After over 80 years together, Australia’s primary opposition political party, the conservative Liberal-National alliance, has broken up. The action, which comes only weeks after Labour won a resounding victory in a federal election to gain a second term, represents a seismic shift in the nation’s political landscape.
As his party embarks on a “rediscovery” after the crushing defeat, Nationals leader David Littleproud declared on Tuesday that his party would not re-enter a coalition agreement due to policy differences with the Liberal Party.
Littleproud went on to say that the Coalition had previously been shattered and then put back together, and he hoped that the parties would eventually be able to work things out once more.
Although they are now an independent party, the Liberal Party, which holds the second-most parliamentary seats, will remain the official opposition party. As a result, the Nationals will not play any opposing roles.
Hours after the shocking news, Sussan Ley, the newly elected Liberal leader, stated, “Whilst we have enormous respect for David Littleproud and his team, it is disappointing that the National Party has decided to leave the Coalition. Ley claimed that although “shared values” had always been the Coalition’s guiding concept, the Nationals had refused to accept a pact without promises of “specific policies.
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