The Latest Breaking News from Nationals

Fears split with Coalition will diminish party’s relevance and ability to advocate for rural communities

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

Reforming with Nationals could be very difficult once deep policy divergences set in and are openly debated, MPs say

National Party says it is ‘time to have a break’ with the Liberals

I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent weeks stumping for their man in New England, Nationals leader and deputy prime…

The Nationals are now a minor party – here’s what’s changing, from question time allocations to salaries

In the weeks since the federal election, there’s been much speculation about the future of the Coalition agreement. In their soul-searching, it seemed possible the Liberals might pull the pin, given the degree of their electoral losses and their need to rebuild.

What do all the Liberal-National break-up headlines really mean? We break it down.

Nationals’ leader David Littleproud has singled out nuclear energy as a key reason for his party’s spectacular split from the Liberals, as both parties seek to rebuild following the Coalition’s devastating election loss.