Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor to contest Liberal leadership as Matt Canavan launches Nationals leadership challenge
by Krishani Dhanji from World news | The Guardian on (#6X5JN)
Former Coalition minister Dan Tehan rules himself out of Liberal race as Jacinta Nampijinpa Price insists she wanted to defect from Nationals in a respectful way'
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The Liberal leadership race is firming as a contest between the deputy leader, Sussan Ley, and the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, after Dan Tehan ruled himself out.
Ley announced on Friday that she would run for the party's leadership, to be decided at a vote on Tuesday.
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