Lurch to the Right
Johannes Leak
After several days of speculation, Peter Dutton was elected unopposed as Liberal Party leader. Sussan Ley, the former Minister for the Environment, was elected deputy. Dutton, a prominent member of the party's conservative faction, was described by his Liberal colleague Simon Birmingham as having a personality that was 'more complex ... than many people would appreciate'.
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