Ley under pressure as Labor pushes environment reforms

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley faces a febrile party room during the final week of parliament for the year while the government races to pass major environment reforms.

Liberal insiders insist a leadership challenge against Ms Ley is unlikely until 2026, but fights over immigration and climate change are threatening to blow up internally.

There has also been speculation a poor result in the latest Newspoll could trigger a move against Ms Ley by leadership rivals Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor.

The well-respected poll, conducted by The Australian, revealed a small deterioration in the coalition's two-party preferred position to trail Labor 58 to 42 per cent.

Ms Ley's net approval rating improved but remains toxic, up from minus 33 to minus 29.

The poll also asked respondents to list their