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Liberals to meet this afternoon to discuss National Party demands
The Liberal party will meet this afternoon to discuss its position on the National party's four policy demands. Both parties have agreed to restart negotiations, just days after the nationals quit the ...
The battle for the soul of conservative Australia may have just begun
If the existing split in the Coalition moves beyond a difference about policy, the self-destructive consequences will be ...
The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back
While both parties have said they’d like to reunite eventually, the Liberals have a lot to gain by going it alone.
Nationals have caused ‘destruction’ of rural Australia: Bob Katter
Independent MP Bob Katter says the National Party has caused the “destruction” of rural Australia. “The National Party … they were the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the last 20 years, ...
Australia news as it happened: Liberal National Party holds on to Longman, Hume stands by foreign interference warnings
The Liberal National Party’s Terry Young has retained the seat of Longman, north of Brisbane, after a tight race with Labor ...
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 ...
'They were determined to walk away': National Party's requests were 'designed to fail'
Former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the National Party’s requests from the Liberals were “unrealistic”.