The Liberal Party is expected to elect former defence minister Peter Dutton as leader, with NSW MP Sussan Ley tipped to take up the deputy leader position. auspol
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Ms Andrews was expected to take on the job as deputy but as she and Mr Dutton are both Queensland MPs that was not possible.Warren Entsch ‘disappointed’ with Scott Morrison's handling of trans issues as Liberal post mortem continues Meanwhile, former prime minister Scott Morrison had lost credit with voters, who were starting to turn against him last year but the Liberal Party was still right to keep him as leader, an outgoing MP says.
But the moderate Liberal said he was not one of the MPs who urged former treasurer Josh Frydenberg - who also lost his seat to 'teal' independent Monique Ryan - to challenge Mr Morrison for the leadership.'Visceral' dislike of Scott Morrison was a 'drag on the vote', outgoing Liberal MP Dave Sharma says
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