Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley, the first woman to head the Liberal Party, is facing a leadership challenge from her shadow defence minister after he resigned from the front bench.

Angus Taylor confirmed he would run for the leadership on Thursday, saying the country was in “trouble” and that the Liberal Party “has lost its way”.

Ley narrowly defeated Taylorin a leadership contest last year, after her party’s worst ever election loss. But since then she has been plagued by poor poll numbers and infighting among the conservative Liberal-National coalition.

The partnership, which dates back to the 1940s, has twice split and reunited under her leadership, further undermining her tenure.

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