Sussan Ley confident she will survive as opposition leader and says door is open to Nationals rejoining Coalition

<p>David Littleproud says it’s not up to him to determine who the Liberal leader is, despite his comments on Thursday that he would not work with Ley</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/23/australia-news-live-sussan-ley-liberals-coalition-nationals-littleproud-hastie-taylor-anthony-albanese-labor-spill-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Sussan Ley says her likely leadership rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie remain committed to her position, as speculation grows about an imminent challenge to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/22/sussan-ley-liberal-party-leadership-challenge-analysis">the embattled Liberal leader</a>.</p><p>A day after the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, split the Coalition and said his party would not serve <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/22/sussan-ley-leadership-all-but-over-coalition-split">under Ley’s leadership</a>, the opposition leader told Channel Seven on Friday she expected to remain in the top job.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/23/sussan-ley-confident-she-will-survive-as-opposition-leader-and-says-door-is-open-to-nationals-rejoining-coalition">Continue reading...</a>

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