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Ley to quit politics after Taylor wins leadership ballot 34 votes to 17. Follow today’s news live

• Angus Taylor becomes opposition leader after defeating Sussan Ley in Liberal party leadership ballot

• Sussan Ley made promises she couldn’t keep – and some in the Liberal party never wanted her to

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So far we know that Jane Hume and Dan Tehan will run for the deputy, but there are other names that are being floated.

One of those was Tim Wilson (who’s often made light of one day leading the party), but he ruled himself out this morning.

It brings none of us any joy to challenge Sussan. She has tried her very best. She has a very long and successful political career. As I say, this very difficult times, and I really did feel for her yesterday … I’m not going to engage in disparagement of Sussan this morning, I’ve spoken before about the fact that we were not traveling well, and things have gone from bad to worse. We’re simply not competitive.

I’m really hoping that under Angus leadership, we will move very quickly to show what we stand for in terms of our migration policy, housing and of course, education.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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