Price, in Trumpian fashion, blamed the Liberal and Coalition defeat on media lies. In announcing her joint candidacy with Taylor, she declared that the Liberals had to return to values of “liberty,” “individual freedom,” “minimal government intervention” and “most of all, love for our nation, Australia.”

Australia's conservative Liberal Party elected Sussan Ley, a former outback pilot with three finance degrees, as its first woman leader on Tuesday, after an election loss partly due to comparisons with U.

Liberal leader Sussan Ley has warned the Liberal Party it needs to “respect modern Australia and reflect modern Australia” in her first press conference after securing the top job.