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Ditching the Liberals can put the grunt back into the Nationals – Australia’s rural party

Rural Australia holds the balance of power – if it wants to exercise it – in pretty much every parliament

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: if Ley and Littleproud find a way to cohabit, it will be a tense household

Remember that cliche about the Nationals tail wagging the Liberal dog? That tail wagged very vigorously this week, and smashed a lot of crockery, as it sought to bring Liberal leader Sussan Ley to heel.

The Conversation

PM reveals date of parliament's return after election

Anthony Albanese has laid out when MPs and senators will return to Parliament House for the next term following Labor's landslide win.

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Liberals and Nationals ready to fall back in love

Liberal MPs have held urgent talks over policy demands from the Nationals that hold the key to the two long-time partners reuniting in opposition.

AAP

NSW Nationals MPs criticise ‘distasteful’ move by federal counterparts

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

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk

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.

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After the Coalition’s very public split, I can only offer this time-honoured breakup advice: work on yourself

The Nationals say they’re doing this ‘for the right reasons’, and part of you has to respect that – provided it’s the part incapable of adding up numbers

The Guardian - AU

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The fault line that opened up a Coalition chasm can be traced back decades

The four policy sticking points that broke up the Nationals and Liberals highlight their vastly different stances on privatisation

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Liberals in turmoil after Coalition split, Sydney commuter chaos, UK condemns ‘monstrous’ Israel

Some senior Liberal figures think the party could be freed up to chase more urban voters; Britain halts trade talks and calls Gaza policy ‘repellent’

The Guardian - AU

MPs seek united front against Labor from torn coalition

Liberals and Nationals are being told to focus on applying the blowtorch to Labor rather than letting infighting take hold after their political marriage ended.

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Senior Liberals fear Coalition split may damage party for years but others see silver lining

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

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s main opposition political coalition splits after election loss

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

The Independent UK

The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?

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 Conversation

Liberals and Nationals call it quits: what does the ‘monumental’ Coalition split mean for day-to-day politics?

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

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The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back

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.

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The Nationals Have Left The Coalition For The First Time Since The 1980s — Here’s What It Means

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

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David Littleproud cites nuclear energy disagreement as major factor in Coalition split

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.

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Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley

The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their policy demands being part of a new agreement between the parties.

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The Nationals Enter Their Single Era After Breaking Up With The Liberal Party

After decades of a solid partnership, The Nationals have broken up with the Liberal Party and dismantled the coalition.

AAP

Commitment issues: Nationals walk away from coalition

The Nationals have blown up the federal coalition following the breakdown of negotiations over key policy issues, including on nuclear power.

AAP

Nuclear policy fate still unclear after coalition talks

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud are still negotiating a revised partnership for the coalition after their election loss.

The Guardian - AU

Eighty dead in Gaza bombing, Coalition talks begin, doctors’ gene genius

As ceasefire talks wither, Trump suggests territory could become ‘freedom zone’; Sussan Ley expects partnership talks to ‘take time’

The Guardian - AU

Bradfield counting paused until Monday – as it happened

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Grattan on Friday: Ley and Littleproud have had a prickly relationship – can they negotiate a smooth future?

With the future of the Coalition relationship on the line, Nationals leader David Littleproud drove to his Liberal counterpart Sussan Ley’s hometown of Albury this week. They had much to talk about, and it wasn’t going to be easy.

AAP

Uncertainty remains over coalition's power-sharing deal

Key issues of contention between the Liberals and the Nationals remain up in the air, as the parties' two leaders are locked in for rounds of negotiations.

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