There is no point beating around the bush. If Sussan Ley fails to land an internal party consensus on net zero and immigration policy, her days as leader are numbered.
There’s now little doubt among the nation’s industry players that if Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen wish to fulfil their emissions reduction ambition, they will have to do at least two uncomfortable things.
Call it conventional wisdom that suggests every next generation will herald an ever more mobile, advanced and adventurous workforce than their parents. The problem is this story has been wrong for some time.