It seems that the Coalition –  especially the Liberal arm – will keep on dividing and splintering. ‘Implosion’ is an area of expertise that has dominated the Liberal ranks at the State, Territory and National levels for eons of time.  

For me, one of the standout examples was the demise of the Giles CLP Government in. the NT after Giles and others conspired to punt Terry Mills, the Chief Minister, after he led the party to victory in 2012 following 12 years in the political wilderness. 

Mills was axed while he was in Japan doing business for the government. Under Giles leadership takeover, the government leased the Darwin Port to a Chinese-based company, Landbridge, for 99 years, adding to alarming decisions by selling TIO. 

Now, after eight more years of Labor in the NT—with the CLP reduced to two seats in the Assembly in the 2016 election before beginning to recover – we have the CLP Government back. Whether it is a long-term or one-term government is in its hands to decide. 

That principle of internal division applies to Australia-wide Liberal politics. Will this ever change? Is the now Liberal – National divide in Canberra, aiming to cement the Labor Party into everlasting Federal government?

Where to from here?