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The Liberal party’s new nightmare as Ley leaves parliament · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christian Amiot with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines, A new leader and a fresh
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  Speaker 1: nightmare for the Liberal Party. Susan Lee is quitting politics
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  Speaker 1: after she lost the leadership to Conservative MP Angus Taylor
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  Speaker 1: on Friday morning. That means there'll be a by election
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  Speaker 1: in Lee's seat of Farrer in southwestern New South Wales,
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  Speaker 1: where Taylor will have to fend off candidates from One Nation.
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  Speaker 1: The Nationals and Climate two hundred backed independence. One Nation
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  Speaker 1: surged past the coalition in the polls in January, and
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  Speaker 1: leader paul In Hansen said they'll run a strong candidate
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  Speaker 1: that represents New South Wales in the race. That means
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  Speaker 1: some of the right wing party's favorite issues, guns and
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  Speaker 1: immigration could be front and center in the fight for Farrer.
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  Speaker 1: National editor Dennis Shanahan writes for The Australian that Angus
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  Speaker 1: Taylor has been handed a big mandate by his party
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  Speaker 1: to set a clear policy agenda and address the fundamental
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  Speaker 1: issues causing voters to jump ship. Taylor said on Friday
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  Speaker 1: he's up to the task.
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  Speaker 2: My message to Anthony Albanezi is this, we will fight
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  Speaker 2: every bad tax, every reckless spending initiative, every policy that
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  Speaker 2: drives up inflation and keeps interest rates higher for longer.
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  Speaker 2: The Liberal Party is under new leadership, and with that
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  Speaker 2: new leadership will come change, because our country needs change
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  Speaker 2: for the better.
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  Speaker 1: Taylor said he'll focus on reducing cost of living pressures
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  Speaker 1: for Australians and beef up defense spending. The Australian's Political
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  Speaker 1: editor Greg Brown writes Taylor will be under pressure to
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  Speaker 1: elevate more women into senior roles after ousting the Liberal
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  Speaker 1: Party's first female leader, Jane Hume, was elected Taylor's deputy
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  Speaker 1: leader on Friday morning.
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  Speaker 3: Our party and our movement has a proud history. My
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  Speaker 3: role as deputy I will make it my mission to
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  Speaker 3: ensure that it also has a bright future.
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  Speaker 1: The Australians Editor at Large Paul Kelly says the challenges
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  Speaker 1: facing the Liberal Party now are existential.
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  Speaker 4: The problems of the Liberal Party are really deep seated.
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  Speaker 4: They go to ideology, they go to organization, they do
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  Speaker 4: go to leadership, they do go to the quality of
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  Speaker 4: the parliamentary party and the talent. There's no magic wand
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  Speaker 4: for the Liberal Party, there's no silver bullet that's going
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  Speaker 4: to save the Liberal Party. This is going to be
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  Speaker 4: one of the most difficult challenges any new Liberal leaders faced.
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  Speaker 4: That a leadership change in its own right won't solve
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  Speaker 4: the problem. What Angus Taylor's got to do is he's
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  Speaker 4: got to try and bring the moderate faction and the
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  Speaker 4: conservative faction back together. And then what he's got to
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  Speaker 4: try and enunciate fundamental policy principles the entire party can endorse,
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  Speaker 4: and he's got to get them out into the marketplace
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  Speaker 4: and sell them.
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  Speaker 1: Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday Taylor is
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  Speaker 1: the best person for the job and claimed the Libs
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  Speaker 1: can win the next federal election under his leadership. But
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  Speaker 1: another former PM, Malcolm Turnbull, called Taylor's track record disappointing
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  Speaker 1: and said he's known to others as quote, the best
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  Speaker 1: qualified idiot they've ever met. Susan Lee had some choice
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  Speaker 1: parting words for her successor on her way out the door.
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  Speaker 5: It is important that the new leader gets clear air,
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  Speaker 5: something that is not always afforded to leaders, but which
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  Speaker 5: in the present moment is more important than ever.
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  Speaker 1: The BBC will defend a multi billion dollar lawsuit brought
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  Speaker 1: by US President Donald Trump in February next year, after
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  Speaker 1: a judge in Florida refused the UK broadcaster's request to
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  Speaker 1: delay the proceedings. Trump's complaint relates to the way the
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  Speaker 1: BBC's Panorama program edited a speech he gave in early
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. He claims that version gave the impression
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  Speaker 1: he encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol Building in Washington,
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  Speaker 1: Woods claimed Australia's first gold medal in the men's moguls
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  Speaker 1: event at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
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