Steve Price: Australia Correspondent on Sussan Ley becoming the leader of the Australian Liberal Party - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Sussan Ley has become the first woman to lead Australia's Liberal Party.   

She's been deputy for three years and has been appointed leader in a tight ballot, edging out Treasury spokesperson Angus Taylor.  

It comes after former leader Peter Dutton lost his seat in the recent election.  

Australia Correspondent Steve Price told Mike Hosking Ley's switched on, as a qualified commercial airline pilot.  

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