Federal opposition leader Sussan Ley has vowed her party will go to the next federal election with a “complete economic plan” while hitting out at Labor’s recent roundtable.
The Liberal Party leader addressed this year’s annual convention of the merged LNP in Queensland in Brisbane on Friday morning, where unseated former leader Peter Dutton was given a standing ovation.
She said shadow treasurer and Queenslander Ted O’Brien had attended the government event and had promised “not a grab bag of slogans, but a fully integrated plan” to restore confidence, drive productivity and living standards.
“That plan will include workplace relations. Now, Labor will try to shut down that debate,” she said. “When Labor talks, Australians pay. And when they run out of money, they come after laws.”
She also reiterated criticism of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his decision to recognise a Palestinian state.
“When terrorists are cheering your foreign policy, you know you’ve got it wrong,” she said. “There can be no reward for terror and no recognition without peace.”
Ley also revealed that along with the standard post-election party review of the recent federal loss, Senator James McGrath would also carry out an “in-depth review into the party and the way we connect with people” billed as a “longer-term strategic reset”.
Outgoing LNP president Lawrence Springborg, often dubbed the “father of the LNP” for his role in merging the two conservative parties into one, was also given a standing ovation as he prepares to pass the baton to engineer Doug Hawkes.
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