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Angus Taylor Ousts Sussan Ley as Australia's Liberal Party Leader

Angus Taylor won 34-17 in a partyroom vote, ending Sussan Ley's nine-month leadership and triggering a by-election in her New South Wales seat of Farrer.

  • Sussan Ley has been ousted as leader of Australia's Liberal party after just nine months in the job, losing a leadership ballot to her former shadow defence minister Angus Taylor by 34 votes to 17.
  • Taylor, from the party's conservative faction, said his election as Liberal leader was "an immense honour" and that he looked forward to working with new deputy leader Jane Hume.
  • Ley said she would resign as an MP and step away "completely and comprehensively from public life", harboring "no hard feelings" towards the new leader while hoping he gets "clear air, something that is not always afforded to leaders".
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WA today broke the news in Northbridge, Australia on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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