Former Coalition minister Dan Tehan rules himself out of race as Nampijinpa Price insists she wanted to defect from Nationals ‘in a respectful way’
The Liberal leadership race is firming as a contest between the deputy leader, Sussan Ley, and the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, after Dan Tehan ruled himself out.
Ley announced on Friday that she would run for the party’s leadership, to be decided at a vote on Tuesday.
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