Liberal Leadership Turmoil Heading for Bitter Showdown

Liberal leadership turmoil heading for bitter showdown

Right-wing Liberal MPs planning mass resignations to force leadership spill against Sussan Ley, reports say.

‘Disunity is death’: Ley’s party room slapdown

Sussan Ley has left her colleagues stunned with a one-line response to her critics in the party room.

Taylor Under Pressure to Declare Spill as Liberal Leadership Question Looms

The Liberal Party’s leadership debate has intensified after Senator Jonathon Duniam publicly pressed Angus Taylor on whether he intended to challenge Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. Duniam spoke days after Taylor denied plotting a spill, as colleagues braced for a showdown later this week. “If Angus is interested in … the leadership, then he should say so,” Duniam told reporters in Canberra on Feb. 10. “That’s something he needs to make clear. “An…

The one thing keeping Sussan Ley’s leadership afloat

There was no challenge for the Liberal leadership on Tuesday and here’s why.

Come out and be seen, key Liberal tells leader’s rivals

Backers of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley are daring her rivals to come into the open ahead of a potential challenge from fellow Liberal Angus Taylor. The conservative-backed leadership aspirant is expected to step down from the shadow ministry on Thursday to challenge Ms Ley for her job. Weeks of furious speculation about the Liberal party’s future have been driven by a series of dire poll results, which the party leader’s critics say show the ne…