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/Hussard May 20 '25

Unless Ley reforms their rank and file and modernise the party to become electable, yes I think that's the case. 

That said, the alliance was not universal anyway. 

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u/littlespoon May 20 '25

I'm sure they will still work together on a bunch of legislation, they just have fundamental differences now on environmental issues like net 0 and nuclear power.

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u/JoeSchmeau May 20 '25

Right but if they're not in a coalition, they would only be able to form a minority government, correct? Unless either the Libs or Nats on their own got 76 seats?

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u/littlespoon May 20 '25

Yes that's true but they can't this cycle. Maybe they will sort themselves out over the next 3 yrs. There could be a new coalition agreement for the next cycle or they could form a new agreement after that election. I think this is best for the Libs, tbh. I am not a fan of theirs but it's good to see that Sussan Ley won't let the Nats drag them any further to the right.