Hastie and Taylor fail to agree on plan to oust Ley despite clandestine meeting

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/hastie-and-taylor-fail-to-agree-who-should-challenge-sussan-ley/106283820

33 Comments

  1. I really wonder how the party has gotten here?

    Such a comical leadership vacuum they can’t even figure out if they want to knife the current leader or not.

    A shambolic dumpster fire of a party currently

  2. ThoseOldScientists on

    So it comes down to a battle of egos between a smarmy, entitled good old boy and a shark-eyed religious zealot to determine the ultimate fate of of the Liberal Party, as we all knew it eventually must.

  3. Isn’t this par for the course in the Liberal party? I mean their whole ethos is based around self-interests. It’s a wonder they can get enough of them to agree for long enough to form a party, let alone a leadership.

  4. KonstantinePhoenix on

    So which one would actually be…..worse? I think that might be the best way to ascertain who would be better…

  5. these two fucking idiots couldn’t organise a pissup in a brewery. god help the remains of the lnp when one of them makes it in

  6. Technical-Green-9983 on

    Whoever is next is the next to lose the next election and the leadership and they both know that

  7. 01kickassius10 on

    That choice of pictures looks like a before and after shot, with about 15-20 years gap

  8. Hastie and Taylor having a clandestine meeting is like the (now dated) old joke Q: “How can you tell the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro?” A: “He’s alive”.

  9. robopirateninjasaur on

    As someone that lives in the electorate of Hume, fuck I hope Taylor wins because it might motivate Labor to actually campaign against him this time

  10. This is like Mr Burns having every disease, but they can’t kill him because of Three Stooges Syndrome.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: Well, Doc, I think I did pretty well on my tests. You may shake my hand if you like.

    >**Doctor**: Well, under the circumstances, I’d rather not.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: Eh?

    >**Doctor**: Mr. Burns, I’m afraid you are the sickest man in the United States. You have everything.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: You mean I have pneumonia?

    >**Doctor**: Yes.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: Juvenile diabetes?

    >**Doctor**: Yes.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: Hysterical pregnancy?

    >**Doctor**: Uh, a little bit, yes! You also have several diseases that have just been discovered – in you.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: I see. You sure you haven’t just made thousands of mistakes?

    >**Doctor**: Uh, no, no, I’m afraid not.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: This sounds like bad news.

    >**Doctor**: Well, you’d think so, but – all of your diseases are in perfect balance. Uh, if you have a moment, I can explain.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: [checks his watch] Well…

    >[the Doctor puts a tiny model house door on his desk]

    >**Doctor**: Here’s the door to your body, you see?

    >[brings up some small fuzz balls with goofy faces and limbs from under the desk]

    >**Doctor**: And these are oversized novelty germs – er, that’s influenza, that’s bronchitis, and this cute little cuddle-bug is pancreatic cancer, ha! Here’s what happens when they all try to get through the door at once.

    >[tries to cram the “germs” through the model door, but they get stuck]

    >**Doctor**: [à la Curly] Woo, woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woop!

    >[à la Moe]

    >**Doctor**: Move it, chowder-head!

    >[normal voice]

    >**Doctor**: We call it Three Stooges syndrome.

    >**Montgomery Burns**: So, what you’re saying is… I’m indestructible!

    >**Doctor**: Oh, no, no. In fact, even a slight breeze could…

    >**Montgomery Burns**: [leaves the office, to himself] Indestructible.

  11. Let me guess, they are still playing musical chairs in the party room but no one told them to remove 15 out of the 16 chairs in there first.

  12. CelebrationFit8548 on

    Again they are their own worst enemies, how is this possibly ‘clandestine’ when everyone knows about it in the national news?!?

    They are not fit to be in office with way too many petty and extremist egos.

  13. Two guys who can’t organise a knifing think they can run the country. The LNP couldn’t even deliver commuter parking lots 

  14. South_Can_2944 on

    Goes to show the state of the Liberal Party when they can’t even get a plan together just to oust their own leader.

    Imagine them running the country.

  15. It’s amazing how much media attention these parties get compared to how little political power they have.

  16. Perhaps they should start with something easier. I’d suggest planning a pissup in a brewery, but Barnaby may invite himself.

  17. “Guys, it’s been a bit over 8 months of trying this whole “woman leader” thing, and we’re still no closer to winning government. It’s time for us to draw a line under this experiment and ensure that our leader is the best man for the job.”