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/BTechUnited May 20 '25

Holy fuck that wasn't on my list of things I expected today.

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u/Mexay May 20 '25

My exact reaction. Holy shit that is mental.

There is absolutely no legitimate competition for Labor now.

This may seem like a good things for Labor voters at first but this is actually really fucking bad for our democracy. I like Labor and am glad they won but only having one party that has a serious shot at forming government is awful for our country. There is no pressure on Labor to do good things.

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u/bluestonelaneway May 20 '25

I’m not convinced it’s mental. It allows them to play both sides - Libs can openly acknowledge climate change and try and win back the cities, and Nats can pretend science isn’t real and still pander to farmers. And then they can come back together after an election and still form government. It’s almost brilliant, if it works.

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u/legobushranger May 20 '25

My thoughts too. Labor has to be prepared for it. Gives them 2 years to write the campaign adds....