Australia

Sussan Ley has been dumped after just nine turbulent months as Liberal leader, with even allies conceding her time was running out.

Friday saw the Liberals elect Angus Taylor as their new leader - and the congratulations are rolling in via a very familiar viral throwback.

A Sydney restaurant has shared confronting CCTV footage after accusing diners of staging a complaint to avoid paying their bill.

After just nine inglorious months, the Liberals are now almost certain to remove Sussan Ley.

James Paterson described Angus Taylor as the ‘smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet’. His tilt for Sussan Ley’s top job is expected to play out on Friday morning.

To escape the death spiral, Liberals must jettison the old and rebrand themselves as something fresh and new.

Australia’s central bank chief Michele Bullock tried to shut down questioning at a tense Senate committee appearance where a Liberal senator likened her to a social media influencer.

Angus Taylor has quit the shadow ministry, declaring he no longer has faith in Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Liberal Party — but stopping short of directly challenging for her job.

Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson has revealed her department has spent the past year modelling changes to the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount.

Progressive protesters have marred the visit of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, despite his status as a left-wing figure who has called for an end to violence against gays.

Some Liberal figures believe Angus Taylor could topple their party’s first female leader as early as Tuesday, but senate estimates hearings are complicating the calling of a party room meeting.

The Prime Minster has inked a new deal with Indonesia but there was a line of questioning that was off limits.

Commonwealth debt is on track to reach $1 trillion within weeks. It is a sobering milestone, particularly given Federal debt was effectively nil in 2007.

Australia’s Defence Chief has joined politicians and weapons lobbyists in Canberra to celebrate the $368 billion AUKUS project just hours after Labor announced its fire sale of historic military properties.