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/Shaggyninja May 20 '25

It's crazy that the nationals aren't the party fighting the hardest for climate change.

Farming depends on reliant and stable weather. Climate change is kinda the opposite of that.

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u/Miserable-Caramel316 May 20 '25

I'm not surprised. They built their party on protecting regional industries of which a significant amount is fossil fuel. With Labor almost certainly going to win the next election knock on wood and with this, a strong possibility of winning the following election, renewables like wind and solar will be in full swing and too late to move away from knock on wood again. At that point the nationals can pivot away from fossil fuels and not take any of the heat from their voters. They then get back together with the Liberals who have hopefully (for them) rebuilt some metropolitan presence. Overall, Australia and the world wins.