Overview
- The former NSW senator announced her resignation in a 2GB interview and Facebook post, saying the party had become a "rabble" and strayed from Menzies-era values.
- She alleged internal figures were sabotaging the opposition leader and labeled some colleagues "inept" and "lazy."
- Sussan Ley praised Hughes as "a dear friend" and declined to refute claims of internal undermining, shifting her public focus to energy policy and power prices.
- Following the scrapping of the net zero goal, Ley and energy spokesman Dan Tehan left open in theory subsidies for new coal generation, with Ley saying projects are unlikely unless they are financially viable.
- Moderates urged unity and warned of centre-right fragmentation, with Andrew Bragg asking members not to quit and Andrew McLachlan pledging to keep advocating net zero, as Jacinta Nampijinpa Price rejected Hughes’ claims and called her "bitter."