Sussan Ley has warned colleagues that disunity is death as speculation that Angus Taylor will soon launch a Liberal leadership challenge reaches fever pitch.
The opposition leader did not face a spill motion at Tuesday morning’s Liberal party room meeting. A spill motion was always considered unlikely given senators were not expected to attend due to estimates hearings.
However, some upper house MPs were present at the closed-door meeting, including the Victorian backbencher Jane Hume.
After warning on Monday that the party would be “wiped out” without an urgent change in direction, Hume directly challenged
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