Taylor’s immigration policy ambush
Immigration is shaping up as a defining issue for Angus Taylor. But a strategic leak days after his rise to Liberal leadership has already thrown a spanner in the works.
On the morning former Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s immigration policy was supposedly due to be announced, it found its way into the hands of the media.
A document, first leaked to Sky News and seen by Capital Brief, was circulated by Ley’s backers and appeared to show she was on the cusp of unveiling a hardline stance before she was dumped.
Senior Liberals quickly lined up to insist the document had not gone to shadow cabinet and was not party policy. But immigration is shaping as a defining issue for the Liberals as they grapple with a One Nation surge and try to hold the centre.
The damage — or at least the disruption — was done.
For Angus Taylor, attempting to project authority after months of Liberal infighting, it was an unwelcome reminder of the bloodletting that installed him just days ago.
