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Angus Taylor toppled Sussan Ley, 34 votes to 17, shortly after 9am today, AEDT. Angus Taylor departs after the special party room meeting where he was elected as the new opposition leader. Alex Ellinghausen Victorian Senator Jane Hume was ushered in as his deputy, replacing Ted O’Brien 30 votes to 20. Angus Taylor and deputy Jane Hume posing together for a picture posted to social media. X After losing the leadership, Ley held a press conference to say she held no hard feelings, but would resign from politics, triggering a byelection in the seat of Farrer, which she has held since 2001. Sussan Ley prepares to address the media after losing the Liberal leadership. Dominic Lorrimer At his first press conference as leader, Taylor flagged tougher immigration policies. Hume said she wanted to take the Liberal Party “forward”, not to the political left or right. The leadership duo stood in front of six Australian flags. Alex Ellinghausen Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised Ley’s “grace” and “dignity” on what would have been a difficult day for her. Ley walking through a courtyard at Parliament House on Friday. Alex Ellinghausen The environment minister, meanwhile, sharpened his attack lines against Taylor. Labor’s Murray Watt told Sky News that Taylor liked to blame Peter Dutton, but that promises of higher taxes and deficits came out of Taylor’s “own mouth”. Taylor on Friday admitted to making previous policy missteps, but said they wouldn’t happen again. Alex Ellinghausen NSW state MP Helen Dalton, an independent whose seat overlaps with Ley’s federal division, said she was open to contesting Farrer. Ley’s margin was reduced to 6 per cent at last year’s election by an independent who campaigned on local healthcare. NSW MP for the state seat of Griffith, Helen Dalton. Flavio Brancaleone One Nation will definitely contest the Farrer byelection, according to the party’s leader Pauline Hanson, who said at a press conference in Brisbane that the new Liberal leadership was still on the same “dead horse”. Pauline Hanson speaking to reporters from Brisbane on Friday. William Davis Read more on the Liberal Party leadership spill
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