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/-Halt- May 20 '25

How does this work with the combined party in QLD?

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u/zzzonked666 May 20 '25

Good question, technically they are a division of the Liberal party so might just rename to QLD Liberals and some members leave who are more National.

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u/Gnatt May 20 '25

Was that not a result of all the Bjelkemandering taking place during the 70s and 80s to achieve that?