Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. The two men considered most likely
Speaker 1: to challenge Susan Lee for the leadership of the Federal
Speaker 1: Liberal Party met face to face on Thursday morning for
Speaker 1: the first time since the party's internal dramas blew up.
Speaker 1: In recent days. Both Angus Taylor and Andrew Hasty have
Speaker 1: carefully avoided giving their full support to Susan Lee. She's
Speaker 1: under pressure because last week, in the midst of bitter
Speaker 1: debate about the government's post BONDI hate speech legislation, the
Speaker 1: Liberals and Nationals relationship collapsed and the opposition coalition effectively
Speaker 1: fell apart. Both Hasty and Taylor are in the Liberal
Speaker 1: Party's right and senior Conservative figures understood to have told
Speaker 1: the men to work out which of them has the
Speaker 1: best chance of unseating Lee. That would mean either Hasty
Speaker 1: or Taylor would have to graciously step aside. The Australians
Speaker 1: revealing in a story Live Right Now the men couldn't
Speaker 1: come to an agreement on which one had the better chance,
Speaker 1: but did agree to keep talking. Thursday's meeting at a
Speaker 1: home in Melbourne was also attended by two senior Right
Speaker 1: figures and members of Susan Lee's leadership group, Home Affairs
Speaker 1: spokesman Jonathan Dunham and Finance spokesman James Patterson, plus West
Speaker 1: Australian Senator Matt O'Sullivan and another senior Right figure, former
Speaker 1: MP Michael Sucker. Parliament's back next week and Labour's likely
Speaker 1: to use the House and Senate to mock the oppositions
Speaker 1: divided and distracted state of mind, but the division in
Speaker 1: the Liberal Right means Susan Lee is likely to survive
Speaker 1: at least the next few weeks. There's also no clear
Speaker 1: contender to replace her former coalition partner, National's leader David
Speaker 1: little Proud, even though one rebels National MP says he's
Speaker 1: going to call a leadership spill on Monday. Check out
Speaker 1: those stories live right now at the Australian dot com
Speaker 1: dot au and come back to the front first thing
Speaker 1: in the morning for a look at an issue that
Speaker 1: suddenly has every boss paying close attention. A court case
Speaker 1: about whether swearing in the office is a sackable offense.
Speaker 1: That's if we come to the office at all. Catch
Speaker 1: you right here Friday morning,