Should we stay or should we go? Nationals torn on Coalition
The Nationals have failed to reach a position yet on a future Coalition agreement with the Liberals in opposition at a meeting on Friday of their heads of state and federal branches.
The Nationals have failed to reach a position yet on a future Coalition agreement with the Liberals in opposition at a meeting on Friday of their heads of state and federal branches.
Liberal leader Sussan says she and Nationals Leader David Littleproud had ‘a good first meeting’ on Friday about a future Coalition agreement while Nationals sources say their party is taking no position before next week.
Greens Leader Larissa Waters has declared the left-wing party will always call out ‘atrocities’ when they occur, in an allusion to the Middle East conflict, saying Jewish voters ‘don’t want a genocide either’.
Members of Greens believe Lidia Thorpe and an outspoken Greens First Nations faction are meddling in the minor party’s policies and upcoming leadership battle.
Sussan Ley has pledged to rebuild a broken Coalition, win back women voters, end factional allegiances and promote rivals after being elected the first female Liberal leader in the party’s 81-year history.
Anthony Albanese has used his post-election ministerial shake-up to shaft longtime factional rival Tanya Plibersek and promote close ally Murray Watt to finalise Labor’s contentious nature-positive reforms.
Disability advocates have slammed Anthony Albanese’s move to shift the National Disability Insurance Scheme to Mark Butler and the broader health portfolio.
Senior Liberal Party sources say a close victory could trigger a shaky early tenure for Ms Ley, who would need to bring warring moderates and conservatives together.
David Littleproud has left the door open to dumping the net zero emissions by 2050 target after he was returned to the Nationals leadership.
Support for Matt Canavan for the National Party leadership will be ‘more than people expect’ but not enough to roll David Littleproud, who faces the challenge of a split from the Liberals.
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