Former Liberal John Tucker, who failed to get re-elected at the last state election as an independent, and Andrew Jenner, ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's National Party has split from its conservative coalition partner of over 60 years, the Liberal Party, citing policy differences over renewable energy and after a ...

So the party is focused on regional Australia. Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Dr Jill Sheppard says that includes regional businesses. "They want protection for certain ...

the dominant member of the so-called Coalition with the National Party of Australia – who just two years ago polling indicated was deeply unpopular. But the race between them is now so tight and ...

It is in a long-term coalition with the National Party of Australia. Neither party would be able to form a majority government without the coalition. ABC describes the Nationals as representing ...

This week the long-running arrangement fell apart, following Australia’s recent election. The National Party has decided not to renew the agreement. However, given the federal nature of ...

professor of history at the Australian National University. The Trumpian strategy appears to have been encouraged by senior party members and Australia’s richest woman, mining magnate Gina ...

Australia's conservative Liberal-National coalition - the nation's main opposition political party - has split after a partnership lasting almost 80 years. The move marks a seismic change in the ...

"The National Party, though, is a very different beast ... John Howard, the second longest-serving prime minister of Australia, was also a member of the Liberal Party. The party was last in ...

“We will not be re-entering a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party after this election ... the opportunity to do that”. The Liberal-National partnership, rooted in its current ...