Australia politics live: Ley says she welcomes ‘contest of ideas’ amid Liberal infighting; judges to rule on Palestine protest
According to a report by The Guardian… Police have challenged Palestine Action Group’s proposed protest on Sunday. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile the opposition is trying to turn up the heat on the government, it’s still facing plenty of volcanic action internally with public and private frustrations aired, and of course the very public quitting of Andrew Hastie from the frontbench.Ley isn’t keen to get into the nitty gritty, after it was revealed yesterday MP Mary Aldred spoke up against the infighting during a Liberal partyroom meeting.I welcome the contest of ideas.We did suffer a significant defeat at the last election and people are having their say and I welcome that.In June we were told by the prime minister and his ministers that they did not know anything about this and they had no knowledge. Passports and citizenship papers they don’t create themselves. Something appears to have been done to support the repatriation of these individuals who willingly left our shores to join a death cult… They [Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke] are not confessing to what they knew and what assistance they have provided. Continue reading… complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/09/australia-politics-live-opera-house-rally-palestine-gaza-parliament-senate-estimates-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-question-time-ntwnfb