WEBVTT - Right v Right: the Libs’ leadership stalemate

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. The two men considered most likely

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<v Speaker 1>to challenge Susan Lee for the leadership of the Federal

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<v Speaker 1>Liberal Party met face to face on Thursday morning for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time since the party's internal dramas blew up.

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<v Speaker 1>In recent days. Both Angus Taylor and Andrew Hasty have

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<v Speaker 1>carefully avoided giving their full support to Susan Lee. She's

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<v Speaker 1>under pressure because last week, in the midst of bitter

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<v Speaker 1>debate about the government's post BONDI hate speech legislation, the

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<v Speaker 1>Liberals and Nationals relationship collapsed and the opposition coalition effectively

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<v Speaker 1>fell apart. Both Hasty and Taylor are in the Liberal

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<v Speaker 1>Party's right and senior Conservative figures understood to have told

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<v Speaker 1>the men to work out which of them has the

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<v Speaker 1>best chance of unseating Lee. That would mean either Hasty

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<v Speaker 1>or Taylor would have to graciously step aside. The Australians

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<v Speaker 1>revealing in a story Live Right Now the men couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>come to an agreement on which one had the better chance,

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<v Speaker 1>but did agree to keep talking. Thursday's meeting at a

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<v Speaker 1>home in Melbourne was also attended by two senior Right

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<v Speaker 1>figures and members of Susan Lee's leadership group, Home Affairs

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<v Speaker 1>spokesman Jonathan Dunham and Finance spokesman James Patterson, plus West

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<v Speaker 1>Australian Senator Matt O'Sullivan and another senior Right figure, former

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<v Speaker 1>MP Michael Sucker. Parliament's back next week and Labour's likely

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<v Speaker 1>to use the House and Senate to mock the oppositions

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<v Speaker 1>divided and distracted state of mind, but the division in

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<v Speaker 1>the Liberal Right means Susan Lee is likely to survive

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<v Speaker 1>at least the next few weeks. There's also no clear

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<v Speaker 1>contender to replace her former coalition partner, National's leader David

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<v Speaker 1>little Proud, even though one rebels National MP says he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to call a leadership spill on Monday. Check out

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<v Speaker 1>those stories live right now at the Australian dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot au and come back to the front first thing

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning for a look at an issue that

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly has every boss paying close attention. A court case

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<v Speaker 1>about whether swearing in the office is a sackable offense.

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<v Speaker 1>That's if we come to the office at all. Catch

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<v Speaker 1>you right here Friday morning,