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As Taylor struggles to handle Hanson, Hastie is talking tough
Key takeaways
- Angus Taylor is grappling with how to keep voters in the centre while diverting those further on the right away from Pauline Hanson's party.
- At the time, Andrew Hastie bowed out of the push to oust Sussan Ley and the right faction's internal leadership tussle because he didn't have the numbers.
- One of the many reasons those who briefed against him cited for why he wasn't ready to be Liberal leader was his populist push on issues from economics to nationalism.
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Angus Taylor is grappling with how to keep voters in the centre while diverting those further on the right away from Pauline Hanson's party. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
Link copied Share Share article. It wasn't that long ago that Angus Taylor was being pitched internally in the leadership contest as the safer pair of hands — a capital-C conservative more aligned with centre-right values and economic rationalism.
At the time, Andrew Hastie bowed out of the push to oust Sussan Ley and the right faction's internal leadership tussle because he didn't have the numbers.
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