Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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After losing the leadership of the Liberal Party, Sussan Ley left Australia and travelled solo across the United States on a Greyhound bus.

Her fellow passengers included “returning prisoners”, nuns and veterans. She tells 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson the journey taught her a lot about the “human condition”.

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