Ley shadow ministry

The shadow ministry of Sussan Ley was the shadow ministry from 2025 to 2026, in opposition to the Albanese government. The shadow ministry was the Opposition's alternative to the Albanese ministry, which was sworn in on 13 May 2025. The shadow ministry was first appointed by Sussan Ley following her election as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the opposition on 13 May 2025, and came to an end in the 2026 Liberal Party leadership spill on 13 February 2026.

During Ley's tenure as Opposition Leader, the longstanding Coalition arrangement between the Liberal and National parties briefly split twice, with implications for the shadow ministry. National Party leader David Littleproud, who survived a leadership challenge on 12 May 2025, first announced that the Nationals would leave the Coalition on 20 May 2025, but the two parties reformed the Coalition eight days later, before any shadow cabinet reshuffle.

On 22 January 2026, Littleproud again announced that the Nationals would leave the Coalition, leaving Ley to announce a new "acting arrangement" for a Liberal-only shadow cabinet on 30 January. While the parties again reformed the Coalition on 8 February, one of the conditions of this reunion was that the National Party's former frontbenchers would remain suspended from the Coalition shadow cabinet until March 2026, with the partial exception of Littleproud and Nationals deputy leader Kevin Hogan, who resumed attendance at shadow cabinet meetings but did not formally regain their shadow portfolios.

On 11 and 12 February 2026, a total of eleven Liberal Party frontbenchers resigned from the Ley shadow ministry, with Shadow Defence Minister Angus Taylor being the first to resign. The shadow ministry ended on 13 February 2026, when Taylor successfully challenged Ley for leadership of the Liberal Party.