Overview
- Sussan Ley told ABC Radio National she is confident she will remain Liberal leader when parliament returns next year.
- Reporting indicates conservative rivals Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor are not currently marshalling numbers for an immediate challenge.
- The Coalition is contending with calls from the Nationals to abandon a 2050 net zero goal, sharpening internal divisions over climate policy.
- Ley criticised Hastie’s comments linking a pregnancy loss paid parental leave bill to late-term abortions as insensitive.
- Coalition finance spokesman James Paterson backed Ley’s leadership and defended Hastie’s right to raise conscience issues, noting he did not oppose or seek to amend the bill.