Colin Boyce to move spill motion for leadership of National Party today; Fresh details of internal negotiations emerge after Hastie pulls out of Liberal leadership race
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie withdrew from the Liberal Party leadership race on Friday, with new details emerging this morning about Angus Taylor supporters putting pressure on Hastie. park your leadership ambitions.
New details of Liberal Party dispute are being tracked Secret meeting in Melbourne It was held on Thursday ahead of Liberal MP Katie Allen’s funeral, where power brokers sought to end a row over which MP should challenge Ley following the collapse of parliament. Partnership with citizens.
Hastie withdrew from the race on FridayIt comes a day after a meeting in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs where prominent right-wing Senator James Paterson and former MP Michael Sukkar suggested Hastie, 43, had years ahead of him and it was Taylor’s time. Others at the meeting, including frontbencher Jonno Duniam, called for Hastie to contest the leadership.
Taylor, the former shadow treasurer under Peter Dutton, has been talking to Hastie’s supporters to soften the blow since the West Australians bowed out. Ultimately, the group will support any right-wing candidate over Ley on the ballot, even if some of the conservative effort to address a leak is eliminated.
Read full update from federal political correspondent Paul Sakkal.
