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Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition Ends Tie-up After Decades
Australia’s decades-long Liberal-National tie-up will end after the leader of the National Party, David Littleproud, said his ...
Why Libs and Nats will get the Coalition band back together
The parties have been riven by very real personal and ideological tensions before, and still have joined forces when moments ...
View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk
Under usual Coalition arrangements, Bridget McKenzie, from Victoria, who is Nationals Senate leader, and Ross Cadell, from ...
From Bruce and Page, to 'Joh for Canberra', to a principled split — the history of the conservative coalition
The Nationals' split from the Coalition marks a break in a century-long tradition, but it's not the first time tensions have ...
What does the Liberal-National Coalition split mean for the federal parliament?
Together in various forms for the best part of 100 years, the thrice-divorced Liberal-National Coalition is again trialling a ...
Coalition split likely to last until 2028 election as former leaders urge the Liberal and National parties to reconcile
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has revealed she does not intend to bridge the gap between the Nationals and the Liberal Party ...
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The Strategic Consequences of the Liberal-National Coalition Split in Australia
The Liberal Party and the National Party have had a permanent coalition since 1946. Not anymore.
David Littleproud defends Nationals departure from the Coalition and confirms parties will remain split unless Liberals agree to key policy demands
Nationals leader David Littleproud has continued to defend his parties shock departure from the Coalition, stating that unless Sussan Ley provided key policy concessions the two once inseparable ...
Matt Canavan snubbed on live TV by deputy Liberal leader Ted O’Brien after Coalition split
The Coalition split keeps getting messier after Nationals senator Matt Canavan was ditched by deputy Liberal leader Ted ...
Australia's opposition coalition splits after election loss
Australia's National Party, the junior partner in the conservative opposition coalition, said on Tuesday it would not re-enter a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, after the coalition lost a ...
Liberal senator was recruiting Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for ‘10 years’ before her defection
James Paterson says he was actively recruiting Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for a decade before her shock defection to the Liberal party room after the federal election.