Australia: Liberal-National Coalition Reunites After 3-Week Split

Is the Coalition reunion a strengthened partnership or a dysfunctional display of weakness?

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Australia: Liberal-National Coalition Reunites After 3-Week Split

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Above: Liberal Party Leader Sussan Ley and National Party Leader David Littleproud in the House of Representatives in Canberra on Feb. 9. Image credit: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

The Spin

Liberal/National Coalition narrative

The Coalition has reunited in the national interest to hold Labor and Albanese accountable during this devastating cost-of-living crisis. After a difficult period, the most successful partnership in Australian political history is now stronger than ever, with revised internal processes that will ensure the stable opposition leadership the Australian people desperately need.

Liberal Party of Australia

Establishment-critical narrative

Throughout this farce, the Coalition has revealed itself to be a dysfunctional clown show incapable of providing real leadership, while the Labor Party has eroded the final residue of public trust by pointing and laughing from their electoral majority. The opposition's second reunion in a year has demonstrated levels of erratic decision-making and strategic incompetence that are not only astounding but, more significantly, disastrous for any chance of genuine political reform. All the major parties have failed the Australian people, leaving a nightmare vacuum open for One Nation to fill.

Gerard Rennick on X Guardian