In the 1980s, a young Susan Ley visited a numerologist, added a letter, and became Sussan – destined for a life “incredibly exciting” and never dull. Fast forward to May 2025, and she’s just nabbed the Liberal Party leadership, edging out Angus Taylor 29-25. Coincidence? Or did the stars – or at least a dodgy horoscope – crown her Canberra’s new cosmic queen?
Let’s rewind. The Liberals were a smoking crater after Peter Dutton’s election wipeout. His Dickson seat? Gone. His tough-guy strategy? A numerological trainwreck. Enter Sussan Ley, the Nigeria-born, pilot-licensed, ex-shearer’s cook from regional Farrer, who swapped policy wonkery for mystic mojo. While Taylor, Hume’s brooding spreadsheet king, slung mud about Ley’s feet, she countered with a vibe: “I’m Sussan, baby – my name’s got double-S sass.” Her camp’s jabs at Taylor’s “Captain Policy Snooze” tenure? Pure zodiac-level shade.
The leadership vote was a soap opera scripted by the cosmos. People are busy tweeting, “Ley’s got the numbers!” – and they weren’t wrong. Her 29-25 win (add ‘em up, you get 54, divide by her ambition, and it’s… destiny!) proved the naysayers wrong. Forget the Liberal boys’ club muttering about her “subjugation” to stronger men. Ley, with her red glasses and Albury grit, flew the party plane out of its post-Dutton nosedive. Locals call her a “quiet achiever.” We (you and me) say she’s a loud comet.
So, what’s next for Australia’s first female Liberal leader? Her numerology report (okay, we made this up) predicts a “realignment of Liberal chakras” by 2028. She’ll need it to heal a party fractured by Taylor’s Scorpio sulk and Dutton’s ghost haunting the right wing. If her regional roots – think hospital upgrades in Albury or water wars in Griffith – can charm back voters lost to indies and Labor, she might just rewrite the Liberal star chart.
Sussan Ley, the woman who renamed herself and reshaped a party, is no academic bore. She’s proof the universe loves an underdog with a good vibe. So, grab a calculator, friends – what’s your numerology name for the next election. Let’s see if the stars agree.
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It is a poor opposition now, the prehistorics in the “country” party and now Ley and the antediluvian O’Brien weighing down the liberal clabbery club or rump. However, the ALP government has to fight factions, regions, states, media, corporate greedites, interests, cranks and selfannouncing suppositories of wisdom. The gun goes off…modest successes will seem like triumphs.
Fiona Katauskas on Lazy Susssan’s second coming.
‘Lazy Suz and the Public Purse’ a Little Golden River of Taxpayers Dosh Book. She’ll be able to claim more travel expenses now.
I’m in her electorate. I’ve never voted for her and never will. I’m one of those “Put LNP last” kinda guys.
More the witless and unwitting sacrificial lamb rather than leader.
It will be interesting to see how this unwinds.
She has a lot more to deal with than being the first woman inn the position, and I really doubt that that gives her any advantage.
I think the wide smile on that elastic mouth is going to snap back,once squizzy Taylor’s boys get to work.Would not be surprised if Anus was already undermining her.Nuclear Ted is going to be no help at all either.