The Liberal leadership is now a two-horse race between Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor who are fighting for the top job – and the future of the party. Liberals will meet on Tuesday to elect their leader on the same day that the Prime Minister’s new-look ministry is set to be sworn in.
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00:00Australia's Prime Minister!
00:06Basking in the afterglow of victory.
00:10Anthony Albanese receives a hero's welcome
00:14from the largest Labor caucus ever.
00:18And one that, for the first time,
00:20features more women than men.
00:22This is a historic victory.
00:24At least 57% women.
00:27The class of 2025 inducted.
00:30The biggest cheers reserved for the two women
00:32who knocked out two party leaders.
00:35Adam Bant and Peter Dutton.
00:39Others putting on a brave face.
00:42Factional heavyweights wielding the axe.
00:45Forcing Mark Dreyfus off the front bench
00:47along with Ed Husic who skipped today's meeting.
00:51I repeated the message a number of times in this room
00:54of the importance of unity.
00:57After less than an hour,
00:59caucus rubber stamped the New Look Ministry
01:01with four new faces.
01:03Senators Tim Ayres and Jess Walsh
01:05and Victorian MPs Sam Ray and Daniel Molino.
01:09There's a lot of anger within Labor
01:11over the brutal treatment of Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus.
01:14Former Prime Minister Paul Keating calling it
01:17a display of poor judgement and unfairness
01:20and blaming the Victorian right led by Richard Miles.
01:24One source told the ABC
01:26you'll always forgive in the Labor Party
01:28but you'll never forget.
01:30While Labor squabbles over the front bench,
01:32the coalition is facing bigger problems.
01:35With Dan Tean out of contention,
01:38the leadership is now a two horse race.
01:40Susan Lee on one side,
01:42Angus Taylor on the other.
01:44I know what it takes to lead,
01:46to unify and to deliver.
01:48His running mate rumoured to be Jacinta Nampajimpa-Price
01:51who's sensationally defected from the Nationals.
01:54A move that's infuriated the moderates
01:57and prompted Matt Canavan to challenge David Littleproud
02:01for the Nationals' leadership.
02:03As Labor gets to grips with the scale of its victory,
02:06a warning not to use its thumping majority to overreach.
02:10We have a mandate for what we took to the Australian people.
02:13He'll need to maintain a sharp focus
02:19and avoid destruction amid the clamour.
02:22To the viewers at home, stop ringing.
02:24Thanks very much.