The new opposition leader was just on Melbourne 3AW, where she was asked for her specific policies and how she would make the party more appealing to female and younger voters.
Sussan Ley replied that it was too early for her to give specifics as the party continues to pick up the pieces after defeat at the May election and a recent brief split with junior partner the Nationals.
“People might want us to rule things in or out, but we’re not going to do that,” she said.
Sussan Ley said it was too soon to give specifics on how she would make the Liberal Party more appealing to female and younger voters. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“We’re going to take the time to do it right. But I do want to see policies that reflect the wishes and the aspirations of families, of people at every stage of their life, but more importantly that overall back Australians who want to get ahead.
“And that does include childcare. It does include aged care. It does include students. It does include housing policy.”
Ley said it would be the same approach when it came to the Coalition’s nuclear policy.
“We will take the time to develop an energy policy,” she said.
“If you look at countries around the world that are bringing their emissions down, they are going nuclear, and we will consider that, of course, and it may well look different from what we took to the last election.”
Ley also excoriated Tasmanian Labor over its successful no-confidence motion over Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff yesterday: “a power grab – plain and simple”.
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