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Grattan on Friday: Coalition split is massive blow for Ley but the fault lies with Littleproud

Sussan Ley may pay the price for the implosion of the Coalition, but the blame rests squarely with Nationals leader David Littleproud. He’s the one whose leadership should be on the line.

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Sussan Ley’s leadership all but over after Coalition split, senior Liberals say

Senior Coalition sources also believe David Littleproud’s leadership of the Nationals could end after division over hate speech laws

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Nationals break Coalition, declaring it ‘untenable’ and blaming Ley

The federal Coalition is dead, with Nationals leader David Littleproud on Thursday morning declaring it “untenable” after Liberal leader Sussan Ley stared down the Liberals’ minor partner.

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Liberal MPs say Ley’s leadership badly weakened after Nationals quit ‘untenable’ Coalition

David Littleproud says Sussan Ley was ‘aware of the consequences’ of divide over hate speech laws

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Ley's leadership in peril as Nationals jump off wagon

With the coalition breaking up for a second time due to its "untenable position," Sussan Ley's hold on the Liberal leadership appears to be slipping.

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View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals

The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry.

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Nationals quit front bench en masse after policy split

The coalition is on life support after eight Nationals frontbenchers quit the shadow cabinet in protest after the resignation of three of their colleagues.

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Coalition in crisis as entire Nationals frontbench quits after division over Labor’s hate speech laws

David Littleproud and seven other frontbench colleagues resign their positions after Sussan Ley accepted resignations from three Nationals senators

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View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition

The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals.

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Trigger pulled on gun buyback as laws pass parliament

Gun reforms that Labor says would have banned the two Bondi shooters from owning firearms have passed parliament with support from the Greens.

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PM may win gun fight, but battle looms with states

The prime minister looks to have shored up support for a national guns buyback scheme after the Bondi terror attack, but another fight still looms.

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Review slammed amid calls for major probe into massacre

An inquiry into security agencies following the Bondi massacre is not good enough when a federal royal commission is needed, the opposition says.

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Frydenberg claims Albanese should accept ‘personal responsibility’ for Bondi attacks in escalation of rhetoric

PM condemns ‘perversion of Islam’ that police allege may be behind the attack

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Anthony Albanese ‘ready for the fight’ to tighten firearms laws as National party and gun groups push back

The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, claimed: ‘this isn’t a gun problem, it’s an ideology problem’

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Canavan hopes to woo Joyce back to the Nationals

Nationals senator Matt Canavan hopes to meet with now-independent MP Barnaby Joyce in his electorate after the ex-deputy prime minister resigned from the party.

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Call to examine 'perverse' excise fuelling illegal cigs

Nationals leader David Littleproud says parliament needs to take a "courageous look" at the tobacco excise amid a surge in black market sales.

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Immigration 'division' as parties jump on bandwagon

An ex-Howard government minister has urged the Liberals to stand by Australia's non-discriminatory approach to immigration as support bleeds to One Nation.

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Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat

Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election.

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Barnaby waves bye to Nats as he exits stage far-right

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has quit the rural party, but his future remains unclear as he considers joining One Nation.

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Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened

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Sussan Ley, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing

My advice to you if you want to avoid repeating 2025 is to pay far greater attention to the quality of your research sources

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The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target

The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words

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Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim

Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians

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Coalition voters flirt with 'anti-woke' One Nation

Many older coalition voters are fleeing Sussan Ley's iteration of the Liberal Party, leading to record polling highs for a resurgent One Nation.

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