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Australians are about to become well acquainted with a number of previously unknown Liberal Party MPs and Senators that had previously been hidden from public view.
This comes as the Liberal party’s new leader seeks to fill an entire shadow cabinet without any National MPs
Typically, the Coalition agreement designates a number of portfolios for their National Party partners. But with no partners, this now means that EVERY single remaining Liberal MP will need to be utilised to fill up a front bench.
This is just one of the many ripple effects that follow yesterday’s explosive revelations that the Liberal Party will be going it alone in Opposition.
National Party leader David Littleproud announced yesterday that his party will not be forming a Coalition with Sussan Ley and the Liberals..
This means that the Opposition’s spokespersons for all major government departments – such as agriculture, resources, water, trade and tourism, infrastructure and transport – will have to be filled by one of the remaining 18 Liberal MPs.
Nearly a month out from the May 3 Federal Election, and the drama continues with new twists and turns every day.
And it’s about to get a whole lot more exciting, as some of the most offensive and undercooked politicians in the history of the Liberal Party get elevated to very serious roles.
Australians remain excited to meet these nameless back benchers, and look forward to seeing them fight tooth and nail to defend their new ministerial positions when the National Party gets over the novelty of the cross-bench and decide that they would like to re-enter negotiations to form a Coalition.
