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Sussan Ley’s leadership has been wobbling for weeks, but the theatre has now hardened into something more direct: Angus Taylor has now won the top job, writes Lanna Hill.

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Lanna HillCommentsPremium
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National council needed to hold governments to account

Australia is watching another Liberal leadership drama unfold, and the most exhausting part is how familiar it feels. 

Lanna Hill

The leadership switch is an admission of how bad things have become for the Liberals, writes Michelle Grattan,

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Michelle GrattanComments
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Liberal fix is not Taylor made

The leadership switch is an admission of how bad things have become for the Liberals. But it does not, in itself, provide them with obvious answers to their deep malaise and multiple problems.

Michelle Grattan

Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor has spent more than a decade building his standing inside the Liberal Party’s conservative wing after he was elected to the New South Wales seat of Hume in 2013. 

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Angus Taylor must reverse Liberals’ downward spiral

Good policies, good candidates, good communication, managing relations with the Nationals and plain old smart politics will be needed to claw back disgruntled conservatives.

The government is playing a much bigger role in the Australian economy with 40 per cent of employment now funded by the taxpayer.

Federal PoliticsCommentsBig bank worried about big state fuelling inflation

The government is playing a much bigger role in the Australian economy with 40 per cent of employment now funded by the taxpayer.

Stephen Johnson

Sussan Ley has been ousted as Angus Taylor takes charge.

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Sussan Ley’s defeat highlights Liberal identity struggle

Sussan Ley has been dumped after just nine turbulent months as Liberal leader, with even allies conceding her time was running out.

Andrew Greene

Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will be under immense pressure to stabilise the embattled party.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAngus Taylor faces the big task of fixing the Coalition

Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will be under immense pressure to stabilise the embattled party.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Sussan Ley, the former Leader of the Opposition.

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsSussan Ley’s full speech announcing resignation

Speaking outside Parliament, Sussan Ley delivered an incredibly dignified speech, thanking those who supported her and releasing those who went against her from guilt. 

Max Corstorphan

The Prime Minister used his speech to discuss the Invasion Day rally bomb scare in Perth.

Federal PoliticsPM says ‘racism & hatred behind’ Australia Day terror attack

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his Closing The Gap address in Parliament to highlight the ‘racism and hatred behind’ the Perth Invasion Day rally bomb scare.

Caitlyn Rintoul

What happens if Sussan Ley quits.

Federal PoliticsCommentsWhat happens next in Farrer now Ley is quitting

Sussan Ley has announced she is leaving politics, looking forward to escaping public life, sparking Angus Taylor’s first major test, with a by-election set to be called in her electorate.

Katina Curtis and Andrew Greene

Angus Taylor holding a press conference with the Liberals’ new Deputy Leader Senator Jane Hume.

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Angus Taylor topples Sussan Ley to become Liberal leader

The Liberals have elected Angus Taylor to lead them, dumping the party’s first female leader Sussan Ley after just nine months.

Katina Curtis

Angus Taylor outlined his policy priorities in his first speech since wresting leadership of the Liberal party from Sussan Ley.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Shut the door’: Angus Taylor puts immigration top of list

Angus Taylor has outlined his policy priorities in his first speech since wresting leadership of the Liberal party from Sussan Ley.

Max Corstorphan

Question Time in the House of Represenrtatives in Parliament House in Canberra. Angus Taylor after resigning from Sussan Ley’s front bench and has gone to the back bench during Question Time, in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra.

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LiberalComments
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Phones run hot, batteries run low in Libs leadership spill

The business of Parliament doesn’t respect the high drama of a spill even when that’s the only thing consuming chatter in the corridors, says Katina Curtis.

Katina Curtis

Esteemed economics professor Bruce Preston (left) will join the Reserve Bank board members in charge of setting interest rates, appointed by Jim Chalmers.

EconomicsCommentsEconomics professor joins RBA’s rate-setting board

Esteemed economics professor Bruce Preston will join the Reserve Bank board members in charge of setting interest rates, just a fortnight before it makes another crucial decision for the nation’s homeowners.

Katina Curtis

To escape the death spiral, Liberals must jettison the old and rebrand themselves as something fresh and new.

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OpinionCommentsPremium
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Libs under Taylor must emulate Tony Blair, not John Howard

To escape the death spiral, Liberals must jettison the old and rebrand themselves as something fresh and new.

Mark Riley

Mark Riley

After just nine inglorious months, the Liberals are now almost certain to remove Sussan Ley.

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Federal PoliticsComments
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Libs desperately seek circuit breaker as Ley’s fate sealed

After just nine inglorious months, the Liberals are now almost certain to remove Sussan Ley.

Andrew Greene

Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor has spent more than a decade building his standing inside the Liberal Party’s conservative wing after he was elected to the New South Wales seat of Hume in 2013. 

LEADERSHIP SPILLCommentsWho is leadership aspirant Angus Taylor?

James Paterson described Angus Taylor as the ‘smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet’. His tilt for Sussan Ley’s top job is expected to play out on Friday morning.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Angus Taylor is looking increasingly likely to lead the Liberal party.

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Ben HarveyComments
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Taylor’s leadership bid is proof Australia’s in real trouble

BEN HARVEY: How on earth is an ultra-conservative, white, middle-aged multi-millionaire going to connect with the moderates and left-leaning women the Libs need to win back?

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Albemarle had already called a halt to plans to expand its Kemerton plant before Thursday’s shock announcement.

MiningCommentsPremiumThree key reasons why Albemarle pulled the plug on Kemerton

Albemarle’s decision to put the refinery on care and maintenance will result in 250 local workers being made redundant, and comes despite a rebound in prices for the battery mineral.

Simone Grogan

Who has left Sussan Ley’s frontbench?

Federal PoliticsCommentsWho has deserted Ley already and who remains

Liberal frontbench resignations have been coming in hard and fast as the embattled party fights, from two sides, to get on the path to winning over Australian voters.

Max Corstorphan

Michele Bullock and Jim Chalmers are facing growing pressure on the link between government spending and the inflation crisis.

RBACommentsPremium‘I’ve answered’: RBA chief tries to shut down spending query

Australia’s central bank chief Michele Bullock tried to shut down questioning at a Senate economics committee when asked about government spending.

Stephen Johnson

Angus Taylor

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Liberals primed for Friday the 13th leadership bloodletting

A Liberal leadership showdown has been set for Friday morning after Angus Taylor formally declared he would challenge Sussan Ley for the job.

Katina Curtis, Andrew Greene and Caitlyn Rintoul

Isreali President Isaac Herzog says his visit to Australia has been emotional.

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‘Anti-Semitism is present’: Herzog slams genocide ‘lie’

In an exclusive interview, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has shut down suggestions that he incited genocide, blasting the ‘libellous lie’, saying that Israel wants peace and an end to war in the Middle East. 

Max Corstorphan

Leadership spill confirmed, Sussan Ley, Angus Taylor to go head-to-head.

Federal PoliticsCommentsUp to 11 Libs quit frontbench as Ley’s supporters fear worst

The number of Liberals who have resigned from the frontbench has risen to 11, with Sussan Ley’s supporters now fearing the worst ahead of tomorrow’s leadership spill.

Max Corstorphan

Isaac Herzog says his trip to Australia has been an opportunity for healing.

WA NewsCommentsHerzog visit recentres importance of Aus-Israel relationship

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog says his trip to Australia has been an opportunity to reset the relationship between the two long-time allies. 

Caitlyn Rintoul