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Australia has a long, and frequently unhappy, history of political defections.

Call that a political defection? Here are the deserters for the ages

Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.

  • Tony Wright

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Coalition divide: Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud

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This break-up was a decade in the making, writes James Massola.

Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear

Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its house in order.

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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has defected to the Liberal Party.

Jacinta Price finds electoral silver lining for defeated conservatives

The Liberals are devastated and the Coalition is dead, but the senator is claiming credit for the Greens’ demise.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Frustrations: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Angus Taylor.

Jacinta Price ‘chickened out’ of deputy vote, say infuriated and blindsided Angus Taylor backers

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shocked the allies who brought her into the Liberal Party when she did not put her hand up to run as deputy leader.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Sussan Ley with Ted O’Brien.

Ley FaceTimed dying mother night before winning leadership

She pitched herself to colleagues as a centrist reformer, but her authority is likely to be tested in a divided party room after she defeated Angus Taylor 29 to 25.

  • Paul Sakkal
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor.

Liberal Party leadership contest: Everything you need to know

With the party’s future on the line, how do the three contrasting contenders compare?

  • Angus Delaney
Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor will tussle for the Liberal leadership on Tuesday after David Littleproud retained the leadership of the Nationals on Monday.

Littleproud sees off challenger and Ley thinks she has the numbers

Nationals leader David Littleproud fended off a challenge from right-wing senator Matt Canavan but stopped short of rebuking Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for her defection.

  • Paul Sakkal
Jacinta Price, centre, has rocked the Liberal leadership race between Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor by switching to the party.

Price and Taylor pledge to fight for Liberal values as firebrand senator confirms deputy run

Liberal frontbenchers Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley are locked in a tight battle that may be decided by just a few votes at a meeting on Tuesday.

  • Paul Sakkal

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