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The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B
The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet ...
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 ...
The Spectator Australia19hOpinion
A very different perspective on the Coalition’s divorce
The meteoric rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party this year, which I predicted in The Spectator Australia last July, is a ...
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.
Reports of the Coalition’s death are greatly exaggerated
The Liberals and the Nationals have been riven by very real personal and ideological tensions before, and still have joined ...
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 ...
The Diplomat13h
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.
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 ...
Right-wing Coalition breaks apart after Australian election debacle
National Coalition, which has been in place for 80 years, expresses a historic crisis of the whole two-party set-up of ...
John Howard pleads for Coalition to ‘work overtime’ to reverse split
Former Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader John Howard has pleaded for the Coalition reunite, declaring their partnership ...
Crikey23h
Fallout continues from Coalition split as Ley picks up the pieces
Consequences of the Nationals' split from the Liberal Party are starting to be realised, and the RBA has flagged its latest interest rate cut could be one of many.