The Coalition as we know it? Over. Nationals leader David Littleproud says it's time for a new direction — but is this really just politics, or something deeper?

Is the real split not between parties but between city and country Australia?

Are regional communities feeling increasingly left out of national conversations — on energy, infrastructure — the climate?

And If the coalition can't sit around a table and work out their differences what does that say about the rest of us?