The former journalist and first-term MP had Speakman’s endorsement and support across the factions

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Kellie Sloane has become the third woman to lead the NSW Liberal Party after a party room meeting agreed on Friday morning to make her leader of the opposition.

The right’s Alister Henskens, the shadow attorney-general, did not stand.