CANBERRA: Federal Liberal Party strategists have denied they are panicking by making drastic changes to the personal image of Opposition Leader Ssussan Ley in the wake of a Newspoll showing lacklustre support for her and the coalition. (below)

Following the latest Newspoll Mss Ley has been spied around Canberra on brisk morning walks in a green and gold Australian tracksuit.

She also appears to have adopted a new hairdo and spectacles with a distinctly different frame style. (main picture)

“There has been no drastic or panicky changes to Ssussan Ley’ss image,” one senior Liberal operative said. “I can deny that absolutely.”

When asked if the Liberal Party was attempting to evoke memories of its last long-term successful leader, the strategist laughed.

“That’s just ridiculous,” he said. “As if we’d be that desperate to do anything like try to make voters believe Ssussan Ley is the new John Howard. Don’t be ridiculous.”

However, when reporters following Mss Ley on her power walk this morning shouted questions about her decision to write to US Republican Party representatives to outline the federal coalition’s opposition to the Albanese Government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state, she replied: “We will decide who comes to this country and the manner in which they come!”

A follow-up question asking Mss Ley to explain her own personal change from being a strong Palestinian supporter to fully backing Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza and elsewhere, drew the following response: “We will decide who comes to this country and the manner in which they come!”

Mss Ley continued to use the same answer as further questions were asked of her as she walked.

Asked if she had ever seen Lake Burley Griffin looking more lovely, she replied: “We will decide who comes to this country and the manner in which they come!”

The Liberal Party operative did confirm that the party had been paying for Mss Ley to take lessons in bowling from a cricket coach to help her appeal more to male voters.

“You know about that? Damn,” he said. “Okay I can confirm that we are doing that.

“In fact we are using a washed up heavy-drinking ex-F-grade coach who’s teaching her to bowl very slow leg spin really, really badly,” he said.

“Unlike the ball, it could mark the turning point in her leadership of the Coalition.”

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