Internal crisis disrupts governance in Australia

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state government is in crisis due to internal fighting over a policy designed to protect Koalas.

The national party, which is the junior coalition partner, says it will no longer support government legislation due to its opposition to the policy.

But party leader deputy premier John Barilaro said they are not anti-Koala.

He said his lawmakers would no longer sit with Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s liberal party in the state parliament.

It effectively puts Ms Berejiklian in minority government until the situation is resolved.

She said she would strip national party ministers of their portfolios if they did not change their mind.