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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley with Senator Andrew Bragg.

Liberal moderate speaks out on Indigenous acknowledgments at events

Moderate and conservative Liberals are locked in an existential tug-of-war over climate change and migration. That’s about to spread further into cultural and national identity.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

Sussan Ley won’t defend frontbenchers after Hughes’ scathing attack

Asked in several media interviews about the attacks on several rivals, the opposition leader described former senator Hollie Hughes as “a dear friend”.

  • Brittany Busch
Sussan Ley departs the Marley Flow Control facility in Emu Plains.

Here’s why next week’s killing season is probably not Ley’s final curtain

Sussan Ley’s rivals for the Coalition leadership don’t want to challenge her next week, but things can move fast if there’s a trigger.

  • James Massola
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley leaves the party room meeting alone.

These numbers say net zero is doomed – and so is Sussan Ley

A text from inside the marathon meeting said 17 Liberals had spoken in favour of keeping net zero, 29 wanted to dump it.

  • James Massola
Sussan Ley CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, Sydney Morning Herald Photos. NOVEMBER 7, 2025: The Hyatt Hotel in Canberra. Picture: SMH / David Beach

Ley leadership to be put to the test in crunch talks

Two Liberals in the nucleus of the opposition said they gauged about a month ago that Ley believed ditching net zero was politically workable.

  • Paul Sakkal
Sussan Ley

Inside Sussan Ley’s battle to hold on to the hardest job in politics

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.

  • Gay Alcorn
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Sussan Ley at a short press conference on Friday

‘We’re not ready yet’: Ley’s enemies refuse to back Henderson’s attack

The opposition leader brushed off the senator’s Friday morning broadside, which backfired when Liberals came out to support Ley.

  • Paul Sakkal, James Massola and Nick Newling
Deputy Liberal Leader Ted O’Brien, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, defence spokesman Angus Taylor, and backbencher Andrew Hastie could all lead the party to the next election.

Incumbent, scholar, new challenger or dark horse: Who could be leading the Liberals in 2028?

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.

  • Nick Newling
Nationals leader David Littleproud, opposition spokeswoman for communications Melissa McIntosh sit behind Opposition leader Sussan Ley during question time.

Secret talks: Littleproud and Liberals try to hash out way forward on net zero

The opposition leader insists she will survive the period that has claimed past prime ministers and Coalition leaders.

  • Paul Sakkal and Brittany Busch
Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

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.

  • Paul Sakkal

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