Hastie says quitting frontbench not an attempt to replace Sussan Ley | ABC NEWS
00:00 Outgoing Liberal minister Andrew Hastie says his decision to resign from the frontbench is not an attempt to replace Sussan Ley as opposition leader.
He announced his resignation late on Friday, and speaking on Saturday, he said it was because he felt he had lost leadership in his role as shadow home affairs minister.
01:56 The ABC’s Political Lead David Speers looks at how Andrew Hastie came to his decision, and what has to come next for the Liberal Party.
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