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Facing Nationals flying ahead of the Liberals on energy and a brutal Newspoll result this morning, Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh is asked on Sky News how worried she is about the declining public support.

“I don’t want to spin it,” she says, but digs in on net zero, saying many in her community don’t want it.

Australians aren’t happy with us. We lost an election, and we were annihilated at the election. We need to get our act together. We need to focus on being a strong opposition.

Sussan still has my confidence, and she should be able to stay on as leader. As I said, we’re down in the dumps. It’s not just about the leadership, it’s the whole Coalition and the people that are left - my colleagues, they’re wonderful, talented people, and we should be giving Sussan a chance.

Source: Guardian - World News