yesterday 8.20pm What we covered today By
Thanks for reading the national news blog – we’ll end today’s coverage here. We will be back tomorrow with the latest news.
To conclude, here’s a look back at some of the day’s major stories:
Liberal leadership aspirant Angus Taylor quit Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s frontbench, paving the way for him to launch a challenge to her leadership. He did not confirm his intention to call a spill, but it is expected that more resignations will put further pressure on Ley in the coming days. The fallout from Monday’s violent clashes between police and protesters over the Israeli president’s visit to Australia has continued, with a 69-year-old grandmother calling for police to be charged after allegedly shoving her, breaking her spine in four places. Israeli President Isaac Herzog was in Canberra, where he met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Albanese said he raised concerns over the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza with the president. Corruption-busting lawyer Geoffrey Watson, SC, fronted the Queensland royal commission into CFMEU corruption. Watson said he was angry the Labor-appointed administrator directed him to remove politically sensitive material from a report into corruption in the union’s Victorian branch, after this masthead revealed chapters were stripped out. Thanks again for joining us.
yesterday 8.03pm When leadership spill may happen By James Massola
Angus Taylor’s resignation has finally opened the door to him launching a leadership challenge to Sussan Ley, but a date and time has not been set – yet.
The now former shadow minister for defence was at pains to stress he had resigned during his meeting with Ley and nothing more.
Member for Hume Angus Taylor did not say he would challenge the leadership. Alex Ellinghausen But he was being a bit cute. It is almost unthinkable that a vote would not be held in the Liberal Party room on either Thursday or Friday of this week.
And Taylor’s supporters have confirmed that while there are no further resignations planned for Wednesday evening, there will be more resignations on Thursday.
That’s for one simple r
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