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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Anyone can be an inflation spotter because under Labor, you see it everywhere.
⬆️ Food up 16 per cent
⬆️ Rents up 22 per cent
⬆️ Electricity bills up nearly 40 per cent.
And the average mortgage holder paying around $21,000 a year more in interest than under the Liberals.
This is what Labor’s economic mismanagement looks like in real life. Higher bills, higher repayments, and less left at the end of the week.
The Liberal Party has been clear about the direction we would take. Living within our means to put downward pressure on inflation, delivering affordable and reliable energy, and cutting personal income taxes so Australians can keep more of what they earn.
What Australians choose to spend their money on is their call.
Our job is to make sure they can afford to make that choice.
ICYMI, inflation is getting worse under Labor, and that is putting upward pressure on the cash rate and household budgets right across the country.
The average mortgage holder is already paying around $21,000 a year more in interest on their home loan than they were under the Liberals.
For renters, the pain is just as real, with rents up 22 per cent under Labor.
This government talks about helping families, but when it cannot rein in inflationary spending, it is working Australians who pay the price.
Only the Liberal Party will get spending under control, ease cost of living pressures, and make sure Australians get to keep more of what they work so hard to earn.
Such a beautiful send-off for my friend and colleague, Dr Katie Allen, this morning in Melbourne.
Her children spoke with extraordinary grace, reminding us all of the love at the heart of her life. We were also reminded of Katie’s tireless commitment to helping others — in medicine, in politics, and in her personal life.
Katie Allen leaves behind more than a record of service and a devoted family. She leaves behind a standard of professionalism, compassion, humility and courage. She showed us what it means to live a life of purpose, to lead with integrity, and to serve with heart. She will be missed.
Today, we gather to remember and honour the life of Dr Katie Allen. A woman of rare grace, intellect and courage, Katie’s impact reached far beyond politics and will endure for many years to come.
I remember the last time I saw Katie, in Canberra bringing the next generation of women leaders to meet parliamentary leaders. She could easily have been at home, resting during what were the last stages of her illness. But the fire burned as bright as it always had, in her eyes and her heart.
I miss my friend already. I will always miss her.
Families are doing everything they can, but under Labor the cost of living is getting worse, not better.
Today`s inflation data is not abstract economics, it is the weekly shop, the power bill and the mortgage.
Every extra dollar families are paying at the checkout or on their power bill is a reminder that Labor has lost control of the economy.
Hardworking Australians expect their government to ease pressure, not add to it. But under Labor, the cost of living crisis is deepening.
As families send their children back to school this week, I am reminded of my own experience as a mum on the farm, working hard to pay the bills and put food on the table. I know those pressures. I have lived them.
Today, families across Australia are being squeezed like never before. Under Labor, food is up 16 per cent, rent up 22 per cent, and electricity up nearly 40 per cent. That is a cost of living crisis, plain and simple.
I remain determined to build an Australia where families can get ahead, where people are empowered to stand on their own two feet, and where hard work is respected and rewarded.
A near $60 billion hole has opened up in Labor’s budget forecasts and no one can explain it. Not the Treasurer. Not Treasury. Not the budget watchdogs.
Labor has racked up almost $1 trillion in debt and Australians are now paying $50,000 every minute just in interest, money that could be going to hospitals, schools and essential services.
Australians were promised transparency and responsibility. What they are getting instead is higher debt, bigger deficits and more questions than answers.
At back-to-school time, parents should be focused on whether their child will have a great year ahead – not on whether they can afford it.
Under Labor, taxes are rising, spending is out of control and debt is spiralling.
Australians are facing a cost-of-living crisis and the largest decline in living standards in the developed world.
My team and I will fix that.
Today we pause to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust, and all those persecuted by the Nazi regime. It is also a time to reflect on the shared responsibility we all have to confront hatred, antisemitism, and apathy wherever they appear – and renew our commitment to say: never again.
Australia Day is back! A wonderful morning celebrating in Corowa.
Welcoming our newest Australians and recognising those who give so generously back to our local community is a powerful reminder of the very best of Australia and the Australian spirit.
We look out for one another and we stand up for what is right. Australians have fought for freedom and a fair go since the very beginning of our nation.
We are a great country, the very best in the world, and that is why we celebrate. 🇦🇺
Congratulations to the outstanding members of the Farrer community who are receiving honours in the 2026 Australia Day Honours List.
Mr Maxwell Luff of Albury, Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the road transport industry and to the community.
Mr Owen Saleeba of Albury, Medal of the Order of Australia for service to vocational and tertiary education and to the community.
Chief Inspector Scott Russell of Thurgoona, Australian Police Medal for distinguished service.
Thank you for all you do for our community and nation. You should all be very proud of your achievements. Congratulations and well done.
Australia is the best country in the world.
I am grateful every day to call this nation home, and proud of the people who make it what it is.
Happy Australia Day. 🇦🇺
