Liberal Party’s 1st Female Leader a Step Towards Rebirth, Vice President Says

Electing Sussan Ley as leader demonstrates the Liberal Party has listened to voters, Fiona Scott says.

Australia's Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on May 13, 2025. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

The woman praised by former Liberal leader Tony Abbott as being “young” and “feisty” during her successful campaign for the seat of Lindsay in 2013, says the election of Sussan Ley to the leadership shows the recently defeated party is listening to voters.

Fiona Scott held the seat until 2016, when she lost to Emma Husar, and is now the Liberal Party vice president.