CANBERRA – Leaders of the Australian Liberal and National Parties announced on Sunday the Coalition’s reunification deal after a three-week split.
On a joint media conference, Liberal leader Sussan Ley and National Party leader David Littleproud confirmed the reunion.
Acknowledging that they “did have differences,” Ley said, “we’ve resolved those differences…The Coalition is back together, and looking to the future, not the past.”
Littleproud said that unique circumstances prompted the Coalition split, blaming the Labor government for causing that.
Ley also revealed key agreements from both parties, including strengthening solidarity.
The reunion came after the split in January, when the Liberal Party provided the requisite support in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, to pass new hate speech laws proposed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, eventually prompting all 11 National Party members of the shadow ministry to resign.