HISTORICAL FACTS: 19 | History Defined

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.

AAP · May 28, 2025

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.

The Conversation · May 28, 2025

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 · May 28, 2025

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 · May 24, 2025

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 · May 23, 2025

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.

The Conversation · May 23, 2025

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.

Pedestrian.tv · May 23, 2025

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.

AAP · May 22, 2025

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.

The Conversation · May 22, 2025

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.

AAP · May 22, 2025