The Nationals leader quits after an extended period of turmoil for his party and the Coalition.
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Joyce says ‘I’m not going to be wearing a burqa’ like the One Nation leader – but his relationship with her is stronger than his ‘bitter’ end with the Nationals.
The outcome of the South Australian election is all but decided, but Cory Bernardi will be leading the One Nation charge to turn good polling into seats.
Nationals leader David Littleproud easily saw off a spill motion as he and Sussan Ley plan to meet to discuss restoring the Coalition.
With a final reshuffle of the shadow ministry put off for another week, Ley has left the door for political reunification firmly open.
A little-known Nationals MP has put up his hand to spill the party’s leadership, but unless he gets some support from colleagues, it may not get off the ground.
Sussan Ley may pay the price for the implosion of the Coalition, but the blame rests squarely with Nationals leader David Littleproud.
The Liberal-National Coalition is over for the second time in less than 12 months, this time over hate crimes legislation.
The Coalition is on the brink of collapse with all the Nationals’ shadow cabinet members saying they will resign in solidarity with the three Nationals defectors.
The Nationals have broken with their Coalition partners, voting against the government’s hate speech legislation despite the Liberals agreeing to it.
The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.
The Coalition parties on Sunday formally endorsed a joint policy on climate and energy that drops the commitment to net zero.
On Monday alone, the Liberals wallowed in the crisis over energy policy, its parliamentarians indulged in more than 35 media appearances.
the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals and agreed to scrap their Netzero commitments.
Barnaby Joyce position remains a bit awkward as he currently sits in limbo between moving to the crossbench and temporarily staying within the Nationals
The Nationals antics on climate targets put the new Coalition leader in a diabolical situation. Ley should act now to lessen the inevitable political damage.
As the Coalition re-forms, tensions are still running high in the Nationals.
After a party room meeting, the Liberals will broadly accept four policy demands from the Nationals, paving the way to reconciliation.
After a gesture of overreach, Nationals and the Liberals’ are beginning to mend the Coalition split. But even if they do the union won’t necessarily be harmonious.
This is not the first time the Liberals and Nationals have gone their own ways - but this time they may find going solo is extremely hard.
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