Sussan Ley vows to fix Liberal policy woes after botched bracket creep reform
The Opposition leader has pledged to overhaul the Liberal Party’s internal policy processes after key economic proposals were rejected before the last election.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has vowed to fix the Liberal Party’s internal policy development processes after revelations that a proposal to combat bracket creep was rejected before the last federal election.
Delivering her first address to the National Press Club as leader on Wednesday, Ley announced a broad existential review into the Liberal Party and laid down a decree to state divisions on preselecting more women, while conceding the Coalition had “not done policy development well in the last term".
Capital Brief earlier this month revealed that former treasury spokesman Angus Taylor proposed an automatic tax rebate tied to high inflation months before the election campaign, but the plan was rejected by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s office in favour of a cut to fuel excise. The policy never made it to shadow cabinet or the shadow expenditure review committee.
Ley on Wednesday declined to say whether she was aware of Taylor’s plan but acknowledged systemic failures in the party's policy development.
