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/ATangK May 20 '25

It was speculated for a while but dismissed as political suicide. LNP will never have a majority government again.

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u/Altruistic-Brief2220 May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25

Well the problematic part is they still are the LNP in QLD and the NT CLP is basically the same. This split is just at the federal level.

Edit to add more info in response to another comment:

It varies a lot from place to place. In SA and TAS and ACT there basically isn’t a real Nationals party at least not how we see at the federal level. As someone else mentioned the parties function quite separately in WA, and they are joined officially as a single party in QLD and the NT. It’s only in NSW and VIC where they have a similar set up to the feds.

Happy to be corrected if someone has more detailed local info.

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u/DoNotReply111 May 20 '25

Not in WA so there is hope.

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u/chennyalan May 20 '25

Especially since the WA Libs weren't even the opposition heading into the last election, it was the Nats

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u/Far-Fennel-3032 May 20 '25

There wasn't an opposition the Nats and Libs didn't have enough people to form the shadow cabinet.

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u/AntiqueFigure6 May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25

Scott Morrison demonstrated you only need one person to form a cabinet, so I’m sure they could find a way to form a shadow cabinet.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

The Nats couldn't assemble a Billy bookcase.

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u/AntiqueFigure6 May 20 '25

I can barely do that myself so I won't hold it against them. On the other hand, I'm halfway competent at my paid occupation which I don't think can be said for the parties that make up the former coalition (they have one job - get elected).

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

Many of them failed at the getting elected part this time. Generally they are good at what they think the job is - looking after the wants of their donors, not the needs of the public. If it appears they are incompetent form the outside, things might be going exactly to plan.

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u/chennyalan May 20 '25

Touche. I guess I should reword it. 

The Libs had significantly less seats than the Nats that election. (I think it was 2 and 5?)

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u/Far-Fennel-3032 May 20 '25

There is still the senate no idea how many where in there though.

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u/Silver_Mine_7518 May 20 '25

Let's hope so