Friends and foes alike are urging the Liberals and the Nationals to continue as a Coalition, but the cost of this may be unacceptable.
The Nationals had four essential conditions for retaining their Coalition membership. Three of those are relatively low threshold issues: permitting nuclear power, ensuring better telecommunication connectivity in the bush (as though this is not already available with Starlink), and some sort of development fund for the bush.
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