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NSW Nationals signal ‘full support’ of coal power and will consider abandoning net zero target

Another motion on agenda at party’s state conference calls for withdrawal from Paris agreement

The Guardian - AU

Australian navy ship accidentally blocks wifi across parts of New Zealand – as it happened

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Farmers hit by disasters to get financial counselling

As drought and floods simultaneously affect farmers across the country, the government has offered more money to help them through the tough times.

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New leader defends leadership picks amid early rift

The federal opposition leader promoted key political allies and demoted a number of conservative foes when she announced her new shadow ministry line-up.

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View from the Hill: Liberals and Nationals patch things up and announce a shadow ministry

Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow cabinet in the new frontbench announced by Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud.

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Who’s in and who’s out: key takeaways from Sussan Ley’s newly unveiled Coalition frontbench

Several moderate Liberals and key Ley supporters have been catapulted into the shadow ministry

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: reunited Coalition reveals shadow cabinet; Labor approves contentious North West Shelf extension; and very expensive eggs

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Jane Hume among those demoted as Sussan Ley charts new path

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Sussan Ley’s Unveiled Her First Shadow Cabinet — Who’s Been Promoted, Demoted Or Dumped?

The Liberals and Nationals have unveiled who's in and who's out of the new Coalition shadow ministry.

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The Nationals & The Liberals Are Back Together After Week-Long Split

The Liberals and Nationals have confirmed they're getting the band back together, and that a Coalition is back on the cards.

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Morning Mail: Coalition close after ‘comfort’ deal, Labor grassroots anger on Gaza, Trump ‘never evolved’

Littleproud appears confident that Nationals party room will accept deal with Liberals; grassroots want Albanese government to take action against Israel

The Guardian - AU

Fractured coalition to unveil key roles after reunion

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is preparing to announce her leadership team that will include Nationals MPs after the two parties decided to stay together.

AAP

Nationals leader shrugs off job concerns after split

The leader of the Nationals is proud of his party's short-lived decision to walk away from the coalition, even if it costs him his job.

AAP

Coalition to chart path forward as family feud cooled

A watered-down nuclear policy is set to underpin a fragile truce between the Liberal and National parties as they work towards a formal reunion.

AAP

View from The Hill: Coalition is being glued together again after crisis week

The Coalition is being glued together again, after a Liberal Party meeting on Friday gave the go ahead for Liberal leader Sussan Ley to negotiate with Nationals leader David Littleproud on the fine print of a settlement on policy.

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So, Are The Liberals & Nationals Getting Back Together After All?

Days after announcing they would be consciously uncoupling, the parties appear to be in talks of getting back together.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: push to save Coalition, intense NSW rain heads south, Trump escalates war on Harvard

Liberal MPs appear set to accept the Nationals’ demands and reform their alliance; university ‘banned’ from taking international students

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Coalition reunion looms as Liberals back policy demands

Liberal MPs have paved the way for a coalition reunion, giving in-principle support to four key policy demands that had fractured the marriage.

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Grattan on Friday: if Ley and Littleproud find a way to cohabit, it will be a tense household

Remember that cliche about the Nationals tail wagging the Liberal dog? That tail wagged very vigorously this week, and smashed a lot of crockery, as it sought to bring Liberal leader Sussan Ley to heel.

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PM reveals date of parliament's return after election

Anthony Albanese has laid out when MPs and senators will return to Parliament House for the next term following Labor's landslide win.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Trump confronts South African president, NSW floods warning, Spurs claim Europa trophy

US president makes baseless claims about killings of whites in South Africa; BoM says parts of NSW could be hit by 300mm

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Liberals and Nationals ready to fall back in love

Liberal MPs have held urgent talks over policy demands from the Nationals that hold the key to the two long-time partners reuniting in opposition.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

The Guardian - AU

After the Coalition’s very public split, I can only offer this time-honoured breakup advice: work on yourself

The Nationals say they’re doing this ‘for the right reasons’, and part of you has to respect that – provided it’s the part incapable of adding up numbers

The Guardian - AU

The fault line that opened up a Coalition chasm can be traced back decades

The four policy sticking points that broke up the Nationals and Liberals highlight their vastly different stances on privatisation

The Guardian - AU

Thousands isolated after heavy rainfall in New South Wales – as it happened

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