Sussan Ley has been continuing to appear on as much media as possible (as a mark of difference to Peter Dutton who only appeared on friendly media) and yesterday, that included a one-on-one with Sky New’s political editor, Andrew Clennell.

Asked about the WA Liberals wanting to dump net zero (which includes Michaelia Cash and Andrew Hastie) and the Nationals revolt, Ley said:

Individuals in my party room and in the Nationals party room have passionate, well held views on this. And we’re going to bring all of those views together in a working group led by Dan Tehan. And it’s going to flesh out the different perspectives, the expert advice, and of course, focus on this government’s miserable failure when it comes to energy policy. But let’s just step back a moment, the election was not quite three months ago, the next election’s about three years away. I said, when I became leader, I would be consultative, collaborative and take the time to get this right. So we do have time. And of course, the important thing is we’re not actually holding the levers on this policy. The government owns current energy policy, and we will hold them to account for the absolute trainwreck that it’s become.

But again, it doesn’t matter what the Coalition decides on. It won’t have any impact on policy – but it is sucking up space. So why are we covering it? Because you need to know what is happening across all the parties to get a whole picture – and you need to know where the fights are coming from.