‘They didn’t realise how pissed off we would be’: Sussan Ley risks losing MPs regardless of where net zero debate lands

As the Liberal party prepares to take a position on the contentious climate target, the risk of resignations doesn't just rest on one outcome

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Sussan Ley has been already been required to reshuffle her shadow ministry twice in her six short months as Liberal party leader.

The first was to replace Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, whose refusal to apologise for incorrect and offensive claims about Indian migrants, or back Ley's leadership, made her frontbench position untenable.