Where Barnaby Joyce, Michael McCormack, Warren Truss and almost every one of their predecessors succeeded for the best past ...

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 resounding loss at a ...

The Nationals sought to have this locked in exchange for a formal agreement with the Liberals. But Ley, who’s ruled out “captain’s calls” as the new leader, has promised a wide-ranging policy review ...

When the Liberal Party came around, the Nationals were no strangers to coalitions — they'd been part of coalitions with the now-extinct Nationalist Party in the 1920s, and the United Australia Party ...

Australia’s conservative alliance has fractured following election defeat, with the National Party officially splitting from ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate by 25 basic points which is good news for retailers. Tipped by ...

The father of the state’s merged Liberal National Party says the fractures in Canberra will not extend to the merged party in Queensland.

The party’s Right faction is aghast. In six days Ms Lee has lost an alliance that survived wars, recessions and Barnaby Joyce ...