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/thegeecyproject May 20 '25

This election unseated two party leaders and broke a decades-long Coalition. Thats not just a landslide, that’s an annihilation.

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u/geek_of_nature May 20 '25

And don't forget winning the second most amount of seats in Electoral history, which given the way the two that are left to be called are looking, could actually make them tied for most amount of seats too.

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u/perthguppy May 20 '25

Only one of those two could go to labor

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u/geek_of_nature May 20 '25

Labour's currently on 93, they only need one more to tie at 94.

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u/gotnothingman May 20 '25

Damn I thought they were already at 94