed past prime ministers and Coalition leaders.

  • Paul Sakkal andBrittany Busch
Opposition leader Sussan Ley.

Ley condemns Coalition colleagues’ abortion comments as ‘insensitive’

Barnaby Joyce – who,along with Andrew Hastie,aired the issue during debate about Priya’s Bill last week – accused Ley of being disingenuous and misrepresenting their concerns.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos andBrittany Busch
Then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and then treasurer Scott Morrison during a press conference in Brisbane in 2016.

Coalition tried to cut its climate losses – the result is predictably gory

Once again,climate change is roiling the Liberal Party and the Nationals;once again,it is pushing away the electorate.

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Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

Angus Taylor,Andrew Hastie and a group of conservatives met on Monday night at the Kingston Foreshore precinct,where Malcolm Turnbull once met allies to discuss Tony Abbott’s fate.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Nationals leader David Littleproud and Opposition leader Sussan Ley take their seats for Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 3 November 2025. fedpol Photo:Alex Ellinghausen

Hastie threat emerges as Ley fights to hold Coalition together

The opposition leader is being pushed towards dumping the Liberal Party’s net zero pledge as she fights to keep the Coalition together – and for her leadership.

  • Paul Sakkal,James Massola andMike Foley
The Coalition’s new home affairs spokesman,Jonno Duniam,steps into the role during a period of tense debate.

With temperatures running high on immigration,the Coalition’s new shadow minister wants to lower the heat

Liberal Senator Jonno Duniam said he would do his part to calm debate but warned that Labor’s silence on migration targets was helping fuel conspiracies.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Baby Priya brought compassion to the parliament. Then four men hijacked the debate

A rare display of grace and bipartisanship occurred in the House of Representatives this week. But four conservative male MPs used the opportunity to reignite the abortion wars.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Coalition MPs Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie voted against the amendment,saying it could include “late-term abortions”.

Hastie,Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law

Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament,raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers whose pregnancies are terminated.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos