Politics · United Kingdom · 23 hrs ago
Labor prepares for a possible Andrew Hastie-led Liberal Party
Federal Labor is preparing for a possible election contest against Andrew Hastie if he becomes leader of the Liberal Party.
Labor figures believe Hastie will eventually replace Angus Taylor, though no change has been announced.
Some Liberals see the New South Wales election in March as a possible trigger if Taylor cannot improve the party’s standing.
A Hastie-led Liberal Party would face a major contest with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, which is ahead of the Coalition in the latest poll cited.
Hastie has criticised personal attacks associated with the MAGA movement, giving him a chance to distance himself from a style of politics linked to Hanson.
The Coalition’s primary vote is 21 per cent, seven points behind One Nation, as Taylor faces pressure to define the party’s direction.
Disagreement over Labor’s support for military action in Iran adds to the political tensions, but no leadership change or next step has been confirmed.
Labor is preparing for a possible election contest against Andrew Hastie if he replaces Angus Taylor as Liberal leader.
Senior Labor sources believe Hastie’s takeover is a matter of when, not if, and say he would be harder to defeat.
Some Liberals see the New South Wales election in March as a possible trigger for leadership change if Taylor cannot improve the party’s standing.
The Coalition’s primary vote is 21 per cent, seven points behind One Nation, according to the latest poll cited in the article.
Hastie has criticised personal attacks associated with the MAGA movement, while Labor is facing criticism over its support for the war in Iran.
- Who
- Federal Labor and Andrew Hastie, who is being considered as a possible Liberal leader.
- What
- Labor is preparing for a possible election contest against a Liberal Party led by Hastie.
- When
- The article was published on 8 November 2026. Some Liberals see the New South Wales election in March as a possible trigger for change.
- Where
- Australia.
- Why
- Labor sources believe Hastie could take over from Angus Taylor and would be harder to defeat. Taylor’s party is struggling in the polls and with its position on One Nation.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Angus Taylor rolled Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership.
Andrew Hastie urged politicians to do better and avoid personal attacks associated with the MAGA movement.
ABC Australia reported that Labor was preparing for a possible election contest against a Hastie-led Liberal Party.
Some Liberals see the New South Wales election as a possible trigger for a leadership change if Taylor cannot improve the party’s standing.
- Possible Liberal leader
- Andrew Hastie
- Current Liberal leader
- Angus Taylor
- Coalition primary vote
- 21 per cent
- One Nation lead
- 7 points over the Coalition
- Liberal Party founded
- 1944
What people are saying
Let's play the ball, not the person, and leave the nasty personal politics of MAGA in the United States.
The lesson of our generation, of all generations, is when you have very unclear war aims it gets very, very messy.
The Liberal Party is in the worst position that it has been since it was founded in 1944.
Change or die, and I choose change