<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sussan-ley" rel="" target="" title="Sussan Ley"><span>Sussan Ley</span></a><span> is facing even more pressure as federal opposition leader after a stinging broadside from senior Liberal senator Sarah Henderson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The conservative upper house MP – who has been unhappy with Ley since the new opposition leader dumped her from the Coalition frontbench earlier this year – gave a scathing appraisal of the state of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/liberal-party" rel="" target="" title="Liberal Party"><span>Liberal Party</span></a><span> this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's increasing concern in our party as to the way we are going… the infighting has been terrible," Henderson told reporters. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bank-employee-charged-over-alleged-multi-million-dollar-ghost-car-fraud-scheme/ffc440e3-8fa7-4ad3-806d-2daceffcaa0f"><strong><span>NAB employee charged over alleged role in $150m fraud syndicate</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm terribly sorry about what's been going on in the Liberal Party.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've been a member of parliament since 2013. It's the worst I've ever seen in our party, and I've seen a few dramas."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those comments came shortly after an explosive interview with Sky News, in which the senator from Victoria questioned Ley's leadership.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sarah-henderson-comments-sussan-ley-opposition-leader-liberal-party/b8a3b445-078d-4f95-bcea-bdd77e0b7bb6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As a member of parliament, I can't pretend things are good," Henderson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've had a dire Newspoll result. A primary vote of just 24 per cent, things are not travelling well … I do think Sussan is losing support, but I do believe in miracles. We can turn things around, but things are not good. I don't support things the way they are."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked later by journalists whether she believed Ley would still be opposition leader at the end of the year, Henderson was noncommittal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/elon-musk-first-trillionaire-tesla-pay-packet-approved/a674adac-8ea7-454a-aea8-245907dddb7b"><strong><span>Tesla approves pay packet that could make Elon Musk the first trillionaire</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can't speak for Sussan," she replied. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"All I can say to you, authentically and honestly, is I don't support the way things are at the moment."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After winning the Liberal leadership in a narrow contest against conservative Angus Taylor, the moderate Ley took the helm of a party at its lowest-ever ebb, following the thrashing it received in May's federal election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ley also hasn't been helped by some of her colleagues, with two high-profile departures from her shadow ministry, and the Nationals quitting then rejoining the Coalition before announcing last weekend it was dumping net zero as a policy – a move that could harm the Liberals' chances of winning back inner-city seats at the next election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But at the same time, Ley has made a number of questionable decisions of her own that her party has refused to back, such as calling for US Ambassador Kevin Rudd to be fired after orchestrating an almost entirely successful White House meeting, and criticising Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/liberal-party-support-slumps-to-40-year-low-in-news-poll/678399f6-e08c-47a5-8477-e1b488963383" rel="" target="" title="approval rating in the most recent Newspoll was at minus 33 per cent"><span>approval rating in the most recent Newspoll was at minus 33 per cent</span></a><span>, while the Coalition primary vote had fallen to a record low 24 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But following the stinging comments from Henderson – who backed Taylor in May's leadership contest – this morning, Liberal MPs have thrown their weight behind Ley.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wollert-fatal-shooting-athan-boursinos-cctv-released-melbourne/db81fa8e-80bc-421c-9e07-984a113d2579"><strong><span>Melbourne man's killers travelled from NSW for hit, police say</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jane Hume, Dave Sharma, Tony Pasin and Taylor all said they disagreed with the notion Ley was losing support of the party room, with the latter saying he was "absolutely not" planning to roll her as leader.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think Sussan is well-established as leader and will be with us through to the next election," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The latest turmoil comes after Ley called a party room meeting for next Wednesday for the Liberals to come to a decision on climate policy and whether to stick with aiming for net zero emissions by 2050 – a topic that has caused significant disagreement between the party's moderate and conservative factions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ley tasked senior MP Dan Tehan to conduct a comprehensive review of the party's climate and energy platform following the May election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Asked about Henderson's comments and Ley's performance this morning, Tehan said he was focused on the policy development.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Colleagues have been saying a variety of things over the last few months," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What I'm focused on is making sure we get the policy right, the energy and emissions reduction policy right because that is what the Australian people want us to do."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following the meeting on Wednesday, the Liberal Party is expected to unveil its climate and energy policy by next Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get 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