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Australian conservative parties reunite as coalition following brief split

Australian conservative parties reunite as coalition following brief split

Canberra, May 28 (IANS) Australia's two largest conservative political parties have reformed their partnership days after splitting for the first time since the 1980s. The Liberal and National parties on Wednesday reached an agreement on a deal to reunite as a coalition and serve together as the opposition in the 48th federal parliament. Addressing a press conference in Canberra, Liberal leader Sussan Ley said it would be a "great partnership going forward." It comes eight days after Nationals leader David Littleproud announced that the party had voted not to enter a coalition partnership with the Liberals for the 48th parliament…
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