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Confusion reigns in Coalition after Littleproud rebuffs Ley’s demands
“Negotiations are not going well,” a senior Liberal source said, and that the party was getting mixed messages from the Nationals about reforming the Coalition.
- James Massola and Brittany Busch
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Taylor pushes back on Ley’s hardball tactics as Littleproud digs in
Sussan Ley’s Liberal leadership rival rebuffed her Coalition reform plan in a shadow cabinet meeting, putting even more pressure on the opposition leader.
- Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling
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‘Not even in with a look’: Nationals face Senate wipeout if Liberal split continues
Two of the rebel Nationals whose votes led to the historic Coalition split face losing their jobs at the next federal election, with senior Liberals warning the junior Coalition partner will struggle to claim a quota and retain senators in Victoria and New South Wales.
- James Massola
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Inside the Coalition split: From attack to collapse in 48 hours
It was the end to the week that nobody saw coming. “Splitting the Coalition up wasn’t the plan,” says one Nationals MP. “Although I am not sure that was the case for everyone.”
- Natassia Chrysanthos, Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
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Ley stared down Littleproud’s threat to walk. He did, and the Coalition’s in ruins
The opposition leader accepted the resignation of three frontbenchers on Wednesday afternoon for breaking cabinet solidarity. By Wednesday night, all the Nationals frontbenchers decided to walk.
- Rob Harris
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Nationals quit Coalition frontbench en masse after Littleproud bombshell letter to Ley
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she is urging Nationals leader David Littleproud to reconsider, after all his party’s shadow ministers quit the Coalition frontbench following the resignation of three rebel senators.
- Paul Sakkal