Barely a week after the Coalition’s very public break-up, the Liberal Party and Nationals have officially renewed their political alliance.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is now set to unveil her shadow cabinet later today after she and her Nationals counterpart, David Littleproud, signed off on a new Coalition agreement.
However, Ley said a demand from Littleproud to exempt his party from shadow cabinet solidarity – which several Nationals MPs have said was not raised by their leader when the party room voted to split from the Coalition – was a dealbreaker for the Liberals.
A shadow cabinet announcement is expected later today.
