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Coalition split a disaster for conservatives, at least in the short term

20 May 2025

2:00 PM

20 May 2025

2:00 PM

Today’s bombshell announcement by Nationals Leader, David Littleproud, that his party is ending its Coalition agreement with the Liberals, adds to the calamities piling up on the Right side of Australian politics.

First, a pathetic excuse for a Coalition election campaign followed by the landslide debacle on May 3, and now this…

The talks between Littleproud and new Liberal Leader, Sussan Ley, may have been courteous and respectful as Littleproud told a press conference on Tuesday Lunchtime, but the outcome has hurled the defeated parties into further disarray – at least in the immediate term.

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