Nationals Will Come to Regret Their Unduly Hasty Divorce

Nationals will come to regret their unduly hasty divorce

The party had three years to work like adults with the Liberals but had a hissy-fit instead, writes Graeme Smith.

Backroom push to reunite the Nationals and Liberals just a day after split

Just a day after they filed for divorce, there is a backroom push underway to get the Liberals and Nationals back together.

Liberal Leadership Disappointed With National Party’s Breakaway

The Liberal Party has expressed disappointment over the Nationals’ decision to formally exit the Coalition agreement, issuing a carefully worded statement distancing itself from the breakdown. “It is disappointing that the National party has taken the decision to leave the Coalition today,” said Sussan Ley, recently elected leader of Liberal party and her deputy Ted O’Brien, in a joint statement released just hours after Nationals leader David L…

Ley ‘disappointed’ by coalition divorce

Sussan Ley has batted off suggestions that demands made by the Nationals on shadow cabinet solidarity were made to challenge her leadership.

Liberal leadership says divorce disappointing

THE freshly minted Federal Parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party has responded to today's split with their junior partner of the Coalition by calling it "disappointing".In a joint statement issued just after 3.30pm, recently elected...

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