Next frontier
Sussan Ley has settled on a net zero position. Now, the Liberal Party's right flank is pushing her into a fresh fight on migration.
Within a day of forcing Liberal leader Sussan Ley to scrap the party’s net zero ambition, her right flank had already shoved her into another fight she will struggle to control.
“There will be more fights like this one,” leadership rival Andrew Hastie promised on Friday.
“Which leads us to objective two: cut Labor’s uncontrolled immigration.”
One Nation’s rise is spooking the conservative flank that will make or break Ley’s leadership. She has now declared cutting Australia’s migrant intake as her next frontier.
As with the climate debate, the Coalition sees political mileage in in zeroing in on the cost of living, stressing the impact of a growing population on housing. Polling last month showed near universal agreement that Australia is facing a housing crisis, though voters are divided on how to fix it.
