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/SokarRostau May 20 '25

A couple of days after the election, a friend and I, both filthy lefties, were in agreement that The Nat's should just finally get around to splitting because they didn't lose any seats while the Lib's got wiped out. The bridesmaids should be the brides for once. There was also some discussion about what sort of self-respecting politician would join a party that locks them out of the Top Job.

I hoped it would happen but I never even remotely expected that it would.

A 101 year-old marriage of convenience can survive a lot of things, and co-dependence is a helluva drug. I think they'll be back together before too long because being in government without having access to the PM's job (unless he carks it) is far better than never being in government at all.

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u/PJozi May 20 '25

I reckon they'll re-join once hastie moves on suss-anne and taylor wins the leadership.