News live: Australia declines to join statement condemning Israel for Unrwa HQ demolition; Liberal party can win elections without Nationals, Ruston says

Foreign ministers of 11 nations including UK, Canada and France strongly condemned demolition of the site in East Jerusalem in January. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsked more about the future of the Coalition and the relationship between Ley and Littleproud, O’Brien makes a valiant effort to redirect the conversation to inflation and cost of living – an attack line Liberal figures have been relying on Sunday morning and clearly the subject they would prefer to be talking about.There is an ongoing issue about how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will divide staff allocations among the two parties in the event of a permanent split, with it possible that the Liberal Party be given the bulk or all staffing resources.Well, it doesn’t surprise me the Prime Minister hasn’t made a David. It’s all about politics for him. Let’s not forget that this Prime Minister cut the resources, cut the staffing of the opposition at the beginning of this term. This is the sort of internal game playing of Anthony Albanese.What I’m saying is there’s one thing we can be sure of - Anthony Albanese will politics like he always does.I believe that the Liberal Party is we are united, we are values led, we are future focused, and we are economically driven. And there’s nothing more important than economy. Not because the economy is the end game, it is the means by which we can serve the Australian people better.It’s the means which a strong economy is how you can help those mums and dads who are struggling to pay the mortgage. You can help those mums and dads who are struggling to pay the school fees.No. I’m the Shadow Treasurer and that’s my focus. We have Australians right now feeling poorer by the day, an economy getting weaker. That’s my absolute focus.I was disappointed when David Littleproud took the decision to split from the coalition. I do believe it’s in the national interest we work together. That’s always been the case. You can’t just come back together willy-nilly and hope for the best. There’s some serious conversations to be had. Sussan reached out to David. David wanted to postpone conversations for this coming week, that’s fair enough. Sussan that. We’ll wait until the National Party meeting is over tomorrow and then of course discussions can begin. Continue reading...