Radio National Breakfast

We take you through the timeline of the second Coalition split since the election.
And we ask what role One Nation may have played in pressuring the Nationals, and whether more members may move to the conservative party. Former Nationals leader and One Nation convert is our guest. 
Then, US President Donald Trump is dropping plans to add a 10 per cent tariff on goods from eight European countries over their opposition to his push to acquire Greenland. Treasurer Jim Chalmers shares the government's reaction. 
Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

How do you live when your child is dying?  
Palliative care is often essential for families living through the unimaginable. 
But in Victoria, before paediatrician Jenny Hynson came into the picture, such a specialist service didn't exist for children.  
Today it's a very different story. 
If this conversation raises any issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Guest: Clinical Associate Professor Jenny Hynson, former head of the Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program, founding member of the Children's Bioethics Centre at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne
Related: Changing Australia also spoke with Ella Stratton, founder of the HAS Foundation after the loss of her 12-year-old son Hunter.

The future of the federal Coalition is in the balance this morning, after all 11 National party shadow ministers resigned from their positions yesterday.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she urged the Nationals not to walk away from the Coalition, calling the resignations "unnecessary" and urging them to "reconsider".
Barnaby Joyce quit the Nationals in November, citing irreconcilably differences.
GUEST: Barnaby Joyce, One Nation MP for New England.

The Coalition is on the brink this morning, after National Party senators and MP's resigned en masse from the opposition front bench.
Three senators tendered their resignation for breaking shadow cabinet solidarity and opposing the government's hate speech legislation.
By the end of the day 11 National party shadow ministers resigned from their positions, with the future of the Liberal-National alliance now in question.
GUEST: Colin Boyce, Liberal National Party Member for Flynn in Queensland

Today the Australian flag will be flown at half mast, as the nation marks a day of mourning in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
GUEST: Allegra Spender, Independent MP for Wentworth
PRODUCERS: Katie McAllister and Eleni Psaltis