Nationals and Liberals cement Coalition agreement after shock post-election split

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Nationals and Liberals cement Coalition agreement after shock post-election split

The Nationals and Liberal Party have reached an agreement and will reunite after briefly splitting earlier this month following the Coalition’s dire election performance.

The agreement was confirmed following a virtual Nationals party room meeting on Wednesday morning.

While the break up lasted merely days, the threat would have undone the Coalition since the 1987 federal election.

Both Liberal Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals Leader David Littleproud are expected to address the media later on Wednesday to announce the new shadow cabinet.

Fissures between the parties settled after the Liberal Pparty room agreed “in principle” to the four policy demands set by the Nationals.

Camera IconAfter a brief split the Liberal and Nationals have reunited. NewsWire Credit: Supplied

The policy requests centred on lifting the moratorium on nuclear power, a $20bn regional development fund, supermarket divestiture powers and calling on providers to increase coverage for mobile and internet providers.

Ms Ley is expected to announce the shadow cabinet by the end of the week, with the Nationals set to claim six shadow roles and two positions in the outer shadow ministry.

Prominent National MPs Matt Canavan and former party leader Barnaby Joyce have both said it is unlikely they will get a shadow portfolio.

Speaking to Sky while news of the party agreement broke, Nationals MP Colin Boyce remained scathing of Mr Littleproud, claiming the Coalition split shouldn’t have happened and was “based on bad information that was delivered to us by the leadership team”.

Mr Boyce said he did not attend Wednesday’s party room meeting because he was “on an airplane in transit”.

“David Littleproud is the leader, and if he’s not prepared to engage the whole room in respect to all of the conversations that we need to have on the way forward, he’d better start having another look at himself,” he said.

“I think it’s very important that that agreement be reached.”

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