00:02Fresh from their emphatic victory, the new look Liberal leadership team promising to
00:07lead their party out of the political wilderness.
00:10The choice is simple for the Liberal Party, change or die, and I choose change.
00:17And so did most of his colleagues.
00:19Wowee, have we got a full court press today.
00:22The 51 members of the Liberal Party room met early to resolve the party's leadership saga.
00:27Susan Lee fighting a losing battle but fighting to the very end.
00:32After just 20 minutes, the Conservative candidate prevailed.
00:37The final vote was 34 to Angus Taylor, 17 to Susan Lee.
00:42And into the deputy role steps Jane Hume, defeating Ted O'Brien by 10 votes.
00:48The vanquished leader looking to the heavens before making one of the toughest speeches
00:54of her 25-year career.
00:56The leadership of our party is a gift of the party room.
01:00And I respect the decision that they have made.
01:04Susan Lee, gracious in defeat, making her own decision to bow out of politics altogether.
01:10It is important that the new leader gets clear air.
01:15Something that is not always afforded to leaders.
01:18Stepping away and sending voters in her New South Wales seat of Farrett to a by-election.
01:23I think it's a sad day for women.
01:26I'm not surprised that they've decided to take this path away from Susan Lee.
01:31She's handed Angus Taylor his first big test.
01:34Defending the seat against the Nationals, at least one Independent and an ascendant One Nation.
01:40Different jockey, same dead horse.
01:42We are not seeking to be One Nation light. Absolutely not.
01:46The new leader promising to regain the voters drifting away, starting with Amir Culper.
01:51I'm particularly conscious that we got some big calls wrong.
01:54We're in this position because we didn't stay true to our core values.
01:58This ends today.
02:00Putting a fresh focus on home ownership, lower taxes and a hardline stance on immigration.
02:07If someone doesn't subscribe to our core beliefs, the door must be shut.
02:14Angus Taylor is set to unveil an immigration policy within weeks, beginning his promised rebuild.
02:19But first, he needs to pick his front bench team.
02:23The new leader will reward his conservative backers, including one-time rival Andrew Hastie.
02:28Which means demoting many of the moderates in Susan Lee's shadow ministry.
02:33Potentially sowing the seeds for further division.
02:37The former leader now free.
02:40As Angus Taylor steps in to stop his party sinking any further.
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