Senior Liberals are confident of a reunion with the Nationals, but the resumption of the Coalition won’t be rushed. One week after the Nationals walked away from the coalition following divisions over hate speech laws, tensions remain over whether Sussan Ley will be able to stay on as opposition leader. “We are best served by a Coalition Government, the Liberals and Nationals working together; at the moment, that reunion hasn’t happened,” he said. Liberal frontbencher James Paterson said Ms Ley had backing in the party. “So you can assume I continue to support Sussan.”Ms Ley has yet to name her full shadow cabinet following the split with the Nationals.