Former Defence Minister Peter Dutton will become the next leader of the Liberal party after being elected unopposed, while former environment minister Sussan Ley will become his deputy.
During his first press conference as the Liberal leader, Dutton said under his policies will be “squarely aimed at the forgotten Australians” in the suburban areas.
“Under my leadership, the Liberal Party will be true to our values, that have seen us win successive elections over the course of the last quarter of a century,” he said.
The 51-year-old opposition leader said the centre-left Labor government “weren’t ready to govern” as they are already “breaking promises and foreshadowing policy shifts.”…