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Colin Boyce will move a motion to spill the Nationals leadership at a party room meeting on Monday and stand as a contender against David Littleproud – a challenge colleagues have dismissed as unlikely to succeed.
The member for Flynn declared the party was “committing political suicide” by ending the Coalition. His move comes amid what he calls a “right-flank onslaught” from One Nation, for whom support has surged in the latest Guardian Essential poll.
The pollster and former Liberal party strategist Tony Barry writes that the Nationals and Liberals need to focus on economic management and housing – especially in urban seats – if they want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and the teals.
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Thousands of lion’s mane jellyfish have washed on to Melbourne beaches. Photographer and ocean swimmer Rodney Dekker captured video of the incredible sight.
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“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
The US House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries has turned up the heat on Kristi Noem, telling Donald Trump they would launch impeachment proceedings against the homeland security secretary if the president did not fire her after the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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‘The opposition is in La-La land’: Malcolm Turnbull on the Coalition split
The Coalition has collapsed for the second time in eight months and Sussan Ley’s leadership could follow at any moment. Malcolm Turnbull is not sure who is best placed to take on the challenge, saying “the pool of talent is not enormous at the moment”.
The former prime minister speaks to Nour Haydar about what went wrong between the Liberals and Nationals and what he thinks it will take to resuscitate his party.
Before bed read
Who best to let the US know how the country looks from the outside? Marina Hyde has cleared her inbox to make space for death threats and exercised her right to free speech. The top line: “You look like what your president likes to call a ‘shithole country’.”
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