Australia

Angus Taylor Beats Sussan Ley for Liberal Leadership

Is the new Liberal leadership the transformation Australia needs, another futile reshuffle while the country burns or evidence that the Liberals are unfit to govern?

Published FEB 24

Angus Taylor Beats Sussan Ley for Liberal Leadership

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Above: Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Deputy Leader Jane Hume at Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 13. Image credit: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

The Spin

Liberal/National Coalition narrative

The Liberal Party stands at a crossroads after hitting rock bottom, but — under Taylor's leadership — real change starts now with a return to core values. Through this restoration, Taylor will return the Liberal Party to its rightful place at the heart of Australian politics, all while holding the worst Labor government in history to account and advocating for a brighter future.

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Conservative narrative

Changing leaders will not fix the fact that the Liberals are riding a dead horse at a time when Australians desperately need real action on immigration, housing and terrorist deportations. The decline of the Liberals, and Labor too, is driven by decades of policy failure on these issues, which only Pauline Hanson and One Nation dare to tackle.

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Australian Labor Party narrative

The Liberal Party's latest pantomime reveals exactly why it cannot be trusted to govern, nor fix the issues that Australia faces. Taylor, just like Ley before him, will not alter the Liberals' failed policies. If anything, he will double down on the same tired old Liberal platform that the electorate monumentally rejected at the last election.

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