Knockdown rebuild
The Coalition faces an existential crisis in migrant communities. This weekend was Sussan Ley's first test in the Opposition's top job.
The return of the climate wars threatens to overshadow another parliamentary sitting week for Sussan Ley. But the Coalition’s successive failures in migrant communities poses just as much of a threat in raw electoral terms as the Liberal leader bids to rebuild the party.
“It’s actually more important [than climate change]. There are more seats you can win [by getting it right],” Labor-aligned Redbridge pollster Kos Samaras tells Capital Brief.
Thousands marching in anti-immigrant rallies which had with distinct tinges of racism last weekend served as Ley’s first major test on the issue.
“Respect, tolerance, community: It belongs to all of us,” she said ahead of time.
