Sussan Ley's leadership of the Liberal Party has been rocked by Andrew Hastie leaving the Opposition's frontbench.

Hastie announced yesterday he was moving to the backbench after saying he was being cut out of immigration talks.

"The leader has made it clear that the Shadow Home Affairs Minister won't lead the Coalition's response to immigration matters or develop the Coalition's immigration strategy," he said in a statement.

"On this basis, I made the decision that I was not able to continue in this role and remain silent on immigration.

"Out of respect for Sussan's leadership, I am resigning from the front bench ... Sussan deserves to lead unencumbered by interventions from shadow cabinet colleagues."

On May 28, Andrew Hastie was appointed Shadow Minister for Home Affairs.

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