Liberals agree to in-principle policy deal with Nationals, paving way for Coalition to reunite
Senior Liberals uncomfortable' with precedent set in negotiations, as Turnbull accuses Nationals of holding a gun to the Liberal party's head'
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The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, is slated to announce a frontbench line up next week after reconciliation talks with the National party led to an in-principle policy deal on Friday.
The in-principle deal extends to a new policy to lift the Howard-era moratorium on nuclear power in Australia, but stops short of Peter Dutton's commitment for the federal government to build and run state-owned reactors - an outcome that David Littleproud, the Nationals leader, on Thursday indicated could be enough to satisfy the party.
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