Ley says Liberals must ‘meet the people where they are’, but how can a divided party do that?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Cynics point out that when a party turns to a woman leader, it is often handing her a hot mess. That’s certainly so with the federal Liberals, now choosing their first female leader in eight decades.
For the Liberals, and for Sussan Ley, 63, this is a bittersweet milestone. The odds are overwhelmingly against her chances of taking the...
