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Leadership on Line in Taylor-Made Move to Stitch up Ley
Fifty-one Liberal MPs and senators will vote to either retain Ley or choose Taylor amid party turmoil and historically low poll numbers, with a close contest expected.
- At 9am on Friday, 51 Liberal MPs and senators will vote in the party room on a leadership spill between Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor.
- Supporters linked the spill motion to a run of missteps and internal undermining, following nine frontbench resignations on Thursday, including Michaelia Cash and James Paterson.
- Supporters of Angus Taylor say shifting loyalties could change the previous 29-25 outcome as three of Ley's former supporters—Hollie Hughes, Linda Reynolds, and Gisele Kapterian—will be absent and NSW senator Jess Collins will back Taylor.
- After a string of frontbench departures, managing internal divisions will be a top short-term priority as the incoming leader faces pressure on tax, housing and immigration and a possible by-election in Farrer.
- Some MPs now speak of a long rebuild rather than an immediate revival, with several Liberal MPs and senators expressing long-term rebuilding thinking on the opposition benches in federal parliament; commentators recall rapid leadership changes from the Rudd to Gillard era.
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After what feels like years, the Liberal Party will today decide whether to oust leader Sussan Ley in favour of Angus Taylor, with 10 MPs so far tendering their resignations. The post Liberal partyroom to finally decide the outcome of Ley/Taylor circus appeared first on Crikey.
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Total News Sources16
Leaning Left6Leaning Right5Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
15%
R 39%
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