house divided

The Divided House: A Final Word

10 February 2026

2.5 MINS

To the Parliamentary Members of the Liberal and National Parties,

After much contemplation, there is only one conclusion left to draw. The Coalition is a house divided—spiritually, morally, and ethically. You are consumed with internal conflict, perpetually looking inward rather than toward the voters who placed their trust in you for decades. You are unable to agree on anything except public accusations of lying and rebuttals. You allowed a hideous bill to pass through the House without proper scrutiny. Mr Hastie said he would oppose it, only to vote for it. How do we process that?

As Jesus said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.
You are no longer a house. You are a pile of ruins—hatred, decay, and disarray.

What was once a marriage of shared purpose has become a union of dysfunction. The Liberal Party, under the sway of its moderate wing, now competes to mirror the Teals rather than represent its conservative foundation. You are now in irreversible conflict with the party’s traditional values—and with the very base that once sustained you.

The Nationals—the defection of Barnaby Joyce should have been your final warning. He was not merely a politician to rural Australia; he was the brand, a respected former Deputy Prime Minister. He was the living contract between your party and its people. When you relegated him to the backbench, you did not demote a man—you rejected the trust of those he represented. In doing so, you made him a free agent.

Do not mistake what happened next: One Nation did not recruit a politician. They acquired a fully functional, battle-tested political platform with a pre-installed user base. Your loss. Their gain.

The Liberal Party is no longer the institution Menzies built or Howard led. It has become “Labor-lite“—woke-aligned, adrift, embracing everything its conservative base opposes. You have each authored your own demise.

One Nation’s ascendance is no accident. Their poll numbers did not come from thin air. You turned your back on your base. You walked away from them—and they have now walked away from you. They have found and embraced a clear, uncompromising alternative. These are not merely poll numbers; they are signed-up, registered members of the party.

While you obsess over leadership spills, leaks to the media, accusations and rebuttals—becoming a media spectacle—Albanese cruises along unscathed and governs unchallenged. Instead of focusing on the nation and presenting alternative policies on immigration, energy, climate change, national security, and fiscal discipline, you are playing chess to see who is king and who is queen. You offer no vision for Australia’s future.

You offer nothing but finger-pointing and public self-destruction. Who, in their right mind, would vote for such a spectacle?

The Coalition is no longer viable. It is no longer relevant. It is no longer trusted.

Even your donors are distraught. The “Coalition collapse” has triggered a significant retreat by major donors who see a party in “civil war” as a bad investment. Several “blue-ribbon” corporate donors have reportedly paused their contributions.

Now that Barnaby Joyce is with One Nation, significant mining and regional industry donors are shifting their focus—and funds—away from the Liberals and toward the Nationals and One Nation. They see the metropolitan-focused Liberal Party as having abandoned their interests.

One Nation is now the alternative—not just for voters, but for donors.

What have you created?
The perfect setting. The perfect climate. The perfect vacuum for Barnaby Joyce to step up and shine. He will now be the voice of the opposition. He will hold Albanese’s ALP accountable. He will not pull punches, and he will not be conned into agreeing to a disgraceful bill. These are the hard truths.

Coalition, your house is a pile of ruins. All that remains is to decide whether you will be buried in the rubble, or walk toward what comes next.

May you find clarity—and perhaps, redemption—in truth.

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Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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9 Comments

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    Rae Bewsher 10 February 2026 at 8:31 am - Reply

    That’s it in a nutshell.

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    James 10 February 2026 at 8:42 am - Reply

    Anyone who reads the policies of One Nation will not be sorry if they make the change to supporting a genuinely conservative political party. Don’t be lead astray by smears of ‘far-right’ from the MSM and don’t fall for the ‘They have no experience of governing’ line either. Look at what those who do have experience at governing us have done to our nation. They’ve virtually destroyed it.

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      Kathy 10 February 2026 at 3:07 pm - Reply

      Very true James!

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    countess antonia scrivanich 10 February 2026 at 9:42 am - Reply

    Well done, Rosanna! One Nation has many Policies that are easily accessed on its Website. It is not “Far Right “, just a return to Menzies’ Liberal values of the 1950s and 1960s which once made this country wealthy, peaceful and progressive in the real sense –world-class inventions, etc. It is not going to be easy or quick for One Nation to turn around the enormous social and fiscal harm done to our country. The LNP has nothing positive to offer , just more Leftist Policies almost identical to Labor’s anti-Christian attacks on our Values.

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    Jon D 10 February 2026 at 10:04 am - Reply

    Our entire political system is a mess.
    We have an antisemitic PM who brings out hate speech laws and yet every time he opens his mouth he rubbishes and insults the opposition parties. That is hateful in my opinion.
    The Liberals are no better. There is no good purpose speaking ill of others. Its non Biblical.
    Then we have one nation who makes vile videos of others and they are vile.
    None of them portray anything nice or good in my opinion.

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    James 10 February 2026 at 10:59 am - Reply

    It is not Susan personally so much as what she stands for, or doesn’t stand for that will topple her and all the other ‘wets’. Again, it is what Pauline stands for-real alternatives to Labor on climate change, energy, antisemitism, and immigration policies. What is more, Pauline has got guts that is lacking among the ‘Labor lite’ and ‘Teal Lite’ centrists. She is a politician of conviction.

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    Trina Watson 10 February 2026 at 12:30 pm - Reply

    Thankyou Rossana! I think you precisely expressed what many are feeling! It breaks my heart to observe this once wonderful Nation going down the gutter, but all is not lost! At least, Pauline Hanson has the right spirit, and loves this Nation and is determined to work her “but” off, to put us back on our feet again!

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      Ian Moncrieff 10 February 2026 at 4:02 pm - Reply

      I echo your powerful comment Trina.

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    Graeme 10 February 2026 at 7:31 pm - Reply

    I’ve always voted for Liberal and Christian as long as I remember – as of this year, I’m a paid member of One Nation, simply because things have become so unbelievably ridiculous and dark. We need a change asap!

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