2 w. ago Sussan Ley unveils shadow cabinet after backflip on Coalition split

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud have unveiled their shadow cabinet after renewing the Coalition agreement.

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3 w. ago Sussan Ley to unveil shadow cabinet this week with a few surprises

As the dust settles on the Coalition on-again, off-again split, the Liberals and the Nationals are expected to sign a peace deal and unveil their frontbench.

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3 w. ago Liberals and Nationals closer on Coalition fix, spotlight moves to Littleproud leadership

As senior Nationals MPs expressed dismay about the Coalition split, Liberal MPs will meet as a group again on Friday afternoon to keep examining the demands.

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3 w. ago Liberals set to agree to watered down nuclear plan, leaked document shows

As senior Nationals MPs expressed dismay about the Coalition split, Liberal MPs will meet as a group again on Friday afternoon to keep examining the demands.

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3 w. ago Coalition split: ABC gets Liberals and Nationals back on talking terms

Appearances on the national broadcaster seem to have helped reopen negotiations between the Coalition partners after their split earlier this week.

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Former PM Tony Abbott blasts Coalition split; Nationals leader refuses to confirm deputy opposition leader bid

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3 w. ago Liberals to make Nationals reform nightmare a reality after Coalition split

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is remaking the Liberal Party to reflect modern Australian values, which could deliver a seismic shift from old Coalition policies.

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3 w. ago Inside the Coalition split: Ley and Littleproud’s animus laid bare

The tension between Sussan Ley and the Nationals has been building for nearly a quarter of a century. This week it boiled over.

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3 w. ago Australia news As it happened: Fallout from Coalition collapse continues; Qantas seeks mid

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Paterson lashes Coalition collapse and urges reunion; Albanese returns from overseas; Election mastermind Erickson addresses press club

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese returns from overseas; Election mastermind Erickson addresses press club; Howard lashes Coalition collapse as ‘stupid move’

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Labor election mastermind Erickson addresses press club; Howard lashes Coalition collapse as ‘stupid move’

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3 w. ago ‘The enemy is not the Libs’: Former Nationals leader spoke against Coalition split

Michael McCormack doubted the wisdom of ending the Coalition in a fiery party room meeting where the decision was made to split the parties.

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Nationals split from Liberals; Howard lashes Coalition collapse as ‘stupid move’

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3 w. ago ‘Stupid move’: Howard lashes Coalition split as Nationals leave Ley to go it alone

Nationals leader David Littleproud has sensationally announced that his party has split with the Liberal Party for the first time in almost four decades.

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4 w. ago Coalition split will allow Liberals to modernise their policies

What will happen when the Nationals get lonely again and front up with more right-wing policies” asks Joe Weller

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4 w. ago Coalition split will allow the Liberals to modernise their policies

Without the Nationals’ influence the party can adopt a more contemporary look and feel, writes Joe Weller.

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4 w. ago Coalition’s federal split to have ‘no bearing’ on Queensland’s LNP: Springborg

The father of the state’s merged Liberal National Party says the fractures in Canberra will not extend to the merged party in Queensland.

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4 w. ago Australia news LIVE: RBA cuts rates to 3.85 per cent; Coalition between Nationals, Liberal Party to split

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4 w. ago No Coalition: Nationals split with Liberals after failing to agree terms

Nationals leader David Littleproud has sensationally announced that the Nationals will not enter into a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party in the next term of federal parliament.

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