Australia politics live: Liberal leadership showdown scheduled for Friday morning; PM delivers Closing the Gap speech

Resignations mount as more shadow ministry members move to back Taylor. Follow today’s news liveAngus Taylor launches bid for Liberal party leadership after spill motion delivered to Sussan LeyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMcCarthy threatens pulling funding levers on states on Close the Gap outcomesMalarndirri McCarthy says there are funding levers the government could pull to put more pressure on the states to improve on Closing the Gap outcomes.We have levers that we can pull and I know that through the Northern Territory Remote Area Investment, the NTRA, that is certainly an agreement between the commonwealth and the Northern Territory where I have pushed for those levers to be looked at.So we are halfway through that and we see this expiring in 2031. So we have another five years to really get to the end of this and hopefully close that gap. And that is our