Sussan Ley has been appointed the new leader of Australia's Liberal Party - making her the first woman to take on the role.
She beat out rival Angus Taylor 29 votes to 25 in a tight contest.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says she's got decades of political experience to her name, but certain sections of the voting bloc might not be too enthusiastic.
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International Correspondence with endsit Eye Insurance, peace of Mind for
New Zealand Business. Murrayol's OSSI correspondent with US. Now, hey,
Mars made. I know she really enjoyed your endorsement, Susan Lee,
very good afternoon. I think it's what swung it for her.
Do you know why we endorsed it, Yeah, we about it.
We endorsed it because of the numerology thing. We thought
(00:20):
we need one of those in there what we do.
And look, I found out a bit more about her.
Four you. She's also a qualified pilot and an air
traffic controller. She looks He's no dummy and nor is
she a political novice. She's been in parliament, would you
believe since two thousand and one. She was a minister
in successive governments Turnbull, Abbot, Turbull and then Morrison. She
(00:42):
was forced to stand down as Health Minister twenty seventeen.
So I mean health. As you know, health is a
very significant portfolio, so she was judged good enough to
be Health minister. She was forced to stand down though,
because she was on a taxpayer funded trip to the
Gold Coast. Oh and while she was there, she dropped
a lazy million or something on a new apartment. So
that went down like a lead balloon and she was
(01:03):
forced to stand down. Her deputy is Ted O'Brien. He's
the fellow who was pushing the nuclear energy barrow. Was
hard and he could in the run up to the election.
Of course, with winners, the are losers. Angus Taylor, this
hard right chap who was in charge of selling coalition
financial policy, economic policy. He lost the leadership ballot. He
(01:26):
lost that vote twenty nine to twenty five. And when
he went down, just Senter Price, who, of course, the
indigenous woman. Firebrand is the usual adjective ascribed to her.
She pulled a name out to be deputy leader when
Angus did not get up. So the Taylor Price dream
team at the hard right over here, all these frothing
(01:47):
old conservatives, Oh what a dream team? Sorry? What why?
They've got the first female leader and that's going to
go over like a lead balloon and the hard right
sort of corner of dark of late night sky television
as well. But having said all of that, she is
very experienced pair of hands and it's going to take
have Look what Julia Gillard did in minority government. I
(02:08):
don't know what it is when you know it all
goes to tripe. Australian politics turns to women. You saw
it in Joan Kerner in Victoria. That was a basket case.
You saw it in w WA twice. Now we've seen
it with Gillard and of course now we see it
with Susan Lee. And she's got a mountain to climb.
Ninety plus ninety two or three seats for labor in
(02:29):
the lower House. They're just over forty for the other side.
So she's got a very big job, Heather. Now the
Bondei junction stabber, the psychiatrist has testified. What have they said, Well, basically,
this was a woman who treated Couci Joel Couchy for
eight years a psychiatrist in Queensland from twenty twelve to
(02:50):
twenty twenty. She treated Couchy. She told the Inquest that
she began reducing he was on very very very strong
antipsychotic medication. He was very very un well schizophrenia with
deluxe schizophrenia, so he was on very strong antipsychotic medication.
She began to wind it down after Coucie was judged
(03:12):
well enough to leave the public health system, and that
schizophrenia diagnosis was also reduced from chronic to what they
call first episode, and that was within the first year
this woman began to treat him. So she said he
was on the path to whatever recovery looks like for schizophrenics.
I have no idea, but she's a psychiatrist and she
(03:33):
judged him sufficiently well to go on that path. And
she also told the inquest how that this guy killed
six people, stabbed ten others, but she said she never
saw any signs of any problems or relapse or safety
issues in the eight years that she was treating him.
So this was a guy wanting to explode when he
went off as medication. We've already heard that at this inquest. Yeah,
(03:54):
listen on your players, your cricket players. Do they want
to come home? Well, a lot of them are home.
I don't think. I don't think there's any left in
India right now. The IPL they all hopped on planes
and came home. So to the Australian players over in Pakistan,
the Pakistan, I forget what that's called over there now,
the Pakistan whatever it's called, the limited over the Super
League Super thank you very much. You're not of crickets
(04:16):
fast a period of mine. Suffice to say, all the
Ausies are high piled out of there because of the
you know, the obviously accelerating tensions between India and Pakistan. Anyway,
Cricket Australia says is backing players decisions whether or not
they're returned if they don't want to go back. Don't
forget a lot of these players are not frontline test players.
They are looking to play in the IPL and the
(04:37):
Pakistan Big Bash because of the big paydays they get.
And don't forget as well, this time next month just
about they're going to be in London to take on
South Africa in the World Test Championship that those two
countries will contest. Don't forget. New Zealand won that first
time out by beating India, so it's it's up in
the air very quickly. In rugby news, Joseph Suartli very
(05:00):
very bad concussion last week. He's out for at least
a couple of weeks, but he will be back in
time for the Wallaby selection process with the Lions. And
good news too for fans of Noah Lolla Coo clear
of a neck fracture, Thank goodness. Not sure when he's
going to be back. Don't forget he's the number one,
he's the incumbent Test number ten, so not sure when
he's back either. The Lions tour begins in June, late
(05:23):
June over here. And Pete Samo too, who played two
years with my team, the Crusaders. He assigned for the
Tars next year. Back from Europe and available for selection.
