Andrew Hastie, the divisive star of the Liberal party’s internal political theatre, is staying silent – for now

The former shadow minister insists he won’t challenge Sussan Ley for party leadership. But the spectre of the dysfunctional Victorian Liberals remains

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Andrew Hastie has never been one for the theatre of parliamentary question time.

While his colleagues and political opponents revel in hurling insults and interjections across the chamber floor, the Liberal MP has more often than not remained conspicuously muted.