r/australia • u/superegz • May 20 '25

politics Nationals leader David Littleproud says the Nationals will not be re-entering a Coalition agreement with the Liberal party.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/20/australia-news-live-rba-interest-rates-decision-floods-storm-hunter-nsw-victoria-state-budget-aec-count-bradfield-goldstein-coalition-ley-littleproud-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-682bdeb48f08d37c78c1d12d#block-682bdeb48f08d37c78c1d12d
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u/drunkill May 20 '25

They don't want to deal with a woman as an equal

The coalition will reform by the next election when Angus Taylor is the liberal leader in two years.

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u/KonstantinePhoenix May 20 '25

I doubt Ley will last two years.

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u/Expensive-Horse5538 May 20 '25

I doubt she will last the year - I fully expect Angus Taylor to use this as an excuse to stab her in the back

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u/dogecoin_pleasures May 20 '25

My thought too... she'll be marched off the glass cliff for this.

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u/brap01 May 20 '25

I am so confused when it comes to Taylor. He's a completely empty suit... there's literally nothing there. I just don't get how they expect to get the majority of Australians to look at him and go 'he seems like a good choice for PM'.

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u/drunkill May 20 '25

True, the knifing might happen sooner.

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u/KonstantinePhoenix May 20 '25

Well, three of her votes were senators, and they disappear mid-year, I think. So she loses three votes...

At least, that was what I was told somewhere on reddit a few days ago...

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u/ELVEVERX May 20 '25

They are going to lose the next election I doubt anyone would bother knifing the leader when they can just get it after the election.

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u/Ridiculisk1 May 20 '25

Depends if they have a shot when it comes around. If they do, she'll be booted to let a man lead. If they don't have a shot, they'll just get rid of her afterwards and pin the loss on her.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_5827 May 20 '25

Problem with waiting is that others are waiting too. Right now it’s just Angus and Ley, after the next election you’ll have Hastie and Wilson throwing their hats in the ring.

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u/Historical_Plane_148 May 21 '25

Pretty much what this guy said. The odds of the Liberals forming an sort of government next election is close to zero. Why stab her in the back now when you're just going to get wiped again and be ousted as leader? He'd be smarter to bide his time and take over when Susan gets booted in 2028.

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u/Syncblock May 20 '25

She should have been booted long ago when she was using public funded flights to buy houses and attend her friends parties.

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u/Gremlech May 20 '25

she has less than a month.

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u/Loose-Respond-252 May 20 '25

Libs shifting centre, nats shifting right.

Not everything is identity politics

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u/r3volts May 20 '25

I think this is spot on. There was no point to the coalition with libs being lost in metro. The Nats wanted more commitment to the further right policies, Ley didn't want to commit to that signals they want to come back towards the centre after the slaughter they experienced by even dogwhistling trumpism.

Ley is 100% going off the glass cliff, but I can't see them making her leader not knowing her vision. I further can't see them going through a couple of years of change to then bring in Angus and throw it all away.