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.
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.
The opposition leader insists she will survive the period that has claimed past prime ministers and Coalition leaders.
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.
Once again,climate change is roiling the Liberal Party and the Nationals;once again,it is pushing away the electorate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.