Newly elected NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane says she's "ready for the fight". Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS

The Liberal party's latest leader has thrown down the gauntlet, vowing to fight with her ailing party as a crucial election looms.

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First-term MP Kellie Sloane completed her meteoric ascent to the top of the NSW Liberals on Friday after her predecessor Mark Speakman gave way to mounting pressure and resigned.

With just 18 months to try turn around the party's poor polling before the state election, she said she was ready to get to work.

"I don't underestimate the c

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