• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWE0173

Ley, Sussan Penelope

(1961 – )
  • Description

    Ley’s experience includes: working as an air traffic controller at both Mascot and Tullamarine airports, she has her commercial and aerial stock mustering pilot license. Since 1986 she has helped on the family farm.

    After obtaining a degree in Economics and her Masters in Taxation and Accounting, Ley worked at the Albury Branch of the Australian Taxation Office as Director, Technical Training.

    Ley held ministerial positions in the 2004-2007 and 2013-2022 periods of Liberal-National Party government. She was elected Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party, and thus as Leader of the Opposition, on 13.5.2025.

    A complete record of her parliamentary service, including a link to her first speech, can be found in the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia (see below).

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