Sussan Ley
Leader of the Opposition, Member for Farrer
“We will respect, reflect and represent modern Australia”
About Sussan
Sussan brings a depth of professional and life experience to the role.
Sussan migrated to Australia when she was thirteen years old. She has always felt grateful for the opportunities provided by this country.
She has worked as a cleaner, waitress and short order cook in shearing sheds, where she learned the value of a hard day’s work.
In her thirties, while raising young children, Sussan earned three degrees, including master’s degrees in accounting and tax law.
Sussan pursued her dream of flying and became an aerial stock mustering pilot.
She raised three children on a family farm during tough years, characterised by high interest rates and the wool floor price collapse.
After holding a senior position at the Australian Tax Office, Sussan entered parliament as the Member for Farrer in 2001.
Sussan’s experience includes serving in the Health, Aged Care, Environment, Education and Regional Development portfolios in government.
She was Deputy Liberal Leader between 2022 and 2025. Sussan’s pathway into politics came through identifying with the Liberal values of hard work, effort, reward and opportunity.
She is determined to build a future where young Australians can realise their dreams and where we build and reward aspiration.
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Here in North Queensland, communities are dealing with floods measured not in days, but in weeks and months.
In Richmond, Julia Creek and Cloncurry, we’ve been listening directly to landholders, local leaders and families about what they’re facing now and what they’ll need when the water recedes. From restocking and animal welfare, to telecommunications, supplies and support for families who’ve been through this before.
Disasters like this are above politics. Our responsibility is to listen, take away a clear to-do list, and push hard for the help these communities need.
Rural and remote Australia builds this country. Standing with these communities, and advocating for them, matters.
Regional communities are facing real pressure right now, from the impacts of flooding and weather extremes to rising costs and ongoing uncertainty.
In Richmond today, we met with local graziers and community leaders to hear directly about what they’re dealing with on the ground.
These are practical people who want solutions that reflect the realities of regional life.
Communities like Richmond deserve certainty and real support as they recover. We will work constructively to back any measures that genuinely help flood-affected families and graziers get back on their feet, because standing with regional Australia when it matters most is a responsibility we all share.
If the Prime Minister had been as determined to eradicate antisemitism in Australia over the past three years as he has been to avoid this Commonwealth Royal Commission over the past three weeks, our country may not have found itself in the position we do today.
The Prime Minister’s decision to finally establish a Commonwealth Royal Commission is not an act of leadership, it is an admission that his litany of excuses have collapsed.
For weeks now, Australians watched a Prime Minister fumble and flounder while answers for victims’ families were put on hold.
Anthony Albanese relented, not because he believed a Commonwealth Royal Commission was the right thing to do, but because he was forced to do so by the Australian people.
Today we met with Jewish families on the Sunshine Coast whose lives have been shaken by the rise of antisemitism and extremist violence in Australia.
Their message was clear and united in support of a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi attack and antisemitism.
Australians are watching a Prime Minister dither while justice is put on hold. Every day he delays is another day answers for victims’ families are denied. Thinking about a Commonwealth Royal Commission is not leadership. Floating it is not leadership. Briefing it is not leadership. Leadership is acting, and Anthony Albanese refuses to act.
This delay is not caution. It is weakness.
Victims’ families deserve better than delay dressed up as deliberation.
Australians deserve a Prime Minister who stands up when leadership is required, not one who hides from the truth.
Australians are paying the price for Labor’s cost of living failure.
Two greats of the game 🏏
Great to be in pink with @glennmcgrath11 and @nath.lyon421, backing the @mcgrathfoundation and the work it does for Australians going through cancer.
Really good to spend Pink Test day with Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse at the @mcgrathfoundation.
Servicing our local health region, Kerry has been part of the Foundation since the early days and has played a big role in shaping how McGrath Cancer Care Nurses support patients and families.
The Pink Test is a chance to recognise that work and the difference it makes for people going through cancer.
Huge respect for Kerry and for the team at the McGrath Foundation.
Today I am proud to take a virtual pink seat in support of the @mcgrathfoundation.
Cancer touches almost every Australian family. It brings fear, uncertainty and exhaustion, but it also reveals extraordinary courage, love and resilience.
Jane McGrath’s legacy lives on through the nurses who stand beside patients and families at their most vulnerable moments, offering not just medical care but compassion, dignity and hope.
To everyone living with cancer, to those undergoing treatment, and to the families walking this road with them, you are not alone. Australia stands with you.
This is a day to wear pink, to give generously, and to remind one another that kindness and support can make a profound difference.
Every corner of Australian society is now calling for a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack and the rise of antisemitism.
This is not about politics. It is about truth, accountability and respect for those affected.
Australians deserve honesty from their leaders. They deserve the courage to confront hard truths. Above all, they deserve clear answers.
So the question now is simple. What is the Prime Minister hiding?
The Prime Minister is supposed to represent Australians.
Instead, he is ignoring them.
When former Governors-General, Reserve Bank governors, business leaders, security professionals, judges, community leaders and members of his own side of politics are all calling for a Commonwealth Royal Commission, the problem is not the case for action.
The problem is the Prime Minister.
Australians deserve honesty.
They deserve leadership.
They deserve answers through a Commonwealth Royal Commission.
Wishing you and your family a safe, peaceful and hopeful New Year.
Today the Prime Minister appeared to shout at Australians instead of listening to them.
He claims Australians deserve answers, yet he is blocking the one process built to deliver the full truth: a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack and the rise of antisemitism.
Victims and their families are calling for it. The Jewish community is calling for it. Former Governors-General, AFP Commissioners, judges, senior silks and intelligence experts are calling for it. The Prime Minister’s response is to dismiss them and insist he knows best.
When so many credible voices are demanding transparency, refusal is not leadership. It is avoidance.
The question Australians are now asking is simple. What is the Prime Minister hiding?
