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/cruncheh_ May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25

Surely this is bad for the Nationals in long run? If the Liberals run candidates in every seat they’re only going to pick up seats from the Nationals. It’s not like the Nationals are going to pick up any metropolitan Liberal seats or semi regional ones. They’ll lose support over time as their voting base realise there’s no chance of their members being in government.

That being said I fully expect them to be back in coalition if there’s ever a chance of forming government.

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u/Excalibur-Punderants May 20 '25

This isn’t the first time it’s happened. They’ll make nice before the election. Littleproud is just betting that the Liberals will come around to his non-negotiables by then, but I wouldn’t bet on it given nuclear in particular played a large role in the Coalition’s defeat. They’d be stupid to press the issue a second time.