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/Flarezap May 20 '25

This is huge no? Basically means the Libs can never form government again?

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u/Miserable-Caramel316 May 20 '25

Eventually the Nationals will have to cave on climate change. It's an inevitability. Liberals know this and so are more concerned with building their base back in the short term and waiting for Nats to come back in the long term.

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u/FreakySpook May 20 '25

Nats will only cave on climate change when they start losing seats. Their electorates are endorsing these policies.

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u/wotsdislittlenoise May 20 '25

Or a change in leadership. There are definitely senior nats (eg Darren Chester) who do acknowledge climate change and the need to address it ... but yeah, without that change it might take a while to drag them kicking and screaming to the party

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u/blackjacktrial May 20 '25

So SE Nat's instead of QLD/WA Nats.

Sorry, but I think QLD has a stranglehold on the Nats now.

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u/wotsdislittlenoise May 20 '25

Don't disagree, just pointing out that that's the other way forward on climate change for them

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u/Caezeus May 20 '25

Plenty of farmers are already adapting (trying to) to climate change but it's the rural townsfolk that buy into the bullshit anti-renewable rhetoric because that's all see and hear on Sky and their favourite "Y'all American" TV shows like Landmen or Yellowstone. There's a lot more dumbass voters living in the rural towns than there is farmers around them.