And apparently he's playing the house down, so let's look out,
coupper hands at the Wallabyes do all right, we'll do, Murray,
thank you very much appreciated Murray Old's Ossie corresponding. For
(05:43):
more from hither Duplassy Allen Drive listen live to news Talks.
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
International Correspondence with endsit Eye Insurance, peace of Mind for
New Zealand Business. Murrayol's OSSI correspondent with US. Now, hey,
Mars made. I know she really enjoyed your endorsement, Susan Lee,
very good afternoon. I think it's what swung it for her.
Do you know why we endorsed it, Yeah, we about it.
We endorsed it because of the numerology thing. We thought
(00:20):
we need one of those in there what we do.
And look, I found out a bit more about her.
Four you. She's also a qualified pilot and an air
traffic controller. She looks He's no dummy and nor is
she a political novice. She's been in parliament, would you
believe since two thousand and one. She was a minister
in successive governments Turnbull, Abbot, Turbull and then Morrison. She
(00:42):
was forced to stand down as Health Minister twenty seventeen.
So I mean health. As you know, health is a
very significant portfolio, so she was judged good enough to
be Health minister. She was forced to stand down though,
because she was on a taxpayer funded trip to the
Gold Coast. Oh and while she was there, she dropped
a lazy million or something on a new apartment. So
that went down like a lead balloon and she was
(01:03):
forced to stand down. Her deputy is Ted O'Brien. He's
the fellow who was pushing the nuclear energy barrow. Was
hard and he could in the run up to the election.
Of course, with winners, the are losers. Angus Taylor, this
hard right chap who was in charge of selling coalition
financial policy, economic policy. He lost the leadership ballot. He
(01:26):
lost that vote twenty nine to twenty five. And when
he went down, just Senter Price, who, of course, the
indigenous woman. Firebrand is the usual adjective ascribed to her.
She pulled a name out to be deputy leader when
Angus did not get up. So the Taylor Price dream
team at the hard right over here, all these frothing
(01:47):
old conservatives, Oh what a dream team? Sorry? What why?
They've got the first female leader and that's going to
go over like a lead balloon and the hard right
sort of corner of dark of late night sky television
as well. But having said all of that, she is
very experienced pair of hands and it's going to take
have Look what Julia Gillard did in minority government. I
(02:08):
don't know what it is when you know it all
goes to tripe. Australian politics turns to women. You saw
it in Joan Kerner in Victoria. That was a basket case.
You saw it in w WA twice. Now we've seen
it with Gillard and of course now we see it
with Susan Lee. And she's got a mountain to climb.
Ninety plus ninety two or three seats for labor in
(02:29):
the lower House. They're just over forty for the other side.
So she's got a very big job, Heather. Now the
Bondei junction stabber, the psychiatrist has testified. What have they said, Well, basically,
this was a woman who treated Couci Joel Couchy for
eight years a psychiatrist in Queensland from twenty twelve to
(02:50):
twenty twenty. She treated Couchy. She told the Inquest that
she began reducing he was on very very very strong
antipsychotic medication. He was very very un well schizophrenia with
deluxe schizophrenia, so he was on very strong antipsychotic medication.
She began to wind it down after Coucie was judged
(03:12):
well enough to leave the public health system, and that
schizophrenia diagnosis was also reduced from chronic to what they
call first episode, and that was within the first year
this woman began to treat him. So she said he
was on the path to whatever recovery looks like for schizophrenics.
I have no idea, but she's a psychiatrist and she
(03:33):
judged him sufficiently well to go on that path. And
she also told the inquest how that this guy killed
six people, stabbed ten others, but she said she never
saw any signs of any problems or relapse or safety
issues in the eight years that she was treating him.
So this was a guy wanting to explode when he
went off as medication. We've already heard that at this inquest. Yeah,
(03:54):
listen on your players, your cricket players. Do they want
to come home? Well, a lot of them are home.
I don't think. I don't think there's any left in
India right now. The IPL they all hopped on planes
and came home. So to the Australian players over in Pakistan,
the Pakistan, I forget what that's called over there now,
the Pakistan whatever it's called, the limited over the Super
League Super thank you very much. You're not of crickets
(04:16):
fast a period of mine. Suffice to say, all the
Ausies are high piled out of there because of the
you know, the obviously accelerating tensions between India and Pakistan. Anyway,
Cricket Australia says is backing players decisions whether or not
they're returned if they don't want to go back. Don't
forget a lot of these players are not frontline test players.
They are looking to play in the IPL and the
(04:37):
Pakistan Big Bash because of the big paydays they get.
And don't forget as well, this time next month just
about they're going to be in London to take on
South Africa in the World Test Championship that those two
countries will contest. Don't forget. New Zealand won that first
time out by beating India, so it's it's up in
the air very quickly. In rugby news, Joseph Suartli very
(05:00):
very bad concussion last week. He's out for at least
a couple of weeks, but he will be back in
time for the Wallaby selection process with the Lions. And
good news too for fans of Noah Lolla Coo clear
of a neck fracture, Thank goodness. Not sure when he's
going to be back. Don't forget he's the number one,
he's the incumbent Test number ten, so not sure when
he's back either. The Lions tour begins in June, late
(05:23):
June over here. And Pete Samo too, who played two
years with my team, the Crusaders. He assigned for the
Tars next year. Back from Europe and available for selection.
And apparently he's playing the house down, so let's look out,
coupper hands at the Wallabyes do all right, we'll do, Murray,
thank you very much appreciated Murray Old's Ossie corresponding. For
(05:43):
more from hither Duplassy Allen Drive listen live to news Talks.
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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