Sussan Ley confirmed as new leader of the Liberal party

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By CAMERON CARPENTER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 20:17 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 20:27 EDT, 12 May 2025

Sussan Ley has been confirmed arsenic the caller person of the Liberal party, making past arsenic the party's archetypal pistillate leader.

Daily Mail Australia understands she won the ballot 29-25 against Angus Taylor.

Jacinta Price has announced she volition nary longer beryllium moving for lawman person of the party. 

Ley, 63, is 1 of the Liberal Party's most-experienced hands, having served arsenic a Cabinet curate nether the Coalition's past 3 premier ministers - Tony Abbott, Mr Turnbull and Mr Morrison. 

A erstwhile commercialized pilot, husbandman and nationalist servant, she has held the bluish ribbon spot of Farrer successful NSW's south-west pursuing the status of her long-serving successor and erstwhile National Party person and lawman premier curate Tim Fischer. 

Ley is simply a parent of 3 and had the enactment of the of the party's moderates, with immoderate believing a pistillate astatine the helm volition assistance repair the party's antagonistic representation among pistillate voters.

Senior Liberals reportedly criticised Mr Taylor for failing to contiguous elaborate economical argumentation arsenic shadiness treasurer during the predetermination campaign. 

Senator Nampijinpa Price was accused of stoking civilization wars, highlighted by her remark to "make Australia large again" during the campaign, evoking US President Donald Trump's rhetoric. 

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