Penny Wong says Sussan Ley’s leadership ‘unsalvageable’ after Coalition flags opposition to new hate laws

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has called Labor’s hate speech and gun reform bill ‘pretty unsalvageable’ in its current form. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP

Labor has hit back at Sussan Ley’s refusal to support new hate speech laws, calling her position “unsalvageable” and claiming the opposition leader is at risk of being rolled over the Coalition’s response to the Bondi terror attack.

Senior government ministers including Penny Wong and Jim Chalmers attacked Ley’s position on laws to combat antisemitism on Friday, as Labor’s bill looked unlikely to progress in parliament next week.