Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has continued the government’s attack on Angus Taylor in a pre-emptive strike designed to rattle the Coalition.

King on Thursday highlighted commentary from the Coalition’s own ranks about Ley’s treatment.

‘In the last nine months we have seen the persistent undermining of the Liberal Party’s first-ever female leader from day one,’ she said.

‘Those are not my words. Those are the words of your Shadow Attorney‑General and I could not agree more.

‘While the Liberals engage in the spectacle that we see before us, Labor is getting on with the work, and we are working every day for the women of this country.’

The attacks continued when Regional Development Minister Kristy McBain referenced Taylor’s reputation for elite academic achievement.

‘Now I am not a Rhodes scholar, I did not study economics at Oxford and I attended a humble but mighty public school,’ she said.

‘Numbers matter in this place, and I heard the member for Hume described as a numbers man this morning.

‘I hope he gets it right this time.’

Taylor’s high‑flying academic background includes studying at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he completed a Master of Philosophy in Economics.

Daily Mail understands that Labor plans to frame Taylor as ‘elite and out-of-touch’, if he is to become Opposition leader.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen then delivered his own pointed contribution, tying current criticisms of Taylor to past controversies, particularly the highly publicised Clover Moore travel figures scandal.

In 2019, Taylor faced intense scrutiny after his office used travel expense figures for Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore that were later shown to be wildly incorrect.

Sydney City Council records showed councillors spent only around $6,000, not the $15million Taylor’s office had claimed using an apparently doctored document.

Bowen also referenced a well‑known 2016 incident in which Taylor appeared to accidentally post praise for himself from his own Facebook account, an episode he attributed to an error made by his staff.

‘Because the numbers are not a strong point for the member for Hume,’ he said.

‘When he is not getting them wrong, he is fixing them by changing the law, or making them up like he did when it comes to the Lord Mayor’s travel bill in the City of Sydney, and then blaming his staff for it.

‘The only thing the member for Hume has more trouble with than the numbers is working out what Facebook account he is logged into at any particular time.’