Angus Taylor has resigned from the shadow cabinet, but hasn't yet called a leadership spill against Liberal leader Sussan Ley... so what's going on here?

Political analyst Amy Remeikis joins us to unpack what happens from here. 

And in the headlines today, Liberal MP Angus Taylor has finally pulled the trigger on resigning from the Liberal shadow cabinet, signalling an imminent leadership spill against Sussan Ley; Police powers which paved the way for a chaotic protest crackdown will be challenged after medics reported being pushed by officers while attempting to treat the injured; Canadian Prime Minister Mark ‌ Carney has had to hold back tears as he promised the country they would get through what he called a "terrible" shooting at a high school in British Columbia; The man who was detained by police in Tucson in relation to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, says he doesn’t know who she is and had nothing to do with it; The triple 0 call made by teen hero Austin Applebee after swimming for four hours to save his stranded family has been released showing how calm he was in the moment; Australia's best hope for a Winter Olympian to successfully defend their title has passed with moguls superstar Jakara Anthony slipping in the final at the Milan-Cortina Games

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Hosts: Taylah Strano & Claire Murphy

Guest: Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute & Contributing Editor at The New Daily

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