Sussan Ley’s allies urge Angus Taylor’s backers ‘put your name to it’ amid leadership plot to oust her
by Dan Jervis-Bardy from on (#73EYK)
Push discussed in private talks and echoes tactic of then-Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull used against Peter Dutton
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Sussan Ley's allies want the Liberal leader to demand her rivals put their names to a petition calling for a spill, forcing Angus Taylor's backers to publicly reveal themselves as plotting to oust her.
The push was discussed in private talks on Tuesday and has echoes of the tactic then-Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull used to stall Peter Dutton's ultimately failed leadership coup in 2018.
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