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Zac de Silva

'Delaying tactic': fresh bid to save coalition in doubt

Hopes are fading former coalition partners Sussan Ley and David Littleproud can resolve their rift. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is pushing ahead with plans to appoint a Liberal-only front bench after her party's split with the Nationals, deeming a compromise offer from the regional party as not credible.

Ms Ley and her counterpart David Littleproud have been attempting to negotiate an end to the political divorce, sparked two weeks ago by a disagreement over hate speech laws.

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